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PGT: Bubba Watson and Rickie Fowler struggled in the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational on Sunday.
Read More »Researcher Nabs $500K to Work On "Green Software"
"Green" computer code would be increase energy efficiency in the machines running such software. A computer scientist from Binghamton University has recently scored about a half million in funding--$450,000 from the National Science Foundation, and $50,000 from Google--that will help support his interested in "green" software development.
Read More »Massachusetts radiation alert: Is rainwater dangerous?
Radiation from Japan's crippled reactors showing up across the U.S., but experts downplay risk
Read More »Apple Spends the Weekend in Court
Apple won against Nokia, but potentially could lose--big--against Kodak. Apple's legal team had a roller coaster of a weekend, winning against
Read More »25th Annual WonderCon
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a -- scrolling, scrolling ...
Read More »MLB Opening Day
The real world's baseball season starts today, which also means batters up for another stat-fueled year of the fantasy version.
Read More »Government Security Expo
Law-enforcement officials are trained to fight crime in the physical world. Still, the need to transition them from guns and patrol cars to keyboards and mouses is pressing
Read More »National Volunteer Week
Gym reimbursements and lavish company parties may be going the way of the dinosaur, but paid time for volunteering is one employee perk not yet in danger of extinction. Take UnitedHealthcare, whose company attorneys recently donated 600 hours of pro bono legal service. Or Target, whose workers spend 450,000 hours annually on projects such as overhauling school libraries
Read More »World Health Day
We bet you can't guess the theme of this year's World Health Day. And no, that line wasn't laced with sarcasm -- really, we bet you can't.
Read More »Google Global Science Fair
What do earmuffs, television, and ChatRoulette have in common? They were all dreamed up by teenagers -- the same age group Google is targeting with its first-ever science fair, an online smarts search.
Read More »7 Tips for Foreign Business Travel
Preparing for international travel is unlike planning a business trip within one's own country.
Read More »Why Is the New York Times Partnering With Shell Oil?
The New York Times often covers Shell Oil's misdeeds and questionable choices, which in past years have included drilling in the arctic and denying human rights abuses in Nigeria . The oil industry is undeniably contentious and filled with scandals and coverups--all the more reason for the Times to write about it. But how can the Times remain objective when it is partnering with Shell Oil on an energy conference
Read More »Are the Best Leaders Revolutionaries?
In 1970, Dov Frohman was a young electrical engineer working for a relatively unknown 100-person company called Intel. While troubleshooting a problem with an Intel product one day, Frohman stumbled upon a radically new way to record memory on a semiconductor.
Read More »Celebrity sleep secrets: What stars do in bed
You won't believe the sleep habits of some celebs
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