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September 2009
Apple buys map service to compete with Google?
By Technology News from CNet and Slashdot on September 30, 2009
The apparent purchase of PlaceBase may explain why Apple required Google Latitude to be a Web-based app and not a native iPhone app.
Free All Music to offer free MP3s, new ad model
By Technology News from CNet and Slashdot on September 30, 2009
Atlanta-based start-up believes that users will be willing to watch a short video advertisement in exchange for a free MP3 download.
Electric Car Nano-Batteries Aim For 500-Mile Range
By Technology News from CNet and Slashdot on September 30, 2009
An anonymous reader writes “Consortium members read like a Who’s Who in technology research for the Battery 500 Project which aims to use nanotechnology to extend the range of all-electric cars 200 miles beyond the 300-mile range of gasoline powered cars. IBM, the University of California at Berkeley and all five of our US National Labs are collaborating to make the 500-mile electric car battery. Within two years, they promise to have a new kind of battery technology in place for the 500-mile electric car. If that happens, then I predict a mass exodus from gasoline to electric powered cars that will make the Toyota Prius look like a fad.”
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Now syncing: Google history on mobile phones
By Technology News from CNet and Slashdot on September 30, 2009
Google has made two enhancements to Google.com on mobile phones: history sync and local search. See what’s new.
Middle-age obesity warning - BBC News
By Health News on September 30, 2009
 ABC News |
Middle-age obesity warning
BBC News Scientists are warning that putting on weight in middle age reduces the chance of living a long and healthy life by around 80 per cent. A long-term study of thousands of women found the fatter they were at the age of 50, the more likely they were to … Obesity in Middle Age Bodes Ill for Old Age ABC News Women’s Weight Tied to Healthy Aging WebMD Midlife Adiposity May Reduce Healthy Survival in Women Who Live to … Medscape The Associated Press - Atlanta Journal Constitution - eFitnessNow all 334 news articles » |
Berks among first in line for swine flu vaccine - Reading Eagle
By Health News on September 30, 2009
 New York Daily News |
Berks among first in line for swine flu vaccine
Reading Eagle Berks County is in one of the regions to receive Pennsylvania’s first doses of swine flu vaccine, and Reading Hospital will be among the sites administering the vaccine this year, officials said Wednesday. … Swine Flu Vaccine Information Philadelphia Inquirer Swine flu vaccine myths ‘busted’ by experts The Age Getting swine flu vaccine top business concern The Associated Press Rockhampton Morning Bulletin - ABC Online - The Australian all 187 news articles » |
Congressional Health Benefits Could Soon Change - Washington Post
By Health News on September 30, 2009
 Iowa Independent |
Congressional Health Benefits Could Soon Change
Washington Post Senators debating health-care reform legislation have unanimously approved a proposal requiring members of Congress and their staffs to obtain health insurance through new state-based purchasing exchanges set up by the health-care reform bill under … Public option remains a flash point Philadelphia Inquirer Senators reject photo ID for health care benefits The Associated Press Still Confused? A Refresher on the Basics of the Health Debate New York Times Daily Times Herald - MyNC.com - The Washington Independent all 158 news articles » |
Obese Middle-Aged Women Face Unhealthy Future (HealthDay)
By Health News on September 30, 2009
HealthDay - TUESDAY, Sept. 29 (HealthDay News) — If excess weight doesn’t kill you by old age, it could make your life miserable in the form of chronic health problems and impaired mental fitness.
Sexual Satisfaction May Lead to Greater Well-Being in Women (HealthDay)
By Health News on September 30, 2009
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Sept. 30 (HealthDay News) — Women who are happy with their sex lives have higher well-being scores and more vitality than women who are sexually dissatisfied, Australian researchers say.
Clinical Trials Update: Sept. 30, 2009 (HealthDay)
By Health News on September 30, 2009
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) — Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:
Finance »
What Does This Real Estate Insider Know About …
March 15, 2010
SAN DIEGO, CA – by David Horwitz -No one has ever been able to explain this logic to me as soon as you fall behind on your payments, the bank charges you MORE money and often times, if possible, raises your interest rates! It seems that when we are financially in trouble, today’s [...]
Real Estate »
Unemployment Now Becoming A Principal Reason for Rising Foreclosures
September 9, 2009
Research by Moody’s Economy.com predicts that in 2009 1.8 million borrowers will lose their home to foreclosure. This figure rises from 1.4 million homeowners in 2008. Moody is a leading independent provider of economic, financial, country, and industry research. Moody attributes the increase in foreclosure rate to the rise in unemployment. At the start of [...]
Business »
Flaw in Free Markets: Humans
September 12, 2009
THERE is broad agreement that Alan Greenspan, the former Fed chairman, was wrong to have believed that market forces alone would insulate society from excessive financial risk. But Mr. Greenspan was wrong for reasons very different from those offered by his most vocal critics.
Those critics fault Mr. Greenspan for having overestimated the strength of competitive forces, a [...]
Technology »
Microsoft Announces Windows 7 SP1
March 18, 2010
CWmike writes “Microsoft has announced service packs for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, but declined to set a release date or a schedule for getting a beta in users’ hands. A company spokesman said Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) will primarily contain ‘minor updates,’ including patches and hotfixes that will have been delivered earlier via the Windows Update service, rather than new features. One of the latter: an updated Remote Desktop client designed to work with RemoteFX, the new remote-access platform set to debut in SP1 for Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2008 R2 will also be upgraded to SP1, Microsoft said, presumably at the same time as Windows 7 since the two operating systems share a single code base. Besides RmoteFX — which Microsoft explained Wednesday in an entry on the Windows virtualization team’s blog — Server 2008 R2 will also include a feature dubbed ‘Dynamic Memory,’ which lets IT staff adjust guest virtual machines’ memory on the fly. Microsoft did not spell out a timetable for the service packs, saying only that it would provide more information as release milestones approach.”
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Health, Technology »
AP Enterprise: NASA, cruise line got flu shots (AP)
March 18, 2010
AP - Last fall, as swine flu cases mounted and parents desperately sought to protect their kids, the hard-to-get vaccine was handed out in some surprising places: the Royal Caribbean cruise line, the headquarters of drug giant Merck, the Johnson Space Center and a Department of Energy office in Idaho.
SPORTS »
Federer Beats Djokovic to Reach Final
September 13, 2009
Roger Federer swept past Novak Djokovic, 7-6 (3), 7-5, 7-5, on Sunday at Arthur Ashe Stadium to reach the finals of the United States Open, a tournament he has won five straight times.
The fourth-seeded Djokovic, 22, who had defeated Federer in two of their three past meetings this year, was competitive throughout the match, but [...]