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The Vancouver Olympics begin February 12th. And scientists are on high alert. Not just for well-known ways to gain an advantage, like steroids or blood doping. The researchers are also worried about what’s called genetic doping. It’s the latest in elite athletic cheating.
Researchers writing in the journal Science point to a few different types of gene therapy that could get hijacked for athletics instead of medical uses, like the treatment of obesity, diabetes or muscle disease. For example, genes for insulin-like growth factor could enhance muscle mass. And molecules that regulate the expression of genes may make athletes more energy efficient, or help create more slow-twitch muscle fibers.
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Spain’s Telefonica considers charging Google
MADRID — Spanish telecoms operator Telefonica says it is considering charging Internet search companies like Google and Yahoo for network use.
Speaking Monday at a press conference in the northern city of Bilbao, President Cesar Alierta said companies like Google use a lot of network bandwidth for free, something which … Original source on Gaea Times at : Spain’s Telefonica may charge Internet search engines like Google for network bandwidth.
US troops killed in Iraq and Kuwait
Army Spc. Brushaun X. Anderson
Back in middle school, Brushaun Anderson could often be found in the computer lab with a few of his buddies — a curious student building Web sites and working on other technology projects.
“I can not think of Brushaun without smiling,” Dee Ann Barlow, one of … Read this article on Gaea Times at : US troops who have died while serving in Iraq and Kuwait.
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UN patent filings dropped for 1st time since 1978
GENEVA — The number of international patent filings dropped last year for the first time since 1978 as companies hit by the global economic downturn sought fewer new protections on their intellectual property, the U.N. said Monday.
Most patents filed in 2009 were for computer technology, … Original article on : UN says patent filings dropped in 2009 as economic downturn hit.
France agrees to sell Russia advanced warship
PARIS — France has agreed to sell Russia an advanced amphibious warship and is considering a Russian request for three more, French defense officials said Monday. It would be the first major arms deal between Russia and a NATO member.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy approved the sale of one of …. Source : Gaea News Network.
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Ahead of the Bell: Analyst upgrades Amazon.com
PHILADELPHIA — An analyst upgraded Amazon.com Inc. Monday on the belief that Wall Street is underestimating the market power of the company’s Kindle device as consumers increasingly gravitate toward reading books electronically.
Collins Stewart analyst Sandeep Aggarwal upgraded Amazon.com to “Buy” from “Hold” and set a $150 price …. Source article : Analyst upgrades Amazon.com on belief that investors underestimate Kindle’s market power.
More than Super Bowl scores, people are beating about super bowl commercials. The Super Bowl Ads were uploaded on Google’s YouTube as soon as they were aired today. There was large scale voting for the advertisement on YouTube front page. Chosen from a bunch of ads it was GoDaddy “too Hot for TV” and Motorola’s …. Original article : Best 2010 Super bowl commercials.
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Ahead of the Bell: RightNow upgraded at Baird
PHILADELPHIA — RightNow Technologies Inc. is poised to benefit from a number of factors including expanded business opportunities for a new product that monitors customer conversations over social networking sites, an analyst said Monday as he upgraded the company’s stock.
Baird analyst Steven Ashley upgraded RightNow, a [..] Read the original article: here.
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Since its debut last month, Apple Inc.’s much-awaited iPad drew mixed reactions from tech analysts and gadgetophiles alike. While only a minor section of analysts were very optimistic about Apple’s tablet, others seem to be skeptical about its success. Those who speculated that Apple iPad might not receive a positive response from the …. Source : Gaea News Network.
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SAN FRANCISCO (GaeaTimes.com)- The American company Vizio, a producer for HDTV televisions hit jackpot when it released a brand new advert with singer Beyonce Knowles during the Super Bowl game which has been making news. The advert starred Beyonce, who has recently won several Grammys, David Goes To The Dentist, Twitter Bird, Chocolate … Original article on : Vizio Internet Apps In News.
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The launch of new Facebook layout 2010 added a charisma to the old worn out look. With the change in Facebook layout overall appearance of the website has undergone a significant change. Users would now have a more intuitive Facebook pages to handle. Still Facebook layout remains unimpressive and you must be looking for … Read : 10 new recomended Facebook Layouts.
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For a long time we couldn’t easily use Java applications to open the default (for the operating system) editor application (like notepad in Windows Operating Systems for text files). Starting with JDK 1.6 you can use the java.awt.Desktop class to easily launch the default editor (of your operating system) from Java applications. Read below …. Original article : Java Tips: How to open a file with default editor from Java applications.
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Using the java.awt.Desktop class you can easily launch the default browser (of your operating system) from Java applications. Read below for more details and the code.
java.net.URI uri = new URI(”http://gaeatimes.com”);
java.awt.Desktop.getDesktop().browse(uri);
The documentation for browse() states:
Launches the default browser to display a URI. If the default browser is not able to handle the specified URI, the … Original article on : Java Tips: How to launch default browser from Java applications.
In the 7 Feb. 2010 issue of the journal Nature, scientists at the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), report that a genetic molecule, called Tbx3, which is crucial for many aspects of early developmental processes in mammals, significantly improves the quality of stem cells that have been reprogrammed from differentiated cells. (2010-02-08)
Tiny circles of DNA are the key to a new and easier way to transform stem cells from human fat into induced pluripotent stem cells for use in regenerative medicine, say scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine. (2010-02-08)
Sagent Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately held specialty pharmaceutical company, today announced that it has received FDA approval of labetalol hydrochloride (HCl) injection, USP, commonly used to control severe hypertension. The product will be available in two vial sizes – 100 mg per 20 mL and 200 mg per 40 mL, multi-dose vials.
Emerging Healthcare Solutions, Inc. announced today that management has formally delivered an actionable Term Sheet to ThromboVision for review and that follow up communications have been very favorable.
The Los Angeles Times: “At a time when nearly 7 million Californians are uninsured, state regulators are trying to rein in discount health and dental plans that officials say frequently overstate benefits, offer little if any savings and promise access to doctors who aren’t part of the system. Some of the discounters fraudulently market themselves as insurance, while preying on the poor, the elderly and others who urgently need care, officials say. … Plan executives bristle at such criticism. They say a few bad apples have tarnished an industry that offers reliable — and relatively inexpensive — services.
A new diagnostic tool physicians can use to monitor patients for the most common form of ovarian cancer may soon be available in the United States. Abbott’s ARCHITECT HE4 assay uses a simple blood test to help in monitoring for the recurrence or progression of epithelial ovarian cancer. If approved, this important immunoassay would be the first automated HE4 test available in the United States.
