Step inside the Rose Market near the corner of Rose and 5th avenues in Venice, and make your way to the refrigerator in the...
Supreme Court Asked to Review $222K Landmark File-Sharing Case
Label: Technology Infamous file-sharer Jammie Thomas-Rasset asked the Supreme Court on Monday to review a jury’s conclusion that she pay the recording industry $222,000 for downloading and sharing two dozen copyrighted songs on the now-defunct file-sharing service Kazaa.Thomas-Rasset, the first person to defend herself against a Recording Industry Association of America file-sharing case, said the damages were...
Andy Serkis plays dual role in ‘Hobbit’ – Gollum and director
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Andy Serkis reprises his role as Gollum in “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” to be released worldwide this week, but his main role this time was as a second unit director, shooting battle sequences in 3D for director Peter Jackson.The British-born actor, 48, who rose to fame as the obsessive Gollum in Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, spoke with Reuters about playing...
Rate of Childhood Obesity Falls in Several Cities
Label: HealthPHILADELPHIA — After decades of rising childhood obesity rates, several American cities are reporting their first declines. The trend has emerged in big cities like New York and Los Angeles, as well as smaller places like Anchorage, Alaska, and Kearney, Neb. The state of Mississippi has also registered a drop, but only among white students. “It’s been nothing but bad news for 30...
Mobile Apps for Children Fall Short on Disclosure to Parents, F.T.C. Report Says
Label: BusinessSeveral hundred of the most popular educational and gaming mobile apps for children fail to give parents basic explanations about what kinds of personal information the apps collect from children, who can see that data and what they use it for, a new federal report says. The apps often transmit the phone number, precise location or unique serial code of a mobile device to app developers,...
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Boehner, Obama talk 'fiscal cliff' at White House
Label: World WASHINGTON -- After days of theatrics and threats from both sides, President Obama met privately with House Speaker John A....
Wired Science Space Photo of the Day: Star Formation in Carina
Label: Technology The spectacular star-forming Carina Nebula has been captured in great detail by the VLT Survey Telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory. This picture was taken with the help of Sebastián Piñera, President of Chile, during his visit to the observatory on 5 June 2012 and released on the occasion of the new telescope’s inauguration in Naples on 6 December 2012.Image: ESO....
Mother of News Corp Chairman Rupert Murdoch dies at 103
Label: LifestyleMELBOURNE/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, matriarch of the Murdoch media empire and mother of News Corp Chairman Rupert Murdoch, was both an inspiration and outspoken critic of her tumultuous family and balm to some of its excesses.A philanthropist and tireless charity worker regarded for years in her homeland as a national treasure, Murdoch died on Wednesday night at her sprawling home...
A Breakthrough Against Leukemia Using Altered T-Cells
Label: HealthPHILIPSBURG, Pa. — Emma Whitehead has been bounding around the house lately, practicing somersaults and rugby-style tumbles that make her parents wince. It is hard to believe, but last spring Emma, then 6, was near death from leukemia. She had relapsed twice after chemotherapy, and doctors had run out of options. Desperate to save her, her parents sought an experimental treatment at...
Mobile Video Calling Spreads as Smartphones and Tablets Improve
Label: BusinessPeter DaSilva for The New York TimesTango engineers developing a cross-platform mobile voice and video, text, picture and video messaging application. PALO ALTO, Calif. — The next competition in technology is your face — anywhere, anytime. As the cameras and screens of smartphones and tablets improve, and as wireless networks offer higher bandwidth, more companies are getting into the business...
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