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Harvey Weinstein attacks ‘free internet’

YoopyaOct 13, 20120

US film producer Harvey Weinstein has criticised media giants Apple and Google for making content available under the guise of “free internet”. “It’s a nonsensical

Global army of online freelancers remakes outsourcing industry

YoopyaOct 13, 20120

(Reuters) – Not far from the world of regimented cubicles and headset-toting call center operators, a quiet revolution is stirring in its slippers. University librarian

Nobel for quantum “parlor trick” that could make super computers

brunoOct 9, 2012October 9, 20120

(Reuters) – A French and an American scientist won the Nobel Prize on Tuesday for finding ways to measure quantum particles without destroying them, which

Insight: Frugal Amazon opens checkbook for streaming video

brunoOct 9, 2012October 9, 20120

(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc’s deal to purchase streaming movies from cable network Epix could transform the way such deals are done, thanks to a pay-for-performance

Meningitis outbreak stirs calls for FDA pharmacy oversight

brunoOct 9, 2012October 9, 20120

(Reuters) – A deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak tied to contaminated steroid shots should spur new legislation to regulate how pharmacies mix and dose drugs, experts

Tiny, new African dinosaur species unveiled

YoopyaOct 8, 20120

(Reuters) – A new dinosaur the size of a house cat and described as a cross between “a bird, a vampire and a porcupine” has

Amazon pays top dollar to buy Seattle HQ

YoopyaOct 7, 20120

(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc said on Friday it will spend over $1 billion to buy its Seattle corporate headquarters in what will be the United

Apple’s iPhone 5 gets thumbs-up from Consumer Reports

YoopyaOct 7, 20120

(Reuters) – Consumer Reports, the influential reviewers’ group that blasted the iPhone 4 for a faulty antenna, on Friday gave Apple Inc’s latest smartphone a

Japan author, “spooky” science up for cut-price Nobels

YoopyaOct 7, 20120

(Reuters) – A Japanese author who writes of love and isolation, researchers into “spooky” quantum physics and experts on economic inequality have all been tipped

Nasa’s Curiosity Mars rover to scoop sand sample

YoopyaOct 5, 2012August 12, 20240

The Curiosity rover is preparing to scoop its first sample of Martian soil. The vehicle, which landed on the Red Planet in August, has driven