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FCC chief hopes Comcast sanction serves as warning
(AP) — A recommendation to punish Comcast Corp. for blocking subscribers’ Internet traffic should serve as a warning to other service providers, the nation’s top telecommunications regulator said Friday.
AMD slashes $880M from value of division
(AP) — Struggling to climb back to profitability, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. suffered another setback Friday when the chip maker disclosed that two businesses it acquired in a pricey acquisition were underperforming.
Loss of Wolves Causes Major Ecosystem Disruption at Olympic National Park
Olympic National Park was created in 1938, in part “to preserve the finest sample of primeval forests in the entire United States” – but a new study at Oregon State University suggests that this preservation goal has failed, as a result of the elimination of wolves and subsequent domination of the temperate rainforests by herds [...]
Mobile web surfing on the rise blogs for everything
London, July 11 (ANI): The number of people using their mobile phones to surf net has significant increased this year.
India’s Infosys surprises with 20.7 pct profit growth
Indian software giant Infosys Technologies reported a forecast-beating first quarter net profit jump of 20.7 percent Friday, soothing concerns about the impact of a global economic slowdown.The country’s second-biggest software firm began the earnings season for the key outsourcing sector by saying net profit over the three months to June hit 13.02 billion rupees (302 [...]
Wasps and bumble bees heat up, fly faster with protein-rich food
Good pollen makes bees hot, biologists at UC San Diego have found. Wasps warm up too when they find protein-rich meat, a separate experiment has shown.
Scientists identify genetic basis for the black sheep of the family
Coat color of wild and domestic animals is a critical trait that has significant biological and economic impact. In a study published online in Genome Research, researchers have identified the genetic basis for black coat color, and white, in a breed of domestic sheep.
Japanese sails solo across Pacific in wave-powered boat
TOKYO (AP) _ Japanese adventurer Kenichi Horie took more than three months to sail from Hawaii to Japan in a boat powered by the energy of ocean waves, but says he was blessed with good weather and tasty fish. “The sea was so calm, and the weather was so great throughout my journey.
Engineers show nanotube circuits can be made en masse
Most innovations don’t go far unless there is a way to turn them into products that are manufacturable on a mass scale. That’s why new research on carbon nanotubes, presented June 19 by a group of Stanford electrical engineers, is likely to draw industry attention.
Carbon dioxide - emissions associated with UK consumption increase
Researchers have discovered that carbon dioxide emissions associated with UK consumption increased by 115 million tonnes (18 per cent), between 1992 and 2004.