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Nzu, Traditional Remedy for Morning Sickness
December 31, 2009 5:51 pm | by FDA MedWatch | CommentsConsumers, especially pregnant or breastfeeding women, advised to avoid product because of the potential health risks from high levels of lead and arsenic
Nokia files second lawsuit against Apple
December 31, 2009 1:01 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsNokia Corp. continues to lob salvos at Apple Inc. in a patent infringement dispute.The Finnish phone maker filed a federal lawsuit in Delaware this week claiming that Apple is infringing on seven Nokia patents in products ranging from the iPhone to computers.The allegations are similar to those...
AT & T is latest to end Tiger Woods sponsorship
December 31, 2009 7:01 am | by PETER SVENSSON - AP Technology Writer - Associated Press | CommentsAT&T Inc. said Thursday it would no longer sponsor Tiger Woods, joining Accenture in dropping support for the world's top golfer, who's taking a break from the sport to focus on his marriage after his admitted infidelity.The phone company hasn't used Woods' image extensively in advertising, but...
Medicare officials plan for health stimulus funds
December 30, 2009 2:01 pm | by MATTHEW PERRONE - AP Business Writer - Associated Press | CommentsMedicare officials on Wednesday detailed plans to distribute billions of dollars in stimulus to upgrade the nation's paper medical records to electronic files.Under the proposal, doctors and hospitals that keep updated electronic medical records of their patients could receive bonus payments...
Twitter co-founder takes aim at mobile payments
December 30, 2009 1:01 pm | by RACHEL METZ - AP Technology Writer - Associated Press | CommentsJack Dorsey revolutionized online socializing by co-founding Twitter in 2006. Now he wants to transform the way people exchange money.Dorsey is leading a new startup called Square. Its first product resembles a cube: a tiny credit card terminal that plugs into the headphone jack of an iPhone....
Farewell: Nobel winner, King of Pop left us in '09
December 30, 2009 12:01 pm | by POLLY ANDERSON - Associated Press Writer - Associated Press | CommentsOf all the notables who died in 2009, the one who most changed the world could have walked down any Main Street USA without causing a stir.Scientist Norman Borlaug, who died Sept. 12 at age 95, developed crops that enabled Third World farmers to wrest more food from their land. His "green...
GuestLogix Board of Directors Grant Options
December 30, 2009 12:01 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsGuestLogix, Inc. (TSX VENTURE: GXI), announced today that its Board of Directors has authorized the grant of 949,598 options to the Company's senior officers, directors, employees and contractors as follows: Name No. of Vesting ---- Options -------------- Senior Officers 370,000 Vesting annually in...
CCDs Hang Tight in Some Segments as CMOS Sensors Continue the March Toward Dominance
December 30, 2009 7:56 am | by In-Stat | CommentsCMOS image sensor unit shipments dominate over CCDs nearly 10 to 1 across all market segments.
Surgery is effective for some type 2 diabetes
December 30, 2009 7:53 am | by Cornell University | CommentsSurgery is a legitimate and effective treatment for type 2 diabetes, affirm 50 medical experts. Their statement is in a report by lead author Dr. Francesco Rubino of Weill Cornell.
Apple is seeing a 'renaissance of sorts,' according to computer watchers
December 30, 2009 7:01 am | by Scott Edmonds-Associated Press | CommentsThere are a lot of "what ifs" in the tech geek world.What if Beta had eclipsed VHS?What if Sony had decided in the 1950s that toasters made more sense than transistor radios?What if Alien met Predator? Oh, sorry, that's been done.But here's a crazy one. What if the Mac became the No. 1 computer...
ITC rejects Tessera patent claims
December 30, 2009 6:01 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsTessera Technologies Inc. says the U.S. agency investigating its patent infringement claims has affirmed that Tessera patents are valid — but not that other companies have violated them.The news sent Tessera shares down $2.38, or 10 percent, to $21.51 in premarket trading.The company, which...
Advocacy groups urge FTC to bar Google-AdMob deal
December 29, 2009 9:24 am | CommentsTwo advocacy groups asked U.S. antitrust regulators on Monday to block Google's purchase of AdMob, a provider of advertising services for mobile phones, on antitrust grounds and to address privacy issues raised by the deal.
Facebook, Twitter top list of weird stories in 2009
December 29, 2009 9:16 am | CommentsFrom the German town that unwittingly advertised pornography on its website to the American who interrupted his wedding to update his Facebook and Twitter accounts, the world was full of weird stories in 2009.
Virtual goods give Web firms new revenue in ad slump
December 29, 2009 9:14 am | CommentsThe Internet made shopping without checkout lines a no-brainer. Now, some Web companies are betting that people are ready to forsake another shopping tradition: tangible products. Virtual goods, which exist as digital bits on computers and cellphones, have grown more popular in the past year as important accoutrements for increasingly Web-oriented lives.
China purportedly discovers tomb of famed general Cao Cao
December 29, 2009 9:12 am | CommentsChinese archeologists have unearthed a large third-century tomb, which they say could be that of Cao Cao, the legendary politician and general famous throughout East Asia for his Machiavellian tactics. The tomb, discovered in Xigaoxue village near the ancient Chinese city of Anyang, Henan Province, has an epitaph and inscription that appear to refer to Cao Cao, Central China Television said on Sunday.
