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The Global Information Technology Report 2009-2010
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The Global Information Technology Report 2009-2010

Report: Sweden Tops Techology Advances to Bolster Economic Growth, Development

Global Information Technology Report measures extent to which use of ICT accounts for economic successes, competitiveness of countries

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The authors of the study say researchers need to resist pressures to end clinical trials early

Results of Clincal Trials Ended Early Questioned

Iinternational analysis of 100 clinical trials that ended early found that the results were often wrong and sometimes life-threatening

Denisova cave from the outside

Scientists Discover Third Prehistoric Human Relative

X-Woman gets her name from a small, fossilized finger, possibly a pinky, found by anthropologists in 2008 in a cave in southern Siberia

Report Calls for Radical Changes on Eve of Global Agriculture Conference

One thousand experts begin meeting March 28th in Montpellier, France

An Internet cafe in China

Cyber Attacks Growing, Diverse, Destructive

With malicious software, hackers can make PCs part of a larger robot network or "botnet", and operate them remotely and invisibly

Staff members attend an event where Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano delivered remarks at the opening ceremony of the new U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team/National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (File)

Law Enforcement Officials Warn of Cyber-Predators

Authorities say Internet is a tool that can make life easier, but they warn of dangers online, especially for children

US Scientists Unlock Clues to Mystery of Butterfly Migration

Researchers find circadian clock in insects' antenna plays a major role in navigation

Text4Baby Offers Prenatal Health Tips, Baby Care to New Mothers in US

More than half million babies born prematurely in United States each year

Blueprint of the nanostructure containing the bump in the gold carpet and tailored invisibility cloaking structure underneath

Scientists Develop Invisibility Cloak

Researchers in Germany are working in a new field that could lead to more powerful microscopes and harness light to make electricity

Space shuttle being transported at the Kennedy Space Center

US Space Shuttle Program Nears End of its Voyage

NASA boosts Florida's economy by billions of dollars, generates thousands of jobs

Staff members attend an event where Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano delivered remarks at the opening ceremony of the new U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team/National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (File)

Google Attacks Highlight Growing Problem of Cyber Security Threats

Such attacks were once aimed mainly at national secrets and technological developments, that is changing

Our World — 20 March 2010

The origin of dogs, butterflies' biological GPS, urban chicken farming, and more

Fruit Flies Could Unlock Mystery of Alzheimer's

Scientists look to insects for answers on how human brain forms and retains memories

Activists See Social Media as Key Tool in Fight Against Extremism

But they say extremist groups are also often savvy Internet users

Enabling Cookies: Girl Scouts Take Sales Online

Troops use social media to boost sales