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News outlets losing ground to tech rivals: report

Mar 19, 2012 (AFP)

Mobile devices and social networks are boosting news consumption but media outlets are lagging behind technology companies in reaping the profits, according to ...

Russia May Sink Satellite Salvage Plan For Antarctic Internet Connection

Mar 19, 2012 (SPX)

A modern, state of the art communications satellite stranded last August in a useless orbit will constitute a double failure if Russian officials de-orbit the s...

NASA and CSA Robotic Operations Advance Satellite Servicing

Mar 19, 2012 (SPX)

NASA's Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM) experiment aboard the International Space Station has demonstrated remotely controlled robots and specialized tools can p...

China writers seek $8 mln from Apple in piracy row

Mar 18, 2012 (AFP)

A group of Chinese writers who accuse Apple's online store for selling pirated copies of their books is seeking $8 million in compensation from the US firm, sta...

PayPal lets shops take payments on smartphones

Mar 16, 2012 (AFP)

Online financial transactions titan PayPal has started to allow merchants across the world to take payments using smartphones in a direct challenge to startup S...

Apple fans snap up new iPad, but response muted

Mar 16, 2012 (AFP)

Apple's new iPad tablet computer drew a muted response from fans in Europe after smaller crowds than previous launches turned out in Asia for a device that is s...

New nanoglue is thin and supersticky

Mar 16, 2012 (SPX)

Engineers at the University of California, Davis, have invented a superthin "nanoglue" that could be used in new-generation microchip fabrication. "The material...

UMass Amherst polymer scientists, physicists develop new way to shape thin gel sheets

Mar 16, 2012 (SPX)

Inspired by nature's ability to shape a petal, and building on simple techniques used in photolithography and printing, researchers at the University of Massach...

WTO chief plays down China rare earth row

Mar 16, 2012 (AFP)

The head of the World Trade Organization on Friday played down a dispute over China's controls on exports of rare earth minerals, saying it was unlikely to esca...

AU Optronics to appeal US price-fixing verdict

Mar 15, 2012 (AFP)

Taiwan's AU Optronics (AUO) will appeal a guilty verdict in the United States for price-fixing, its chairman was quoted as saying Thursday. The LCD maker along ...

Apple looks to tighten tablet market grip with new iPad

Mar 14, 2012 (AFP)

Apple will be looking to tighten its grip on the tablet market on Friday with the release of its newest iPad, increasing pressure on Google to make rival Androi...

China prepares rare earths defense

Mar 14, 2012 (UPI)

China is preparing a case to defend itself and its policy on rare earths export restrictions in response to a complaint filed by the United States, Japan and th...

Russia to build space warning system

Mar 14, 2012 (UPI)

Russia says it will spend $2.1 million to create an automatic warning system to prevent collisions between spaceships, satellites and orbital debris. Russian sp...

Lockheed Martin Space Fence Radar Prototype Tracking Orbiting Objects

Mar 14, 2012 (SPX)

A prototype of a new radar system developed by a Lockheed Martin-led team is now tracking orbiting space objects, bringing the U.S. Air Force's Space Fence prog...

AU Optronics guilty in display screen price-fixing case

Mar 13, 2012 (AFP)

Taiwan's largest maker of displays for computers, smartphones and other gadgets was convicted on Tuesday of taking part in a price-fixing conspiracy that brough...

Businesses eyeing iPads for the workplace: report

Mar 13, 2012 (AFP)

Survey results released on Tuesday showed that growing numbers of businesses plan to buy iPads as tablet computers make their way from personal lives into work ...

NASA exploring ways to clean up space debris

Mar 13, 2012 (IANS)

Faced with increasing threats of space debris, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is actively exploring ways to clean up the outer spac...

Astrium wins Helios through life support contract extension

Mar 12, 2012 (SPX)

Astrium, Europe's leading space technology company, has signed a through life support contract with the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA Delegation genera...

Workforce from the Digital Cloud

Mar 12, 2012 (SPX)

By means of cloud computing, enterprises can access scalable computing power and storage capacity. A people cloud, by contrast, supplies a scalable number of wo...

Garafolo tests spacecraft seal to verify computer models

Mar 12, 2012 (SPX)

An Akron researcher is designing computer prediction models to test potential new docking seals that will better preserve breathable cabin air for astronauts li...