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Breaking news from your Fast Company editors with updates all day. Vodafone, one of Europe's biggest and most powerful cell phone networks, has this morning spent a whopping £1 billion ($1.7 billion) to buy Cable & Wireless, an operator that has significant land-line assets and a business-centric portfolio. The deal catapults Vodafone into still more market dominance, since it now has a cable distribution network in addition to its extensive wireless one, and hooks the firm up to long-tail revenues from enterprise broadband buyers.

Video production is getting cheaper, so Google is creating a self-service option for pre-roll advertisements aimed at small- and medium-sized businesses. Google 's AdWords program has long been an easy way for businesses of all shapes and sizes to post their ads on Google Search results

Researchers hope discovery of brain freeze mechanism could lead to treatments for migraine sufferers

Chemo hood may prevent hair loss, study in progress

Bot Vid: The Naval Robot That Fights Fires The Navy has a big plan to put smart gesture-controlled bipedla firebots onto ships. These droids are able to scramble through compartments designed for human access, so they'd be invaluable in a crisis, and they can handle fires that humans cannot. The plan needs much research, and the Octavia bot shows a step along the way.

Non-profit hands out home drug tests to stop kids from smoking - How should parents talk to their teens about drugs?

Chemo therapy without losing your hair may soon be possible according to an ongoing study in Germany that has recorded positive results. Felipe Maya reports.

Chemo therapy without losing your hair may soon be possible according to an ongoing study in Germany that has recorded positive results.

Antibiotics may cure infections in livestock, but some experts say it may hurt people who eat the meat

Antibiotics may cure infections in livestock, but some experts say it may hurt people who eat the meat

Data from 1989-2009 show greater gains in men, fewer in women, for life expectancy

Data from 1989-2009 show greater gains in men, fewer in women, for life expectancy

Marijuana wine is made by placing a pound of marijuana in a cask of wine, leading to about 1.5 grams of marijuana per bottle

Marijuana wine is made by placing a pound of marijuana in a cask of wine, leading to about 1.5 grams of marijuana per bottle

Relationship expert Dr. Gilda Carle cuts through the fluff with her relationship advice in TODAY.com's "30-second therapist" series. This week, one reader wants to know why men she chooses never stick around and another whose sex life has tanked since she got a job.