| Rep. Frank faces town hall foe in Mass. primary BOSTON – Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank's retort was an Internet sensation. Questioned at a town hall last year about the "Nazi policy" of health care reform, Frank told the speaker who made... | |
| Nike Unveils New iPhone App Just for Runners download now [iTunes link]. The Nike+ GPS App for iPhone will pull in data from the device's accelerometer and GPS to give runners an effective, accurate and useful tool for getting in shape and... |
| Google considering iTunes-like service? Reports say Google plans holiday launch of iTunes-like music service Reuters reports Google has been in talks with record labels about the service Rumored "Google Music" would use Android... |
| Mozambican radio: 9 who call for protests arrested MAPUTO, Mozambique—Mozambicans found Monday they could not send text messages, after some used the technology to call for protests in this impoverished country over increases in food, water and... |
| Heard often at Dakota County Tech: 'Soccer brought me here' He got it built, and they're coming. Ron Thomas' field of dreams — Dakota County Technical College's year-old soccer complex, which abuts cornfields and a pig and cattle farm —... |
| Bosnian woman saves puppies tossed into river: report ZAGREB (AFP) – Five puppies that were thrown into a river by their owner, sparking worldwide outrage after a video of the deed appeared online, have been rescued and put up for adoption, a... |
| Future hiring will mainly benefit the high-skilled Whenever companies start hiring freely again, job seekers with specialized skills and education will have plenty of good opportunities. Others will face a choice: Take a job with low pay — or... |
| In St. Paul, chase at up to 100 mph on Summit ends in crash A man fleeing police reached speeds of up to 100 mph and drove the wrong way on St. Paul's Summit Avenue early this morning before crashing his car, police said. No one was injured and the... |
| Jordanian websites shift political dissent online AMMAN (Reuters) – Mocking officials online, exposing high-level corruption and discussing political tension could land journalists in many autocratic Middle East states in jail. But... |
| What's Behind Craigslist's Self-Censorship? close its adult services section on Friday by replacing the steamy destination with a "censored" banner. The online classifieds Website took action without releasing a statement and has so... |
| Leaked Google Documents Reveal How Much Big Brands Spend on Search Ads Ad Age has obtained an internal Google document that highlights some of the biggest AdWords buyers for the month of June 2010, offering insight into how big brands are using Google and how much they... |
| Kanye and how Twitter changed communication Kanye West's Twitter stream shows how the site has changed communication On Sunday, West launched string of self-examining tweets, apologizing to Taylor Swift The frank comments are the sort no... |
| New site shows the best of YouTube's worst The sheer volume of stuff on YouTube -- 24 hours of video are uploaded to the site every minute -- means that for every breakaway, million-view hit, there are thousands of clips that almost nobody... |
| Summary Box: Entrepreneur building fans of shorts SHORT INSPIRATION: Former investment banker Carter Pilcher realized several years ago that a business could be made by buying quality short movies relatively cheaply and exposing them to new... |
| Entrepreneur finds audience for short filmmakers LOS ANGELES—Some years back, investment banker Carter Pilcher stumbled across some really good short movies made by a few talented friends, and the money-making and artistic sides of his brain... |
| Princess Kay of the Milky Way has a strong dairy legacy As the newly crowned Princess Kay of the Milky Way, Katie Miron makes public appearances dressed to the nines and covered in rhinestones. But the journey here was anything but glamorous. The fifth... |
| Vikings coach Brad Childress: Enough Tarvaris Jackson talk, let's... Tarvaris Jackson is the Vikings' No. 2 quarterback, and coach Brad Childress doesn't want to answer any more questions about it. Childress defended his backup quarterback one last time Sunday in... |
| She doesn't monkey around 'Water for Elephants' author inspired by... Sara Gruen is reuniting with her friend Panbanisha and other bonobos that live at the Great Ape Trust in Des Moines, Iowa. These real-life bonobos were models for the protagonists in Gruen's... |
| Adult services censored on Craigslist (CNN) -- Online classified service Craigslist's decision to censor its adult services section is a "good step but a continuing battle has to be fought," a leader in the fight against... |
| Social networks transform navigation networks and geo-location services are changing the way consumers interact with portable navigation devices (PNDs).This is according to Joost Jetten, VP of sales for TomTom Belgium, Netherlands and... |
| Former Google China Head Invests in Chinese Startups Innovation Works to seize on opportunities with China's booming Internet market. Lee is CEO of the business incubator, which he founded last September. Innovation Works is focused on tapping... |
| A way to take a virtual whack at the state budget Unlike the federal government, Minnesota regularly balances its budget. OK, the state fudges sometimes, with spending 'shifts' and other gimmicks. But the fact that the state faces a projected... |
| Vikings, Saints expect more big hits in season-opening rematch of... Last year's NFC Championship Game might be too fresh in the minds of Vikings and Saints players for Thursday's rematch to lack the occasional violent hit. "If the Vikings guys have a shot at me, I... |
| With lead dwindling, Twins beat Rangers on a controversial call to... The Twins scored six runs off Rangers starter C.J. Wilson and held a 6-2 lead entering the ninth inning Sunday, but Jon Rauch and Matt Capps combined to let Texas close that gap to one run before a... |
| MWeb wary of Telkom's offering network and the copper quality over the last 50 miles, says MWeb ISP CEO Derek Hershaw.On 13 August, Telkom announced it would increase the speed of its fastest DSL offering to 10Mbps. However, the... |
| Tiny solar cells fix themselves Tiny solar cells fix themselves Researchers have demonstrated tiny solar cells, just billionths of a metre across, that can repair themselves, extending their useful lifetime,... |
| Twitter counts 145m users Twitter has more than 145 million registered users, with mobile users jumping 62% since April after the company began offering its own mobile applications for iPhone, BlackBerry and Android.Twitter... |
| Acquisitions head security news security and Google privacy were among the top items on the menu in IT security news this past week.CA Technologies started the week off by announcing plans to purchase Arcot systems for its fraud... |
| Mitigation of insider threats is imperative SecureData Security, part of JSE-listed SecureData Holdings and the sub-Saharan distributor for Imperva, a leader in data security, today announced the latter's File Security product line, the latest... |
| Google search engine fairness investigated Google said on Friday it was the target of an investigation by the Texas attorney general's office into the fairness of its search engine rankings.The search engine company said the probe is the... |
| Minnesota Vikings have holes to fill but receiver T.J.... Three days before the season opener at New Orleans, the Vikings are still looking to add depth at cornerback, wide receiver and possibly the offensive line. At least one high-profile receiver... |
| Deputies investigate attempted abduction in central Minnesota RICE, Minn. — Law enforcement in central Minnesota is looking for a man who tried to abduct an 11-year-old girl. According to the Benton County sheriff's department, the girl was walking in a... |
| Vodafone dashes call-centre claims TVNZ .Vodafone spokesperson Paul Brislen said information released yesterday by the Unite Union was inaccurate. The union claimed Vodafone is a bad employer because it is refusing... |
| HSE pay system costly HSE pay system costly The personnel, payroll and related systems (PPARS) health service salary system, is costing the taxpayer more than €6 million a year,... |
| Apple targets Sony, Nintendo Apple targets Sony, Nintendo Apple set its sights on Nintendo and Sony on Wednesday when it revealed that it will bring an online gaming service to most of their portable devices,... |
| Preparing for failure: Backing up cell phone prevents data loss Peter Nasca recently suffered one of those high-tech “uh-oh” moments. He had been working around the house with his cell phone in his pocket. When he tried to make a call, the device... |
| GlobalFoundries job expo draws 400, many with chip-fab resumes Eric Choh, GlobalFoundries’ vice president of operations, speaks to potential job applicants about opportunities at the company’s $4.2 billion chip plant being built in Sartoga... |
| Brightstar moves key Miami distribution hub to larger space There are 125 employees sorting and packaging mobile phones for shipment at the new Brightstar hub, but that could swell to more than 200 due to seasonal... |
| RPI names head of its $100M supercomputer data center has named James Myers, a cyberinfrastructure expert, to oversee its $100 million supercomputer data center and lead the school’s Center for Nanotechnology Innovations. Myers currently is the... |
| Albany Law seminars shine light on legal questions facing early-stagers The law school’s programs can help fill some gaps for the region’s private sector, says Shreefal Mehta, founder of start-up company The Paper... |
| SuperPower to work on $4.2M energy storage project SuperPower’s superconducting wire will be used as the core of a magnetic field that will store energy for use during peak times when heavy demand is placed on the electric... |
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| Useful e-medical records: Just around the corner? Or light years away? The federal government has made electronic medical records a top health care priority. Beginning next year, providers will be rewarded for meeting stringent “meaningful use” standards.... |
| DVIRC to study if software can help with STEM efforts A nonprofit has received a grant to examine how information-visualization software can be used to show relationships among the organizations and programs in a region that relate to science,... |
| Less pain, tiny needles goal of NCSU scientist N.C. State University professor may have found the key to painless injections. Roger Narayan, a professor of biomedical engineering, is using lasers to shape polymers into microneedles, which are... |
| Now at industry forefront, Parata picks chief Parata Systems , a $100 million-plus health care technology company, has promoted its sales chief, Tom Rhoads, to CEO, as the Durham company works to boost its share of the domestic market for... |
