Oracle-Google Trial Won’t Start Until Next Year
angry tapir writes “The intellectual property lawsuit between Oracle and Google over the Android mobile OS won’t go to trial until next year, according to a ruling made in the U.S. District Court for...
View ArticleICANN Begins “Land Rush” For .XXX Web Domains
Velcroman1 writes “The World Wide Web red-light district is poised to explode. After more than a decade of debate, rejections and legal challenges, the Internet’s governing body began accepting...
View ArticleICANN Begins “Land Rush” For .XXX Web Domains
Velcroman1 writes “The World Wide Web red-light district is poised to explode. After more than a decade of debate, rejections and legal challenges, the Internet’s governing body began accepting...
View ArticleHIV Vaccine Approval For Human Trials
An anonymous reader writes with news that researchers from the University of Western Ontario have been given approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to begin testing an HIV vaccine in...
View ArticleUK Green Lights HS2 High Speed Rail Line
An anonymous reader writes “The United Kingdom has given the green light to the first phase of its proposed High Speed Two train line. In response to environmental concerns, the route for HS2 will now...
View ArticleFacebook’s Oregon Data Center Uses As Much Power As Entire County
1sockchuck writes “The first phase of the Facebook data center in Oregon uses 28 megawatts of utility power, local officials said this week. That’s not extraordinary for a facility of that size in...
View ArticleNorway Brings DNA Sequencing To National Healthcare
ananyo writes “Norway is set to become the first country to incorporate genome sequencing into its national health-care system. The Scandinavian nation, which has a population of 4.8 million, will use...
View ArticleJury May Be Deadlocked In Oracle-Google Trial
angry tapir writes “The jury may have reached a deadlock in the copyright phase of Oracle’s intellectual property lawsuit against Google, although the judge cautioned against jumping to any...
View ArticleRead/Write Daily: Growing Up Cyborg
Today’s theme is growing up cyborg. We hope that technology will usher in the next phase of human development, but our cyborg adolescence is a little bit awkward. What will we be when we grow up?...
View ArticleNew Flat Lens Focuses Without Distortion
yahyamf writes “Applied physicists at Harvard have created an ultrathin, flat lens that focuses light without the distortions of conventional lenses. ‘Our flat lens opens up a new type of technology,’...
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