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Supreme Court Says Human Genes Aren't Patentable
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Thursday that human genes isolated from the body can't be patented, a victory for doctors and patients who argued that such...
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People's Locations Could Be Tracked
Data collected by the National Security Agency's program that monitors Americans' phone calls could be used to track millions of people's locations through their...
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Should Patents Be Awarded to Software?
The goal of the U.S. patent system is clear: to provide individuals or companies with an incentive to innovate by offering them 20 years of exclusive rights to...
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Will Google's Ray Kurzweil Live Forever?
Ray Kurzweil must encounter his share of interviewers whose first question is: What do you hope your obituary will say?
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Smartphones Are Reinventing—and Ditching—the Keyboard
In the future, your smartphone won't auto-correct your errors. It will correct them before they're even made.
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When 'likes' Can Shed Light
Patterns of "Likes" posted by people on Facebook can unintentionally expose their political and religious views, drug use, divorce, and sexual orientation, researchers...
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How Big Data Is Changing the Whole Equation For Business
There's a ton of information out there. And businesses are figuring out how to put it to work.
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Tracking Sensors Invade the Workplace
A few years ago when Bank of America Corp. wanted to study whether face time mattered among its call-center teams, the big bank asked about 90 workers to wear badges...
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U.s. Ups Ante For Spying on Firms
The White House threatened China and other countries with trade and diplomatic action over corporate espionage as it cataloged more than a dozen cases of cyberattacks...
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Sewing Machines Go High-Tech
The old-fashioned sewing machine is finally getting a modern makeover.
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Eric Schmidt nloads on China in New Book
Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt is brutally clear: China is the most dangerous superpower on Earth.
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Electronics Develop a Sixth Sense
This year's Consumer Electronics Show is being dominated by the term "context awareness," which describes technology that enables products to pick up clues to users'...
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The Future of Medicine Is Now
In our era of instant gratification, the world of medicine seems like an outlier.
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Microsoft Retools in Fight Against China Pirates
For pirates in China, where illegal software sales greatly outmatch legal ones, a new version of Windows typically means a new treasure ship to plunder.
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More Radar, Less Radio for Safer Takeoffs And Landings
US Airways Flight 27 was roaring down Runway 15R at Boston's Logan Airport when a pickup truck suddenly pulled into its path.
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They Know What You're Shopping For
Georgia resident Andy Morar is in the market for a BMW.
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Heart Gadgets Test Privacy-Law Limits
The small box inside Amanda Hubbard's chest beams all kinds of data about her faulty heart to the company that makes her defibrillator implant.
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The ps and Downs of Making Elevators Go
You press a button and wait for your elevator. How long before you get impatient and agitated? Theresa Christy says 20 seconds.
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A Spy-Gear Arms Race Transforms Modern Divorce
Danny Lee Hormann suspected his wife was having an affair.
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