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SCIENCE: Information-technology pioneers win Nobel Physics Prize
The 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics went to three scientists for their pioneering works ...

INTERNET: Hotmail account passwords exposed by hackers
Passwords belonging to some users of Microsoft's Hotmail email service were exposed ...

SCIENCE: Chromosome scientists awarded Nobel Prize for medicine
The 2009 Nobel Prize for medicine has been awarded to three scientists to honour ...

HEALTH: Eat less and live longer
The key to eternal youth could be cutting calories, scientists from the Institute ...

TECHNOLOGY: Microsoft has 388 million dollar patent case overturned
After being ordered by a US court to pay a record-breaking 388 million dollars in ...

UNITED KINGDOM: Teenage girl dies after receiving cervical cancer vaccine
A 14-year-old British girl died on Monday shortly after receiving a cervical cancer ...

ROMAN POLANSKI: Wikipedia page devoted to Polanski locked
"Until disputes have been resolved", the Wikipedia page devoted to Roman Polanski ...

Mars Science Lab launch delayed two years
NASA's launch of the Mars Science Laboratory -- hampered by technical difficulties ...

Shuttle lands at California air base
NASA officials Sunday waved off the first opportunity for space shuttle Endeavour ...

Inspiration for 'Contact' still listening
From a remote valley in Northern California, Jill Tarter is listening to the universe. ...

Indian lunar orbiter hit by heat rise
Scientists have switched off several on-board instruments to halt rising temperatures ...

Motorola cuts 3,000 jobs and delays spin-off
Motorola is cutting 3,000 jobs and delaying the spin-off of its loss-making mobile ...

Chipmaker warns of global sales decline
TSMC chief executive says industry revenues in 2009 will fall by up to 10% in 'an ...

Netbooks lead computer growth
Despite the downturn in the economy, an unexpected surge in global consumer demand ...

Mobile makers braced for painful 2009
The world's leading mobile phone makers are braced for a painful 2009 after warnings ...

Microsoft looks to cloud to open new windows
If Microsoft fails to lay out a compelling plan for how it will adapt to the new ...

Microsoft results offer hope to tech sector
Microsoft is weathering the economic downturn better than expected, with sales in ...

Amazon wins over sceptics about web services
When Amazon Web Services was launched in March 2006, investors thought the hundreds ...

EU finally about to settle Microsoft browser case (AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp., which has already shelled out $2.5 billion in antitrust fines ...

Review: Wireless charging lets you cut the cords (AP)
AP - It's a pain to keep track of the chargers that go with cell phones, media players ...

FCC chairman warns of 'looming spectrum crisis' (AP)
AP - The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission warned Wednesday of "a ...

Report: Dell to make Android phone for AT&T (AP)
AP - Dell Inc. is working on a "smart" phone for AT&T that runs Google Inc.'s Android ...

Judge sets deadline for amended Google book deal (AP)
AP - A federal judge set a Nov. 9 deadline Wednesday for submission of a revised ...

Amazon cuts Kindle price, adds global version (AP)
AP - Amazon.com Inc. is cutting the price of its Kindle electronic-book reader yet ...

Google, authors to submit revised book deal Nov 9 (AFP)
AFP - Google and US authors and publishers were instructed by a judge Wednesday to ...

Home & Office : Magnetter Key Hanger
Hold your keys on invisible magnetic hooks!Invisible magnetic hooks for your keys ...

Home & Office : 8-Bit Oven Mitt
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T-Shirts & Apparel : Dice Handbag Kits
Make your own D20 handbag!DIY Kit to make a handbag that looks like a D20! $29.99 ...

Geek Toys : Perplexus
Perplexus is back and more awesome than ever!Fun clear sphere full of mazes and ...

T-Shirts & Apparel : Office Space
In space, no one can hear you scream about TPS Reports. We're with Peter: Human ...

T-Shirts & Apparel : Under Attack Babydoll
Blast from the Past We'd seen this shirt in yellow. And we liked it. But generally ...

T-Shirts & Apparel : Bring Out Your Undead
Monty Python + Zombies = WIN When I started at ThinkGeek, all there was was swamp. ...

Hero Complex blog earns recognition
Hero Complex, the Los Angeles Times blog devoted to caped crusaders, zombies, wizards ...

A Cambridge crash course
There's so much to see and do at the country's first college town -- Harvard, MIT, ...

Baseball is caught in Web
You heard all about it, in this newspaper and others, on talk radio and television ...

Using algae to make fuels, he's thinking beyond pond scum
Sapphire Energy CEO Jason Pyle, who has had a hand in start-ups in medical engineering ...

YourTour.com helps plan your French trip
France, anyone? Airfares are becoming more affordable after summer highs, and new ...

With information galore, we need news judgment
In the Web age, consumers could drown in a sea of media ...

Thousands of cellphones confiscated in California prisons
Crimes committed with them include the planning of escapes, restraining order violations, ...