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• Canada's competition watchdog probing Apple

  12-12-2014 23:55
  
  Canada's Competition Bureau said Friday it is poring over Apple's contracts with local wireless carriers to determine if the company illegally stifled competition when it first introduced the iPhone.
  
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• Can Amy Pascal's career survive Sony cyberattack?

  12-12-2014 23:53
  
  Amy Pascal, one of the most powerful women in the man's world that is Hollywood and the force behind such critical and commercial hits as "The Social Network" and "American Hustle" has had better days
  
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• Too many drinks? New cellphone app may tell you so

  12-12-2014 23:52
  
  A new federally funded cellphone app allows people who may have had one too many to get an idea just how drunk they are—and hail a ride home.
  
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• Global warming's influence on extreme weather

  12-12-2014 23:50
  
  Extreme climate and weather events such as record high temperatures, intense downpours and severe storm surges are becoming more common in many parts of the world. But because high-quality weather records go back only about 100 years, most scientists have been reluctant to say if global warming affected particular extreme events.
  
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• NASA sees tropical depression Hagupit winding down

  12-12-2014 23:43
  
  The final advisory on Tropical Depression Hagupit was issued late on Dec. 11 and on Dec. 12, NASA's Terra satellite saw the storm's center spinning down off the coast of southern Vietnam.
  
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• Smithsonian launches major new initiative to better understand life on Earth

  12-12-2014 23:40
  
  Scientists across the Smithsonian have studied genomics for years, investigating how animal and plant species function, relate to one another, adapt to change and thrive or fail to survive. Genomics also play a key role in their research of climate change, disease and biodiversity conservation. The Smithsonian is now uniting these efforts and creating a plan for transformative future research with the establishment of the Smithsonian Institute for Biodiversity Genomics.
  
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• A control knob for fat? Protein that makes other proteins also regulates fat levels

  12-12-2014 23:38
  
  Like a smart sensor that adjusts the lighting in each room and a home's overall temperature, a protein that governs the making of other proteins in the cell also appears capable of controlling fat levels in the body.
  
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• Native fungus suggested as another tool for restoring ghostly whitebark pine forests

  12-12-2014 23:36
  
  Cathy Cripps doesn't seem to worry about the grizzly bears and black bears that watch her work, but she is concerned about the ghosts and skeletons she encounters.
  
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• New theory suggests alternate path led to rise of the eukaryotic cell

  12-12-2014 23:35
  
  As a fundamental unit of life, the cell is central to all of biology. Better understanding how complex cells evolved and work promises new revelations in areas as diverse as cancer research and developing new crop plants.
  
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• Expected stay rates of US and foreign doctoral graduates diverge with time

  12-12-2014 23:34
  
  A new National Science Foundation (NSF) report reveals the number of U.S. citizen doctoral graduates in science, engineering and health fields, who remain in the United States, tracks closely with their intent to stay in the United States at the time of graduation. However, there are noticeable differences for doctoral graduates who were temporary visa holders at the time of graduation.
  
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• Inaugural survey of American attitudes about the environment released

  12-12-2014 23:33
  
  The Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research today released the first set of findings from its inaugural environment poll. The poll surveys a nationally representative sample of American adults and provides a portrait of what the public thinks and feels about environmental issues, and what actions they are taking as consumers.
  
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• Satellite shows return of the Pineapple Express

  12-12-2014 23:32
  
  The ''Pineapple Express'' happens when warm air and lots of moisture are transported from the Central Pacific, near Hawaii, to the Eastern Pacific Ocean. An animation of satellite imagery from NOAA's GOES-West satellite showed the stream of clouds associated with that moisture from Dec. 9 to Dec. 12, 2014 and brought rain and snow to the western U.S.
  
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• Oil-dwelling bacteria are social creatures in Earth's deep biosphere, new study shows

  12-12-2014 23:31
  
  Oil reservoirs are scattered deep inside the Earth like far-flung islands in the ocean, so their inhabitants might be expected to be very different, but a new study led by Dartmouth College and University of Oslo researchers shows these underground microbes are social creatures that have exchanged genes for eons.
  
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• Building a worldwide genetic library BRIC-by-BRIC

  12-12-2014 23:30
  
  A house is only as good as its foundation. Built solid and strong, the resulting structure should last for decades. NASA is laying a strong foundation of life science research with results from a recent investigation on the International Space Station called BRIC-19.
  
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• Disney Research builds computer models to analyze play in pro basketball and soccer

  12-12-2014 23:27
  
  With the ball at the three-point line near the top of the key, what will Tim Duncan of the NBA's San Antonio Spurs do? Pass to a player posting up? Or does he take a shot? An analysis by Disney Research of player tracking data, however, suggests the highest probability is a pass to guard Tony Parker on his left.
  
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• Japanese Probe on a Mission to Blow Hole in an Asteroid

  12-12-2014 21:47
  
  Japan's space mission could help solve cosmic mysteries.
  
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• Are You Ready for Robots in Your Home?: Re/Code

  12-12-2014 21:28 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Plenty of consumers appear more than ready for robots.
  
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• Ex-Liberty Reserve Exec Gets 5 Years in Prison

  12-12-2014 21:00
  Technology chief of payment processor Liberty Reserve sentenced to 5 years in prison
  
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• London hit by air traffic control computer failure (Update)

  12-12-2014 20:30
  
  The British government has demanded an investigation after a computer failure Friday at one of Britain's two air traffic control centers caused a major disruption of air traffic into and out of London.
  
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• London hit by air traffic control computer failure

  12-12-2014 20:30
  
  The airspace over London was briefly closed Friday afternoon due to what authorities said was a computer failure at one of Britain's two air traffic control centers. The British government demanded an investigation into the "unacceptable" disruption.
  
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• Watch: TechBytes: Top Apps, Games of the Year

  12-12-2014 19:20
  
  Google releases the top downloaded items from their Play store.
  
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• Watch: Iowa Tests Hi-Tech Drivers Licenses

  12-12-2014 19:17
  
  The state's Department of Transportation will experiment with an app that will allow users to toss their plastic cards.
  
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• Giant European Particle Collider Ready for 2nd Run

  12-12-2014 19:12
  Giant European atom smasher used to prove existence of Higgs particle readies for 2nd run
  
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• Hearst Boosts Stake in Credit Ratings Agency Fitch

  12-12-2014 19:02
  Media company Hearst pays $1.97B to boost stake in credit ratings agency Fitch to 80 percent
  
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• The Problem With Digital Drivers Licenses

  12-12-2014 19:00
  
  Iowa is testing digital driver's licenses but the high tech approach to carrying identification could come with its own set of issues.
  
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• French court says Uber may infringe on taxi law

  12-12-2014 18:59
  
  A French court ruled Friday that Uber's ride-hailing service may infringe French law and ordered the company to make changes to its popular mobile app-based service.
  
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• Scientists Use Real Data to Measure the Cosmos

  12-12-2014 18:56 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Scientists from the Imperial College London have used data, rather than calculations related to general relativity, to measure large distances in the Universe for the first time. A research team from Imperial College London and the University of Barcelona has used data from astronomical surveys to measure a standard distance that is central to our […]
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• Imaging technique reveals that bacterial biofilms are associated with colon cancer

  12-12-2014 18:55
  
  Since the first "catalog" of the normal bacterial makeup of the human body was published in 2012, numerous connections between illness and disturbances in the human microbiota have been found. This week, scientists report yet another: Cancerous tumors in the ascending colon (the part nearest to the small intestine) are characterized by biofilms, which are dense clumps of bacterial cells encased in a self-produced matrix.
  
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• First images of historic San Francisco shipwreck revealed

  12-12-2014 18:51
  
  The public can now see images of the historic San Francisco shipwreck the SS City of Rio de Janeiro for the first time since the ship sank 113 years ago in the city’s worst maritime disaster, often called the “Bay Area’s Titanic.”
  
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• A new trout species described from the Alakir Stream in Antalya, Turkey

  12-12-2014 18:48
  
  A group of researchers from Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Faculty of Fisheries in Turkey discovered a new trout species. The newly described species Salmo kottelati, belongs to the Salmonidae family, which includes salmons, trouts, chars, graylings and freshwater whitefishes.
  
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• UC3M participates in a new simulator that provides training in cybersecurity

  12-12-2014 18:47
  
  Researchers from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and the Universidad de Málaga have collaborated with the consulting and technology company Indra on the development of a new advanced simulator of training in cybersecurity, a system that teaches users how to carry out computer forensics, prevent cyber attacks and learn techniques of cyber defense.
  
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• Women don't run? Study on gender gap in political candidates published

  12-12-2014 18:45
  
  An interest in the gender gap between the representations of female candidates in U.S. elections compared to their male counterparts led two University of Pittsburgh professors to take the issue into the laboratory for three years of research.
  
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• Aquilops Americanus – Oldest Species of North American Horned Dinosaur

  12-12-2014 18:44 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A team of paleontologists has discovered the oldest “horned” dinosaur fossil from North America. Named Aquilops americanus, the species is 40 million years older than the iconic Triceratops. A fossil skull small enough to fit in the palm of your hand represents the oldest species of horned dinosaur named from North America. The discovery, announced […]
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• Aquilops Americanus – Oldest Known Species of Horned Dinosaur from North America

  12-12-2014 18:44 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A team of paleontologists has discovered the oldest known “horned” dinosaur fossil from North America. Named Aquilops americanus, the species is 40 million years older than the iconic Triceratops. A fossil skull small enough to fit in the palm of your hand represents the oldest species of horned dinosaur named from North America. The discovery, […]
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• At last, an image of Rosetta's comet in living color (which happens to be gray) - Washington Post

  12-12-2014 18:37 via washingtonpost.com
  
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  At last, an image of Rosetta's comet in living color (which happens to be gray)
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  Well, there it is. Comet 67P/C-G in the technicolor spectrum you'd see if you could gaze upon it with your own eyeballs. Surprise, surprise: The comet is gray. “As it turns out, 67P/C-G looks dark grey, in reality almost as black as coal,” Rosetta mission scientist ...
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• Should Facebook Have a Dislike Button?

  12-12-2014 18:23
  
  Mark Zuckerberg revealed at his December town hall that Facebook is "thinking about" adding a "dislike" button.
  
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• Fin24.com | China's Baidu to invest in taxi app Uber - report

  12-12-2014 18:10
  
  Chinese search engine Baidu, the country's equivalent of Google, will make a strategic investment of up to $600 million in the popular but controversial US taxi app Uber.
  
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• Astronomers Detect Pluto-Size Objects around a Sun-Like Star

  12-12-2014 18:09 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have detected Pluto-size objects around an adolescent Sun-like star. Cambridge, Massachusetts – Scientists used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to make detailed observations of the protoplanetary disk surrounding the star known as HD 107146, detecting an unexpected increase in the concentration […]
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• Astronomers Detect Magnetic Fields on Solar-Type Stars

  12-12-2014 17:46 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A team of astronomers that has just completed the most extensive polarization survey of stars to date, detecting magnetic fields on sixty-seven stars with twenty-one of them being classified as solar-type. That is about four times as many solar-type stars as had been previously classified. The Sun rotates slowly, about once every 24 days at […]
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• New Research Shows Molecular Decoys Help Overcome Drug Resistance

  12-12-2014 17:32 via scitechdaily.com
  
  By using molecular fragments administered alongside antimicrobial agents, researchers at Brown University have shown that the efflux pumps are kept busy pumping out the fragments while the antimicrobial agents are able to stay inside the cell. Providence, Rhode Island – Brown University – Harmful bacteria have evolved some ingenious mechanisms to resist antibiotics. One of […]
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• How to take photos of Earth while whizzing past at 17,000 MPH

  12-12-2014 17:20
  
  When you're flying above Earth in a spaceship or space station, taking a clear picture below is more than a point-and-shoot job. As NASA astronaut Don Pettit explains in this video, you need to account for the motion of your little craft to get the best pictures below. And Pettit should know, being a photographer who captured many stunning timelapses in space.
  
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• Intense Volcanism May Have Played a Role in Dinosaurs Extinction

  12-12-2014 17:13 via scitechdaily.com
  
  MIT scientists used precisely dated rocks from the Deccan Traps to reveal evidence that a major volcanic eruption began just before the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs, possibly playing a role in the extinction. Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid more than five miles wide smashed into the Earth at 70,000 miles per […]
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• Researchers use gold substrate to allow for electron cryomicroscopy on difficult proteins

  12-12-2014 17:00
  
  (Phys.org)—A pair of researchers with the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology at the University of Cambridge in the U.K. has found a way to overcome the problem of movement by many proteins when attempting to study them using electron cryomicroscopy. In their paper published in the journal Science, Christopher Russo and Lori Passmore describe how they created a support structure based on a gold substrate that appears to solve the problem.
  
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• Fin24.com | Original Apple computer sells for $365,000

  12-12-2014 16:47
  
  A fully operational Apple computer that company co-founder Steve Jobs sold out of his parents' garage in 1976 for $600 sold for $365,000 at Christie's on Thursday.
  
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• NASA scientist offers perspective on the factors that may lead to life on a planet

  12-12-2014 16:40
  
  (Phys.org)—NASA space scientist Pamela Conrad has offered a Perspective piece in the journal Science, reminding readers that the search for life on planets such as Mars, isn't limited to just looking for water. Instead, she notes, most researchers believe that a combination of events must occur, likely simultaneously for life to get a start and then to be maintained.
  
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• Re-imagining the network

  12-12-2014 16:40
  
  Communication networks are evolving to keep pace with increasing consumer needs and business demands. We've already experienced the progressive jumps from 1G to 4G wireless networks and 5G is looming in the not-too-distant future. But 5G is much more than 4G plus 1. In the manner of an evolutionary leap, 5G technologies and ICT networks bring the global competition for technological leadership to a whole new level. This is a truly wireless environment that will realize the promise of near-insta
  
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• Create GIFs from YouTube videos: Site adds new tool that lets you easily create ... - Daily Mail

  12-12-2014 16:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  GIFs have ruled the web during 2014, and it seems this popularity hasn't gone unnoticed by video behemoth YouTube. A new tool, spotted by Twitter user Andy Baio, lets people create five-second animated clips from uploaded videos. These GIFs can then be ...
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• Self-arranging molecules could form the basis for efficient optoelectronic memory devices

  12-12-2014 16:30
  
  A way to use weak molecular bonding interactions to create well-ordered and stable metal–organic monolayers with optoelectronic properties has been found by researchers from the RIKEN Surface and Interface Science Laboratory. The development could form the basis for the scalable fabrication of molecular optoelectronic devices.
  
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• Willow trees are cost-efficient cleaners of contaminated soil

  12-12-2014 16:30
  
  Using broad-leaved trees such as willow trees in the phytoremediation of contaminated soils constitutes a cost-efficient method for restoring mining areas and landfills, according to a research project led by the University of Eastern Finland. Funded by the EU, the project studied willow tree growth in contaminated soils in Finland and Russia.
  
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• Google Nexus 9 Keyboard Folio - PC Magazine

  12-12-2014 16:26 via pcmag.com
  
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  The official keyboard case for the Google Nexus 9 tablet offers a good-feeling keys, but it has some design flaws, and is very expensive. By Sascha Segan. Google wants its Nexus 9 tablet to be a productivity monster, to compete with the Microsoft Surface Pro ...
  Google's Nexus 9 tablet with LTE goes on sale first at T-MobileCNET
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