Contributor ReportsNat'l parks seek share of profitable science
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Cheyenne :: WY :: USA | updated Sun Nov 29 09:42:12 -0800 2009 | technology-news
The National Park Service is rolling out a new policy for companies and others who stand to profit from conducting scientific research in national parks. The policy is expected to go into effect early next year following more than a...
PRINT EXCLUSIVE: Robotic hamsters are holidays' unlikely new craze
Source: Pallladium Item
Richmond :: IN :: USA | updated Sun Nov 29 08:21:03 -0800 2009 | technology-news
When Lori Fowlkes first saw robotic Zhu Zhu Pets toy hamsters in September, she remembers her kids started jumping up and down and saying �Please!...Can we buy them?� Seeing a fully stocked shelf, she decided to hold off until Christmas....
Finding peace in a new home
Source: Boston Herald
Waltham :: MA :: USA | updated Sat Nov 28 22:34:01 -0800 2009 | technology-news
Madeline “Cookie” Cyr couldn’t sleep the first night she moved her developmentally disabled sister from the cloistered institutional confines of the Walter E...Theresa Salamone, 76, had been institutionalized since childhood and Cyr was worried about what the move might do...
New Classroom Tools
Posted by: Sherrill_Fulghum
Niagara Falls :: NY :: USA | updated Sun Nov 29 06:51:58 -0800 2009 | technology-news
These days it seems everywhere you turn is someone with a phone stuck to their ear. A study shows that 70% of the teen aged population in the United States owns a mobile phone. The latest phones do more than...
ReachPortland Residents West of Willamette River Must Boil Water
Source: Salem News
Portland :: OR :: USA | updated Sat Nov 28 21:23:50 -0800 2009 | technology-news
A boil water notice is in effect for the City of Portland west of the Willamette River and customers of Palatine Hill, Burlington and Valley View water districts. This means that water from the tap should not be consumed in...
Cyber Monday: How to find bargains and avoid online shopping scams
Posted by: joanneholfmann
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | updated Sun Nov 29 12:28:57 -0800 2009 | technology-news
Black Friday is a great time to find deals and bargains in the U.S. However, due to steep competition among buyers and stress this type of shopping spree causes, several Americans opt to shop online on the Monday following Black...
TV gets simple; DVD, not so much
Source: Washington Post
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated Sat Nov 28 22:42:53 -0800 2009 | technology-news
If only the same thing could happen for another category of high-def devices -- Blu-ray players. In TVs, your only big choices are screen size and plasma or LCD...The latter depends on the amount of light in the room (the...
Five arrested in NE Fresno drug bust
Source: The Fresno Bee
Fresno :: CA :: USA | updated Sun Nov 29 00:10:10 -0800 2009 | technology-news
Police said that one of the three children in the apartment, a 1-year-old boy, was found to have traces of drugs in his system...Rich Escalante said he did not know whether the boy was given drugs or if he inhaled...
Google's Chrome OS rival to Microsoft could become our Big Brother
Source: Guardian Unlimited
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated Sat Nov 28 16:27:22 -0800 2009 | technology-news
This principle seemed to explain why, as Google rose to challenge Microsoft as the world's most powerful technology company, the one market it eschewed was that for operating systems. That territory was dominated by Bill Gates & Co and so...
CSU's weather reporting system will be used in 50th state starting ...
Source: The Coloradoan
Fort Collins :: CO :: USA | updated Fri Nov 27 23:08:42 -0800 2009 | technology-news
When disaster struck in 1997 and the Spring Creek Flood killed five Fort Collins residents, CSU climatologist Nolan Doesken felt he could have helped get a warning out sooner potentially saving lives. After realizing he possibly could have made a...
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