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Massive lakes could lie beneath ice of Jupiter moon

A body of water as big as North America's Great Lakes could lie beneath Europa, a shining enigmatic moon of Jupiter, astronomers reported on Wednesday.(NASA)The finding -- if backed by a hoped-for unmanned robot mission -- is exciting, for water is one of the key ingredients for life.Its white

Nov. 17, 2011

Massive lakes could lie beneath ice of Jupiter moon

Facebook warns of recent wave of spam

NEW YORK (AP) _ Facebook said Wednesday that it has stopped most of the spam that has flooded many users' pages with pictures showing graphic sex and violence.The social-networking company urged its 800 million-plus users to remain vigilant to keep their accounts from being hijacked.That includes re

Nov. 17, 2011

Keen video-gamers' brains may reward them more

Nov. 16, 2011

Milk does a body good -- even when worn

The 28-year-old German is the designer of an award-winning new textile made entirely from milk that's environmentally friendly as well as soothing to people with skin allergies. Called “Qmilch,” it drapes and folds like silk, but can be washed and dried like cotton. In this photo taken Tuesday

Nov. 16, 2011

Samsung wins early Australia trial on Apple infringement claim

Nov. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Samsung Electronics Co., embroiled in patent disputes with Apple Inc. around the globe, won an early trial on its claim that the iPhone and iPad 2 in Australia infringe its patents on 3G wireless transmissions.Australia Federal Court Justice Annabelle Bennett today ordered tha

Nov. 15, 2011

Hungry mosquitoes fly farther than you think

(AP) How far does a mosquito fly? Harry Boerema wants to know.Boerema lives near a drainage project, where Dutch authorities are dredging a huge meter-deep (3-foot) basin in the northern rural landscape to head off flood waters and protect towns and villages from disaster.The project threatens to in

Nov. 15, 2011

Berkshire buys 5 percent of IBM, takes other stakes

OMAHA, Nebraska (AP) -- Warren Buffett said Monday that his company has spent $10.7 billion to buy more than 5 percent of IBM's stock this year, a surprising move by the billionaire investor who has long shied away from investing in high technology companies.Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berks

Nov. 15, 2011

Berkshire buys 5 percent of IBM, takes other stakes

Criticism mounts over ‘soft’ penalties for power bloggers

Netizens on Monday expressed anger at the “soft” penalties given to power bloggers who made huge illegitimate profits. The Fair Trade Commission announced on Sunday it levied a fine of 5 million won each on four power bloggers for not revealing that they wrote favorable product reviews in return for a commission. According to the FTC, brokering a collective purchase of a product online is legal, but bloggers are required to reveal they get paid a commission for organizing such mass purchases. Th

Nov. 14, 2011

Review: Kindle Fire sacrifices to get under $200

NEW YORK (AP) — The Kindle was always an odd product name. Amazon used a verb to name a thing, raising the question: Kindle what? Now we have the answer: Kindle Fire.The Kindle Fire is the first full-color, touch-screen Kindle. It's available in the U.S. starting Tuesday for $199.A price like

Nov. 14, 2011

Review: Kindle Fire sacrifices to get under $200

Professionally cleaned teeth may be weapon against heart disease

Yearly teeth-cleaning at the dentist’s office may cut the risk of heart attack by as much as 24 percent compared with those who avoid the treatment, Taiwanese researchers found. Those who had their teeth scraped and polished by a dentist or dental hygienist also had a 13 percent lower risk of s

Nov. 14, 2011

Professionally cleaned teeth may be weapon against heart disease

Orbital solar power plants touted for energy needs

Nov. 14, 2011

Apple not to outdo Samsung in Q4 smartphone sales: report

Apple Inc. may find it difficult to overtake Samsung Electronics Co. as the top global smartphone vendor in the fourth quarter of this year, a market report showed Sunday.Samsung, the world's No. 2 handset maker, dethroned Apple in the third quarter in smartphone shipments, becoming the top smartpho

Nov. 13, 2011

Apple not to outdo Samsung in Q4 smartphone sales: report

Apple customers complain software update didn’t fix battery

Apple Inc. customers say devices with the new iOS 5 operating system are still suffering from weak battery life, even after the company issued a software update meant to fix the malfunction. An advertisment for the Apple Inc. iPhone 4S is displayed at a Sprint Nextel Corp. store in Palo Alto, Califo

Nov. 13, 2011

Apple customers complain software update didn’t fix battery

Innovative cholera vaccine receives WHO stamp of approval

An innovative oral vaccine that can be used to prevent and control cholera around the world has received a stamp of approval from the World Health Organization (WHO), a Seoul-based international health research institute said Friday. The International Vaccine Institute (IVI) said its joi

Nov. 11, 2011

SK Telecom named as preferred bidder for Hynix

Hynix Semiconductor Inc. shareholders on Friday named SK Telecom Co. as the preferred bidder, a day after the mobile carrier submitted a final bid for a controlling stake in the chipmaker.The stake in Hynix on the block is estimated at around 3 trillion won ($2.64 billion).Hynix shareholders had extended the bidding deadline twice to attract more bidders with STX Group pulling out of the race that resulted in a solo bid by SK Telecom. The stake sale contract will be signed on Nov. 14 after Hynix

Nov. 11, 2011

Gov't bans humidifier sterilizers for causing mysterious lung disease

The government on Friday banned the sale of six types of sterilizers used in household humidifiers because they may have caused the mysterious hardening of lung tissue that killed nine people this year. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said detaile

Nov. 11, 2011

EEG scan helped contact patients in vegetative state

Electro-encephalography (EEG) helped doctors realize that several patients diagnosed as being in a permanently vegetative state were in fact aware, according to a study published on Thursday in The Lancet.The technique could be developed as a portable, cheaper way of helping doctors make more accura

Nov. 11, 2011

NASA readies launch of 'dream machine' to Mars

The US space agency is getting ready to launch later this month the biggest, most expensive robotic vehicle ever built to explore Mars for signs of previous life there, NASA said Thursday.The Curiosity rover, known formally as the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), is a $2.5 billion state-of-the-a

Nov. 11, 2011

NASA readies launch of 'dream machine' to Mars

Apple launches iPhone 4S in S. Korea to fanfare

SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Yonhap) -- Apple Inc.'s iPhone 4S was released in South Korea on Friday with great fanfare as the country's two largest mobile carriers heated up their competition to lure customers.SK Telecom Co., South Korea's largest mobile operator, and the runner-up KT Corp. invited fans to cele

Nov. 11, 2011

Apple launches iPhone 4S in S. Korea to fanfare

Scientists identify new cell to lower risk of hardening of arteries

A group of scientists, including one of the two recipients of this year's Nobel prize in medicine, the late Ralph M. Steinman, has identified a new cell that helps reduce risks of the hardening of the arteries, South Korea's science ministry said Friday.The research, published Thursday (U.S. time) o

Nov. 11, 2011