Twitter keeps it simple with new terms of service
(AP) -- Twitter Inc. keeps it simple, even when it comes to updating the legalese in its terms of service.
Internet
Sep 11, 2009
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Archaeologists find early depiction of a menorah
(AP) -- Israeli archaeologists have uncovered one of the earliest depictions of a menorah, the seven-branched candelabra that has come to symbolize Judaism, the Israel Antiquities Authority said Friday. The menorah was engraved ...
Archaeology
Sep 11, 2009
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Space Shuttle Discovery Returns to Earth After Successful Mission
Space shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven astronauts ended a 14-day journey of more than 5.7 million miles with an 5:53 p.m. PDT landing Friday at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
Space Exploration
Sep 11, 2009
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After years of toil, sustaining change in education still a vexing problem
Researchers in the Center for Elementary Mathematics and Science Education (CEMSE) this year finished poring over more than 65,000 abstracts and nearly 600 full-text articles for insights regarding how to make lasting change ...
Other
Sep 11, 2009
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Spanish security firm detects 'swine flu' computer virus
Cyber criminals are taking advantage of swine flu fears with e-mails promising news on the illness which then infect computers with a virus, a Spanish computer security firm warned Friday.
Internet
Sep 11, 2009
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Winds of change
Wind farms can be self-sustaining, concluded two Northeastern finance professors in a recent journal article. A few measures to increase productivity and decrease equipment costs could reduce the current dependence on government ...
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 11, 2009
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Verdict spares Microsoft $358M in patent damages
(AP) -- A federal appeals court said Friday that Microsoft Corp. does not have to pay Alcatel-Lucent $358 million for patent infringement because of problems with how the damages were calculated.
Business
Sep 11, 2009
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NASA's LCROSS Reveals Target Crater For Lunar South Pole Impacts
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has selected a final destination for its Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, after a journey of nearly 5.6 million miles that included several orbits around Earth and the moon. ...
Space Exploration
Sep 11, 2009
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Flowering lantana draws butterflies -- but little water
Big color, little water, lots of butterflies. How does that sound? That's the story of lantana in a nutshell. But I'm famous for verbosely pontificating on the attributes of plants whenever I have an audience, so let's dig ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 11, 2009
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Twitter opening up to advertising
Twitter, the micro-blogging platform which has attracted tens of millions of users but has yet to make money, has changed its terms to potentially open up the free service to advertisers.
Internet
Sep 11, 2009
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