SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The chiefs of Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd are used to running the show at their global tech empires, but they will be in for a different experience when they arrive at a San Francisco federal courthouse on Monday. Apple’s Tim Cook and Samsung’s Choi Gee-sung, whose companies are embroiled in bitter patent litigation,… (more…)
Common imaging tests can lead to cancer If there?s anything more striking than the rise in breast cancer rates, it?s the rise in breast cancer rates among YOUNG patients. These aren?t tumors caught early by the wonders of modern medicine. Many of them are actually CAUSED by the radiation of new technologies ? especially CT scans. A single CT scan… (more…)
Ben Brantley, chief theater critic for The New York Times, answered readers? questions about what?s happening in the London theater scene. Q. Will you be seeing ?The Bodyguard?? ? Patrick Shea, New York Q. I know the Times already reported on Betty Buckley in ?Dear World,? but is there any chance you?ll try to squeeze it into your schedule? ?… (more…)
Dec. 19, 2012 ? Optical fibers -the backbone of the Internet-carry movies, messages, and music at the speed of light. But for all their speedy efficiency, these ultrathin strands of pristine glass must connect to sluggish signal switches, routers, and buffers in order to transmit data. Hoping to do away with these information speed bumps, a team of researchers has… (more…)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – One week after a school shooting that shocked Americans – with many of the 27 victims buried and time allowed for prayers and investigation – the National Rifle Association will dive in to the fierce national debate about gun control. The largest U.S. gun rights lobby plans a well-coordinated public entrance to the conversation on how to… (more…)
BOX ELDER, Mont. (AP) ? Federal officials temporarily stopped funding a $361 million water pipeline for a Native American reservation in Montana after learning that millions of project dollars were missing and a Chippewa Cree leader in charge of the project steered federal dollars to a company he owns. The tribe has since replaced the missing money, but federal funding… (more…)