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December 2009
Apple Censors Dalai Lama iPhone Apps In China
By Technology News from CNet and Slashdot on December 31, 2009
eldavojohn writes “Google and Yahoo! have relinquished any sort of ethical integrity with regards to free speech in China but Apple appears to be following suit by blocking Dalai Lama applications in the Chinese iPhone app store. An official Apple statement reads, ‘We continue to comply with local laws. Not all apps are available in every country.’ A small monetary price to pay for the economic boon that is the blooming Chinese cell phone market but a very large price to pay for that in principles.”
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Clinical Trials Update: Dec. 31, 2009 (HealthDay)
By Health News on December 31, 2009
HealthDay - (HealthDayNews) — Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com:
Her Music Eases the End for Dying Patients (HealthDay)
By Health News on December 31, 2009
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Dec. 31 (HealthDay News) — Music therapy is used to help Alzheimer’s patients remember and autistic children calm down. Now, a University of Alabama student is using her voice and guitar to comfort dying patients in hospice.
Volunteering May Keep Elderly Stronger (HealthDay)
By Health News on December 31, 2009
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Dec. 31 (HealthDay News) — Volunteering one’s time and energy might help stave off frailty among the elderly.
Laser Deemed Best Treatment for Diabetic Retinopathy (HealthDay)
By Health News on December 31, 2009
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Dec. 31 (HealthDay News) — Steroid injections into the eye slowed diabetes-related eye disease, though lasers remain the treatment of choice because of side effects related to the steroids, new research shows.
Clues to Cancer That Could Wipe Out Tasmanian Devils (HealthDay)
By Health News on December 31, 2009
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Dec. 31 (HealthDay News) — Researchers are gaining a better understanding of an outbreak of cancerous tumors that is killing many of Australia’s Tasmanian devils, according to a new report.
GOP attorneys general demand a change in Senate health-care bill - Washington Post
By Health News on December 31, 2009
 Boston Globe |
GOP attorneys general demand a change in Senate health-care bill
Washington Post COLUMBIA, SC — Republican attorneys general in 13 states are threatening legal action over a provision in the federal health-care reform bill that would shield Nebraska from the costs of expanding Medicaid programs — language that was … Attorneys general challenge compromise of health care bill Bizjournals.com GOP attorneys general threaten suit over Neb. health deal USA Today 13 GOP officials challenge health deal | Philadelphia Inquirer | 12/31/2009 Philadelphia Inquirer Lakeland Times - Kansas City Star - The Tennessean all 600 news articles » |
Raise a Glass — Time(2) Turns 40 Tonight
By Technology News from CNet and Slashdot on December 31, 2009
ddt writes “Raise your glasses of champagne in a toast at midnight. The time(2) system call turns 40 tonight, and is now officially ‘over the hill.’ It’s dutifully keeping track of time for clueful operating systems since January 1, 1970.” And speaking of time, if you don’t have a *nix system handy, or just want a second opinion, an anonymous reader points out this handy way to check just how far it is after local midnight in Unix time. Updated 10:03 GMT by timothy: The Unix-time-in-a-browser linked has been replaced by a Rick Astley video; you have been warned.
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FDA warns of extortion scam targeting online prescription buyers - Los Angeles Times
By Health News on December 31, 2009
 Opposing Views |
FDA warns of extortion scam targeting online prescription buyers
Los Angeles Times Dozens sent money to fake federal agents after being told they would be prosecuted for buying medicine from foreign countries online or by telephone, the FDA reports. By Diane C. Lade Reporting from Fort Lauderdale, Fla. … Scam targets drug buyers MiamiHerald.com Beware of artists posing as Federal agents: FDA TopNews United States FDA Warning About Scam Artists Posturing As Federal Agents Visit Bulgaria TheDenverChannel.com - Consumer Affairs - MedPage Today all 41 news articles » |
Time Warner Cable shows subscribers how to cut cord
By Technology News from CNet and Slashdot on December 31, 2009
Cable company posts a comprehensive set of instructions for grabbing video directly from the Web, part of the company’s posturing with News Corp.’s Fox over rates.
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 [...]