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BlackBerry outages spread to North America

NEW YORK (AP) _ Sporadic outages of BlackBerry messaging and email service spread to the U.S. and Canada on Wednesday, as problems stretched into the third day for Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa.Research In Motion Ltd., the Canadian company that makes the phones, said users in the Americas `

Oct. 12, 2011

Samsung replaces smartphone feature to bypass Dutch ban

Samsung Electronics Co., the world's No. 2 mobile phone maker, said Wednesday that it has replaced a feature in its Galaxy smartphones to avoid a sales ban in the Netherlands.The company, which is locked in a series of legal battles with Apple Inc. over mobile patents and design, faced a sales ban i

Oct. 12, 2011

Samsung replaces smartphone feature to bypass Dutch ban

Breast cancer pinkwashing questioned

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (AP) ― The country is awash in pink for breast cancer awareness month, and some women are sick of it.While no one is questioning the need to fight the deadly disease, some breast cancer activists are starting to ask whether one of the most successful charity campaigns in rec

Oct. 12, 2011

BlackBerry woes caused by 'core switch failure'

LONDON (AP) — Email and messaging glitches that have plagued BlackBerry users around the world for a second day were caused by a core switch failure, the smartphone's maker said Tuesday.Research in Motion Ltd. said the disruptions — which affected users from Europe to Latin America &mdas

Oct. 12, 2011

BlackBerry woes caused by 'core switch failure'

Vitamin E pills linked with prostate cancer risk

CHICAGO (AP) — There is more evidence that taking vitamin E pills can be risky. A study that followed up on men who took high doses of the vitamin for about five years found they had a slightly increased risk of prostate cancer — even after they quit taking the pills.Doctors say it's ano

Oct. 12, 2011

BlackBerry services hit in Latin America, India

LONDON (AP) -- BlackBerry's woes spread on Tuesday as the smartphone's maker reported service disruptions for a second straight day in Europe, the Middle East and Africa and fresh problems in Latin America and India.Research in Motion Ltd., which makes BlackBerry devices, acknowledged there were ong

Oct. 12, 2011

Mega beats Mimi for world's biggest virus

PARIS (AFP) - A virus found in the sea off Chile is the biggest in the world, harbouring more than 1,000 genes, surprised scientists reported on Monday.The genome of Megavirus chilensis is 6.5 percent bigger than the DNA code of the previous virus record-holder, Mimivirus, isolated in 2003.Viruses d

Oct. 11, 2011

Mega beats Mimi for world's biggest virus

Siberian region 'confirms Yeti exists'

MOSCOW (AFP) - A Russian region in Siberia on Monday confidently proclaimed that its mountains are home to yetis after finding "indisputable proof" of the existence of the hairy beasts in an expedition.The local administration of the Kemerovo region in the south of Siberia said in a statement on its

Oct. 11, 2011

New study sees little need for vitamins, cites risks

WASHINGTON (AFP) -- There is no need for most people to take vitamin supplements and some may even be linked to a higher risk of dying in older women, according to a study published Monday in the United States. (MCT)Iron stood out among supplements as a particular concern, while calcium appeared to

Oct. 11, 2011

New study sees little need for vitamins, cites risks

After long wait, Facebook releases iPad app

NEW YORK (AP) -- One of the enduring questions of the technology world: “When will iPad users get their very own Facebook app?”That question was answered Monday as Facebook released an updated version of its iPhone application, one that's also designed to fill out the iPad's larger screen.The lack o

Oct. 11, 2011

After long wait, Facebook releases iPad app

Sperm donors father ‘families’ in U.S., Canada

Concerns raised about lax rules on use of donated sperm in North AmericaMONTREAL (AFP) ― In a scenario straight from science fiction, experts are increasingly concerned about lax rules for sperm donors in the U.S. and Canada where some men have anonymously fathered dozens of children.Unlike in some

Oct. 10, 2011

Sperm donors father ‘families’ in U.S., Canada

Samsung, Google delay product debut citing Jobs’ death

Google Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. delayed a new product introduction scheduled for an Oct. 11 trade show after the death of Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs.Samsung sent out invitations last month announcing an event in San Diego that would include a look at what’s new for Google’s Android, so

Oct. 9, 2011

With smartphones, ordinary people can turn mundane life into cinema

BUSAN (Yonhap News) - Ordinary people presented iPhone-made shorts on the sidelines of the Busan International Film Festival over the weekend, demonstrating even a 12-year-old can venture into movie-making as the high-tech handset lowers the threshold. Despite featuring no film luminaries and drawin

Oct. 9, 2011

Samsung, Micron to develop technique for high-performance memory chips

SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest memory chipmaker, said Friday that it is teaming up with Micron Technology Inc. of the U.S. to develop technology to produce a high-performance memory chip.Samsung has formed a consortium with Micron Technology, the U.S.'s larges

Oct. 7, 2011

Brain disease treatment through technology

We live in an era of technology innovation when many things only seen before in science fiction come true. Treatment of brain disease by delivering electrical pulses through an implanted device is one of those examples.Currently its application in clinical medicine, so-called neuromodulation, is bec

Oct. 6, 2011

Brain disease treatment through technology

More than 1 in 10 parents skip, delay kids’ vaccinations

CHICAGO (AP) ― By age 6, children should have vaccinations against 14 diseases, in at least two dozen separate doses, the U.S. government advises. More than 1 in 10 parents reject that, refusing some shots or delaying others mainly because of safety concerns, a national survey found.Worries about va

Oct. 6, 2011

COPD just as deadly as lung cancer

Best prevention is to avoid lung irritants, get ongoing careChronic obstructive pulmonary disease could be just as threatening as lung cancer or any other lung-related disease.According to Statistics Korea, 5,190 people died of COPD in 2010, an almost fourfold increase from 1991. The U.S. National H

Oct. 6, 2011

Cervical cancer virus fuels oral cancer

WASHINGTON (AP) ― A prolonged sore throat once was considered a cancer worry mainly for smokers and drinkers. Today there’s another risk: A sexually transmitted virus is fueling a rise in oral cancer.The HPV virus is best known for causing cervical cancer. But it can cause cancer in the upper throat

Oct. 6, 2011

CDC: Miners, construction, food workers smoke most

ATLANTA (AP) ― Construction workers, miners and food service workers top the list of occupations that smoke the most, according to a new government report. Experts say it might have as much to do with lower education levels as the jobs themselves.“There may be other characteristics that are clusteri

Oct. 6, 2011

Visitors to U.S. on listeria infection alert

The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advised people to be alert to possible listeria infection as 13 deaths were reported in the U.S. last week. The outbreak is believed to have been caused by contaminated melons produced at a farm in Colorado. The Korea authorities said no melons ha

Oct. 6, 2011