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ICANN urges affordable Internet access for East Africa
March 08, 2010By Alisha Ryu A U.S.-based organization that promotes the use of the Internet is urging leaders in east Africa to make the Internet accessible and affordable to all of their citizens. The leaders are gathering in Nairobi for a regional summit due to...
No contact between China and Google about censorship dispute
March 07, 2010China says it has not had any direct contact with the U.S. Internet company Google about ending its China-based search service because of government censorship. Chinese Vice Minister Miao Wei told the state-run Xinhua news agency that China's ministry...
Top 100 Twitter-holics based on the number of followers
March 04, 2010Rating TOP-100 of the most popular blogs in Twitter, based on the number of followers who have subscribed to a feed. 1. Ashton Kutcher, http://twitter.com/aplusk 4,596,859 2. Britney Spears, http://twitter.com/britneyspears 4,488,960 3. Ellen DeGeneres...
Security expert urges shift in tactics against cyber attacks
March 03, 2010By Frances Alonzo Computer programmers and users should be more receptive to changing security measures to reduce the risk of being targeted by hackers. The cyber-attacks that recently targeted Google, and perhaps 100 other companies, shows that...
Researchers: Gene test could help breast cancer treatment
March 02, 2010By Jennifer Glasse A new technique that links genes to a patient's response to chemotherapy for breast cancer could help doctors find more effective cancer treatments in the future. Our correspondent spoke to the British doctor who is leading the research...
Computer programming contest draws world's best minds in Harbin, China
March 02, 2010By Faiza Elmasry Who's the brainiest of them all? Call it the "Olympics of the Mind". Earlier this month, the world's brainiest people were in Harbin, China, for the 34th annual Battle of the Brains, the oldest, most prestigious computer...
Hollywood honors technical innovators at Academy SciTech Awards
February 28, 2010By Mike O'Sullivan On Sunday, March 7, the biggest stars in Hollywood will turn out in tuxedos and evening gowns for a glamorous presentation of the Academy Awards. But the Academy's presentation of scientific and technical awards last week was a...
Russian “Silicon Valley”: Soviet-era ‘science cities’ - part of Medvedev’s modernization program?
February 26, 2010By Paul Goble Soviet-Era ‘Science Cities’ Need Not Be Saved, Moscow Commentator Says Discussions in Moscow about the problems of company towns and calls by senior Moscow officials for the creation of a Russian “Silicon...
E-Health Gains Traction in Developing Countries
February 24, 2010By Art Chimes Mobile phones deliver medication reminders Information technology has come more slowly to the area of health care perhaps than some other fields. But the field of e-health, as it's called, is moving forward, and some of the most notable...
E-waste creates economic, environmental problem for developing nations
February 23, 2010Societies are producing more and more electronic goods, and therefore more and more electronic waste, or e-waste. The United Nations' Environment Program has released a report that warns of a dangerous rise in the amount of such waste, which is often...