Outages hit some users of Microsoft's Outlook.com
Microsoft is trying to fix a technological breakdown that has cut off some people from their email accounts on Outlook.com.
Internet
Aug 14, 2013
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Craigslist costs US newspapers billions: study
The online classified service Craigslist has cost US newspapers at least $5 billion in revenue since 2000, researchers say.
Economics & Business
Aug 14, 2013
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Apple breaks $500 threshold, first time since Jan.
Apple Inc.'s shares surged passed the $500 threshold—their highest level since January.
Business
Aug 14, 2013
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Smartphones now a majority of mobile sales: survey
Smartphones took a majority of mobile phone sales worldwide for the first time in the April-June quarter, a survey showed Wednesday.
Business
Aug 14, 2013
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Can solar energy help save Greece?
What happens to renewable energy programs in a country that gets whacked by a full-scale debt crisis, like the one that struck Greece beginning in 2009—do the programs whither and die in the winds of austerity? And how ...
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 14, 2013
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Researchers define role of protein vinculin in cell movement
Researchers at the University of North Carolina and the National Institutes for Health have defined the role of the protein vinculin in enabling cell movement.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 14, 2013
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Using fire to manage fire-prone regions around the world
The Ecological Society of America's first online-only Special Issue of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment showcases prescribed burns around the globe, some of them drawing on historical practices to manage forests and ...
Environment
Aug 14, 2013
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Do academic rankings create inequality?
A study led by a Michigan State University scholar questions whether higher education ranking systems are creating competition simply for the sake of competition at a time when universities are struggling financially.
Social Sciences
Aug 14, 2013
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Preschoolers inability to estimate quantity relates to later math difficulty
Preschool children who showed less ability to estimate the number of objects in a group were 2.4 times more likely to have a later mathematical learning disability than other young people, according to a team of University ...
Social Sciences
Aug 14, 2013
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How will crops fare under climate change? Depends on how you ask
The damage scientists expect climate change to do to crop yields can differ greatly depending on which type of model was used to make those projections, according to research based at Princeton University. The most dire scenarios ...
Environment
Aug 14, 2013
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