Category Archives: High Tech

Federal Trade Commission launches investigation of Google

Posted on June 25, 2011 by admin

Google acknowledges that the Federal Trade Commission is looking into its business practices, including search and advertising. By Jessica Guynn and Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times June 25, 2011 Reporting from San Francisco and Washington— Running the world’s most popular … Continue reading →

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Cellphone calls alter brain activity: study

Posted on February 23, 2011 by admin

Spending 50 minutes with a cellphone plastered to your ear is enough to change brain cell activity in the part of the brain closest to the antenna. Continue reading →

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Workers Sickened at Apple Supplier in China

Posted on February 23, 2011 by admin

“We hope Apple will heed to its corporate social responsibility,” said Jia Jingchuan, 27. He said exposure at the Wintek plant to the chemical, known as n-hexane, has left him with nerve damage. Continue reading →

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Hong Kong researchers store data in bacteria

Posted on January 9, 2011 by admin

A group of students at Hong Kong’s Chinese University are making strides towards storing such vast amounts of information in an unexpected home: the E.coli bacterium better known as a potential source of serious food poisoning. Continue reading →

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