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Google, Skype targeted in India security crackdown
00:49 04-09-2010; source: www.topix.com
India has widened its security crackdown, asking all companies that provide encrypted communications - not just BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion - to install servers in the country to make it easier for the government to obtain users' data.
Bosnian teen nabbed in YouTube 'puppy throwing' case
22:49 03-09-2010; source: www.topix.com
She's been found, and reportedly without help from Internet group 4Chan. The second such incident within a short period involving YouTube videos that mobilized the Web, a teenager in Bosnia who horrifically was filmed throwing puppies into river has been tracked down by authorities.
Giant Greenland iceberg -- largest in the northern hemisphere -- enters Nares Strait
22:13 03-09-2010; source: www.sciencedaily.com
The European Space Agency's Envisat satellite has been tracking the progression of the giant iceberg that calved from Greenland's Petermann glacier on 4 August 2010. A new animation shows that the iceberg, the largest in the northern hemisphere, is now entering Nares Strait -- a stretch of water that connects the Lincoln Sea and Arctic Ocean with Baffin Bay.
Non-invasive therapy significantly improves depression, UCLA researchers say
20:07 03-09-2010; source: www.sciencedaily.com
A unique new therapy that applies electrical stimulation to a major nerve emanating from the brain is showing promise for major depression. In a recently completed clinical trial, trigeminal nerve stimulation achieved an average of a 70 percent reduction in symptom severity over an 8-week study.
Potent new hepatitis C drug: First clinical trials successfully completed
20:01 03-09-2010; source: www.sciencedaily.com
The first clinical trials on a new investigational drug being developed to treat infections caused by hepatitis C virus have been successfully completed. Completion of the initial phase (phase 1a) of trials of INX-189 means the chances of it becoming an approved medicine have significantly improved.
Afla-Guard also protects corn crops, study shows
19:37 03-09-2010; source: www.sciencedaily.com
Afla-Guard, a biological control used to thwart the growth of fungi on peanuts, can be used on corn as well, according to a study by agriculture scientists who helped develop it. After extensive study and research trials in Texas, Afla-Guard was registered by the US Environmental Protection Agency for use on corn, beginning with the 2009 crop.
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