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Scientific reasons for Earth’s seasons
March 20, 2010
It’s time for a change of seasons — but what determines when winter ends and spring begins? Get the scientific reasons.
Viacom, YouTube air dirty laundry in legal battle (AP)
March 20, 2010
AP - Viacom Inc. and Google Inc.'s YouTube site began airing each other's dirty laundry Thursday, providing a tantalizing peek at the wheeling and dealing that triggered a bitter battle over the copyright laws governing the Internet.
Nintendo aims to get consoles in schools (AP)
March 20, 2010
AP - Could Nintendo's Mario be swapping his world of magic mushrooms and ravenous dinosaurs for the staid confines of the classroom?
Hollywood and Bollywood join arms to fight piracy (AP)
March 20, 2010
AP - Hollywood and Bollywood linked arms Thursday to fight piracy, with the announcement of a coalition among the Motion Picture Association of America and seven Indian companies to tackle counterfeiting in one of the world's largest film markets.
Palm's phone sales slump and its stock dives (AP)
March 20, 2010
AP - Palm Inc. reported sales figures Thursday that showed it's having a difficult time getting consumers to pay attention to its phones in a market dominated by iPhones and BlackBerrys. The company's shares plunged in after-hours trading.
Judge: Site must delay copying of broker reports (AP)
March 20, 2010AP - Settling a copyright dispute closely watched in the financial news industry, a judge on Thursday ordered a Web site to delay disseminating the stock recommendations of financial services firms long enough so that the firms can alert their clients first.
Net produces new generation of China activists (AP)
March 20, 2010
AP - Lin Xiuying believes her daughter bled to death after being gang-raped two years ago by a group of thugs that had ties to the police in their southern Chinese town.
Obama appeals to Iranian people in Internet video (AP)
March 20, 2010
AP - In a fresh appeal directly to the Iranian people, President Barack Obama says in an online video that the United States wants more educational and cultural exchanges for their students and better access to the Internet to give them a more hopeful future.
Microsoft pulls Bing app from non-U.S. App Stores (Macworld.com)
March 20, 2010Macworld.com - The iPhone app for Bing, Microsoft's search engine, has been pulled from all international App Stores, according to Neowin.net. However, it remains available for U.S. customers.
Smartphones not enough for carriers at CTIA (Reuters)
March 20, 2010Reuters - Smartphones may be one of the hottest areas in technology with big names like Apple and Google tussling for share, but investors are questioning the growth prospects for mobile carriers as subscriber gains slow.
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