Electric car conversion business booming
Rising fuel prices have been painful for many small-business owners across the country.
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 13, 2011
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How algae could change your world (or at least your car)
Will we soon be fueling our cars, applying cosmetics and eating food - all made from algae? That's the rather science-fiction-y premise of the new cluster of companies (many of them based in San Diego, home of the San ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 13, 2011
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Microsoft may have found unlikely cash cow: Android
In the hunt for the next billion-dollar business, Microsoft Corp. may have discovered one in mobile software. It costs Microsoft nothing to produce and sell, and it's not Windows Phone.
Business
Jul 13, 2011
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Gene migration helps predict movement of disease
Until recently, migration patterns, such as those adopted by birds all across the Amazonian rainforest, have not been thought to play an important role in the spreading of beneficial genes through a population.
General Physics
Jul 13, 2011
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Jive attacks communication barriers in the office
Tony Zingale is in the corner office at Palo Alto's Jive software when his phone rings. It's the chief marketing officer of a major pharmaceutical corporation, who's just heard from his counterpart at News Corp. about how ...
Business
Jul 13, 2011
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Mixed signals on cellphone bans
It's legal in 41 states for drivers to use hand-held cell phones, and a leading highway safety organization recommends keeping it that way for now.
Other
Jul 13, 2011
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New research demonstrates damaging influence of media on public perceptions of chimpanzees
How influential are mass media portrayals of chimpanzees in television, movies, advertisements and greeting cards on public perceptions of this endangered species? That is what researchers based at Chicago's Lincoln Park ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 13, 2011
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Amazon planning iPad rival by October: WSJ
Online retail giant Amazon plans to unveil a tablet computer before October in a bid to carve out a slice of a growing market dominated by Apple's iPad, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 13, 2011
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PayPal letting Google phones swap cash
Online financial transactions giant PayPal on Wednesday showed off a mini-program that lets people exchange money by touching together a pair of Google smartphones.
Software
Jul 13, 2011
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WikiLeaks Julian Assange fights extradition
(AP) -- Lawyers for Julian Assange on Wednesday focused their fight against the WikiLeaks chief's extradition to Sweden on technicalities - trying to punch holes through the warrant seeking his arrest.
Internet
Jul 13, 2011
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