Science
Sun.Star -
MANILA - Local government units (LGUs) who have environment-related concerns may now start availing of technical assistance from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).
Xinhua - By Xinhua writer Shi Shouhe JIUQUAN, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang, who supervised the Shenzhou-8 blastoff on site, said here Tuesday morning the successful launch signals one key step closer to a victory of China's first space ... |
Los Angeles Times - While the Northeast is still reeling from a surprise October snowstorm that has left more than a million people without power for days, the United Nations is about to release its latest document on adaptation to climate change. |
Times of India - NEW DELHI: Environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan notched a victory at the BASIC talks in Beijing with China and other countries cutting across groups strongly backing India's demand for centre-staging discussions on equity, IPR and trade in UN ... |
Washington Post (blog) - From a purely scientific standpoint, it wasn't terribly exciting to hear that a team of researchers based in UC Berkeley had taken a poke at the global temperature record and found that the Earth has indeed been heating up over the past century, ... |
PC Magazine - Science fiction and real science could converge if a NASA-funded study of "tractor beams" that could be used to trap and gather material in space bears fruit. |
Vancouver Sun - SFU's gecko-like robot, or Tailless Timing Belt Climbing Platform, is capable of climbing smooth surfaces, but more research is needed before it can climb rougher surfaces like concrete. |
Geeky gadgets - It very well should after the countless hours spent engineering it into its current form. If this is the first time you've ever read about PETMAN, be warned that it represents the farthest frontier of robotics. |
Technology
NPR - by AP LONDON (AP) - Governments must not clamp down on Internet and mobile phone networks at times of social unrest, the British government said Tuesday - weeks after suggesting police should do just that during riots. |
Philippine Star -
By Dong Magsajo (The Philippine Star) Updated November 02, 2011 12:00 AM 0 MANILA, Philippines - Believe it or not, there was actually a bit of a lag in the automobile world's slew of launches (which has been steamrolling since early 2010).
Christian Science Monitor - Chinese hackers sought to steal designs, formulas, and processes from chemical companies in the US and elsewhere, according to a report by cybersecurity firm Symantec. |
Los Angeles Times - A lot of people still don't understand why certain advertisers target them while they are searching the Web. Google is rolling out a new feature that explains why its users see certain ads when they search Google or check their Gmail. |
Bernama -
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 1 (Bernama) -- US-based Seagate Technology LLC is very bullish about the growth of hard disk drive (HDD) market in Malaysia.
CNET (blog) - If you want to pair your iPhone 4S with an unlimited-data plan, Sprint Nextel will no longer be the only game in town. Regional carrier C Spire Wireless (formerly Cellular South) said ... |
StangNet.com (blog) - If you're out and about at the 2011 SEMA Trade Show in Las Vegas today (through the 4th of November), be sure to locate the Dynapack Dyno booth to check on one serious turbo'd Ford Mustang. |
The VAR Guy -
This way you have the eye candy of Unity & Cairo Dock. I find Cairo Dock has some functionality & accessibility that has yet to come to Unity.
Khaleej Times - LONDON - Social networking sites such as Twitter have allowed pro-democracy protesters to “break the fear and the silence” by giving them a voice and a means of organisation, a top Yemeni activist said Tuesday. |
Business in Berkshire (press release) - Your social influence is being measured by the various websites out in the ether… and you will probably not know much about it unless you go see what they have to say. |
CNN - Battery life on the iPhone 4S has become an issue for some users. Apple is yet to publicly address it. (CNN) -- It all sounds eerily familiar. |
New York Times (blog) - Hewlett-Packard announced a new design for some of the world's largest computer centers, which it said could reduce power consumption in some cases by 90 percent. |
Reuters - A worker prepares the logo on the Microsoft stand on the CeBIT computer fair in Hanover February 26, 2011. The world's largest IT fair CeBIT opens its doors on March 1 and runs through March 5. (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said hackers exploited a ... |
Washington Post (blog) - Google Reader gets a redesign: Google Reader is the latest Google product to get made over. In Reader, you can now hook your recommendations and shared items into Google+, the company's social network. |
Toronto Star - Google entered the Canadian eBook business Tuesday, selling titles that can be stored online for reading almost anywhere. Purchased books can also be read on just about any device - from desktops and netbooks, to tablets and smartphones - as well as on ... |
Techzone360 - So you're cruising around through the Apple store with your purchase, and the line is long for checking out. What do you do? Soon, you'll be able to check yourself out via an App on your iPhone. |
WMPoweruser.com - Winrumors have published this brief look at the Nokia Lumia 800 compared to the second generation Windows Phone 7.5 handsets by HTC. |
AFP - SAN FRANCISCO - The line between videogames and action films blurred further on Tuesday with Sony's release of an eye-popping, pulse-revving "Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception" title for PlayStation 3 consoles. |
PCWorld - HTC has taken the lead in the US smartphone race. According to research firm Canalys, HTC had a stellar third quarter, claiming more than a quarter of the US market, and shipping more smartphones than ... |
Health
Reuters - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Surgeons in Northern California began a nine-hour operation on Tuesday to separate a pair of twin 2-year-old girls conjoined at the chest and abdomen. |
Indian Express - Children pose to raise a red ribbon symbol during an AIDS awareness activity at a kindergarten in Hefei, Anhui province. (Reuters) The spread of AIDS continues to cause concern in China as 60000 new cases were reported in the last seven months taking ... |
AFP - SAO PAULO - Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was discharged from hospital here Tuesday after undergoing chemotherapy for larynx cancer, a hospital statement said. |
gulfnews.com - Poor diet? Lack of exercise? Expanding waistline? You could already be at risk of developing type 2 diabetes and not even know it. |
China Digital Times - The public security bureau in the city of Kaifeng said in a statement that it discovered the network with the help of clues found from a theft case in which a woman used fake medicine to replace genuine medicine while pretending to make a purchase at a ... |
AFP - GENEVA - The World Health Organization announced on Tuesday that it is to abandon its proposed World Health Forum project following a meeting to discuss cost-saving reforms. |
Telegraph.co.uk - US Marines badly wounded in Afghanistan may get a "lollipop" with a powerful pain killer from now on instead of the traditional shot of morphine, according to the Marine Corps. |
Los Angeles Times - Drinking as few as three to six glasses of wine a week may increase a woman's risk of breast cancer by 15%, Harvard researchers say. |
National Post - NDP MP Chris Stoffer has his moustache shaved off as part of Parliament Hill's non-partisan Movember shave-off. By Tobi Cohen OTTAWA - The annual Movember fundraiser for prostate cancer had a little extra meaning this year for New Democrats who kicked ... |
Tucson Citizen - Results of a small study show that obese men who take a small daily dose of the supplement resveratrol - found as a natural compound in red wine - appear to improve their metabolism ... |
About - News & Issues - Back pain is a debilitating condition that affects many people. Back pain is responsible for lost productivity and can significantly affect quality of life. |
Moneycontrol.com - NEW YORK (Reuters) - A coalition of health campaigners on Tuesday urged consumers not to buy a baby shampoo made by Johnson & Johnson until the company stops using a preservative considered by the US government to be a possible ... |
Death and Taxes - Oh really? I thought misanthropes who hate the world and refuse to get out of bed in the morning had surely found the fountain of youth. |
The Week Magazine - Influenza kills tens of thousands of Americans each year. And yet, just 42 percent of us plan on getting a flu shot this year. Why? |
MarketWatch (press release) - DALLAS, Nov 01, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Baron and Budd is working to raise awareness about lung cancer, a disease that is all too misunderstood and underfunded. |
Toronto Star - Oakland Ross asks the question, do grotesque health warnings on cigarette packages help people quit smoking? My answer is no - in fact, it's much more likely that they produce the opposite result, and it's difficult to believe that the policymakers who ... |
Daily Mail - As essential as the Pill is, it may be dampening the sex lives of many couples. Women using hormonal contraception have less sex and are less likely to reach orgasm than those who use other methods of birth control, new research shows. |
Globe and Mail - I'm sure many people found last week's headlines on weight loss and hormones discouraging. The message: failure to maintain weight loss is due to hormonal changes, not lack of willpower. |
Huffington Post - If your daily commute involves your car, the subway or a bus, a new study suggests the trip may be linked with extra stress, exhaustion, poor sleep and possibly even an increase in missed work days. |
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