Facebook, HTC building Android smartphone: report

Facebook has allied with Taiwan's HTC to build a customized smartphone powered by Google's Android mobile operating system, according to technology blog All Things Digital.The project, code named "Buffy," is aimed at making a handset tailored for the California-based social networking platform, acco

Nov. 25, 2011

Future cancers from Fukushima plant may be hidden

FUKUSHIMA, Japan (AP) -- Even if the worst nuclear accident in 25 years leads to many people developing cancer, we may never find out.Looking back on those early days of radiation horror, that may sound implausible.But the ordinary rate of cancer is so high, and our understanding of the effects of radiation exposure so limited, that any increase in cases from the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster may be undetectable.Several experts inside and outside Japan told the Associated Press that cancers c

Nov. 24, 2011

Blood type may affect stroke risk, study finds

ORLANDO, Florida (AP) -- Your blood type might affect your risk of stroke. People with AB and women with B were a little more likely to suffer one than people with O blood - the most common type, a study found.The research can’t prove such a link. But it fits with other work tying A, B and AB to more risk of blood clots in the legs and heart attacks. Blood type O also has been tied to an increased risk of bleeding, which implies less chance of clots, the cause of most strokes.“There’s increasing

Nov. 24, 2011

Blood type may affect stroke risk, study finds

ORLANDO, Florida (AP) ― Your blood type might affect your risk of stroke. People with AB and women with B were a little more likely to suffer one than people with O blood - the most common type, a study found.The research can’t prove such a link. But it fits with other work tying A, B and AB to more risk of blood clots in the legs and heart attacks. Blood type O also has been tied to an increased risk of bleeding, which implies less chance of clots, the cause of most strokes.“There’s increasing

Nov. 24, 2011

MSD releases implantable contraceptive

Korea MSD released Implanon NTX, an implantable contraceptive for women. Implanon NXT is a radiopaque, non-biodegradable, progestagen-only, flexible implant preloaded in a sterile, disposable applicator. It contains 68 milligrams of etonogestrel and is effective for three years, According to the pharmaceutical, Implanon should be inserted just under the skin of the arm. It is removable and should be re-implanted when further contraceptive effect is needed. Those willing to be inserted with the d

Nov. 24, 2011

Samgyetang highest-calorie restaurant dish

The Korea Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday disclosed the average nutritional value of some popular Korean restaurant dishes. According to its report on 130 foods, the highest in calories was “samgyetang” at 918 kcal in a serving of 1,000 grams of the chicken broth. It was followed by japchaebap, or fried rice with mixed vegetables and noodles, at 885 kcal; ganjjajang, or noodles served separately with black bean paste, at 825 kcal; jajangmyeon, noodles in black bean paste, at 797 kcal,

Nov. 24, 2011

Microsoft president discusses cloud biz, data center in S. Korea

A Microsoft Corp. senior executive met South Korea‘s telecommunications regulator on Thursday to discuss ways to expand ties with South Korea by collaborating on new businesses that may include building a data center, government officials said.Jean Philippe Courtois, president of Microsoft’s international business, met Choi See-joong, chairman of the Korea Communications Commission (KCC), in Seoul to talk about the U.S. company‘s investment opportunities in the country and measures to forge coll

Nov. 24, 2011

Recipient doing well after first artificial windpipe graft

PARIS, Nov 24, 2011 (AFP) - The word's first artificial windpipe transplant has been such a success that a second operation has been carried out and a third is being planned, The Lancet reported on Thursday.Andemariam Teklesenbet Beyene, a 36-year-old Eritrean, is doing well after undergoing the gro

Nov. 24, 2011

Molecular mechanism regulating wakefulness, sleep identified

Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have, for the first time, identified an intracellular signaling enzyme that regulates the wake-sleep cycle, which could help lead to the development of more effective sleep aid medications. Subimal Datta, PhD, director and principle investig

Nov. 24, 2011

KT gets green light to end 2G service

The Korea Communications Commission granted KT Corp. permission to end its feature phone service beginning on Dec. 8 on Wednesday.The state telecom regulator said KT will have two weeks to inform its existing 159,000 feature phone users by at least two different methods -- including mail -- that the

Nov. 23, 2011

BPA spikes 1,200 percent after eating canned soup: study

WASHINGTON, Nov 22, 2011 (AFP) - People who ate canned soup for five days straight saw their urinary levels of the chemical bisphenol A spike 1,200 percent compared to those who ate fresh soup, US researchers said on Tuesday.The randomized study, described as "one of the first to quantify BPA levels

Nov. 23, 2011

Samsung in final talks for Google TV: president Yoon

 

Nov. 22, 2011

ZTE plans 2 billion yuan center for China Unicom e-books

ZTE Corp., China’s second-largest phone-equipment maker, plans to invest 2 billion yuan ($314 million) in a facility to support China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd.’s e-book service.The Internet center in Changsha will be expanded over the next three years to more than 1,000 workers from 300 now, ZTE Vice President Yu Yifang said in an e-mail to Bloomberg News Tuesday. The center will support the WoReading service that China Unicom started in April, he said.ZTE sees “very big potential” in winning comp

Nov. 22, 2011

AMOLED output to surge 110% next year: report

Global production of active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) displays is forecast to more than double in 2012 from this year, driven by smartphone and mobile demand, a market report said Tuesday. According to the report by IHS iSuppli, global shipments of AMOLED displays will jump 110 percent from this year and hit 154.7 million units in 2012. The market research firm estimated this year’s AMOLED shipments at 73.7 million units, a 55 percent growth from the previous year.AMOLED displ

Nov. 22, 2011

AIDS-related deaths slashed by treatment: UN

A significant expansion in access to treatment helped slash the number of AIDS-related deaths in 2010, bringing the number of people living with HIV to a record 34 million, the United Nations said Monday."We are on the verge of a significant breakthrough in the AIDS response," said Michel Sidibe, ex

Nov. 22, 2011

Apple wins patent fight with HTC at U.S. agency

HTC Corp.’s loss in a patent infringement case against Apple Inc. casts doubt on its decision to spend $300 million to buy S3 Graphics Co. to boost its chances of a licensing deal to end the dispute. The U.S. International Trade Commission said yesterday that S3 Graphics’s patent rights weren’t viol

Nov. 22, 2011

Scientists create light from vacuum

 

Nov. 21, 2011