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18 hours ago | News
According
to recent data released by Google, the search engine giant has logged
more than 2.5 million requests in the last 11 months to remove links
believed to be violating Microsoft’s copyrights. This exceeded the
number of complaints about material produced by entertainment companies
pushing for tougher online piracy laws.
May 24 | News
NASA
has hired Space Exploration Technologies Corp. to deliver cargo to the
International Space Station, but will eventually add astronauts. And the
space agency is hiring other companies, too. Several
firms—at least eight—think they can make money in space and are close
enough to Musk's company to practically surf in his spaceship's
rocket-fueled wake.
May 18 | News
The
U.S. government has been pushing doctors to e-prescribe, in part
because it can be safer for patients. Now, more than a third of the
nation's prescriptions now are electronic, and starting this year,
holdouts will start to see cuts in their Medicare payments.
May 11 | News
Advisers
to government health regulators late Thursday recommended that they
approve sales of what would be the first new prescription weight-loss
drug in the U.S. in more than a decade, despite concerns over cardiac
risks.
May 9 | News
The
organization behind a major expansion of Internet address suffixes is
offering full refunds to companies and organizations affected by a
weeks-long delay in taking proposals.
May 8 | News
Three
weeks ago, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
abruptly shut down a system for letting companies and organizations
propose new suffixes, after it discovered a software glitch that exposed
some private data. At the time, ICANN planned to reopen the system
within four business days. But the system remains suspended.
May 7 | News
Many
U.S. Internet service providers have fallen in line with their
international counterparts in capping monthly residential broadband
usage. But according to a recent study conducted with the help of
Microsoft Research, these pricing models offer few tools for consumers
to manage their data usage, and lead to uninformed decisions.
May 3 | News
Four
months ago the U.S. government sought to block publication of two
studies about how scientists created an easily spread form of bird flu.
Now a revised version of one paper is seeing the light of day with the
government's blessing. The second paper, which is more controversial
because it involves what appears to be a more dangerous virus, is
expected to be published later.
May 1 | News
Industrial
biotechnology companies rely heavily on patents to attract investment
to fund R&D. The recent America Invents Act stands to have a
significant impact on technology innovators such as biotech firms, and
two recently published papers from patent law experts help explain the
extent of these shifts.
Apr 30 | News
Engineers
are developing new and innovative ways of coating medical materials
with nano-sized particles of silver, an element that has long been known
for its antimicrobial properties. However, a recent paper from the
University of Notre Dame highlights the fact that a vast majority of
bacteria are actually neutral, or even beneficial. Overuse of nanosilver
might harm their useful functions in daily life, the paper reports.
