Technology/Science
Governments Getting Into Patent-Buying Business: Reuters
Patent competition in the United States is usually a fierce arena for private companies, but now the South Korean and French governments are suiting up. Both countries have launched ...
Industry IT Spending To Grow, But At Slower Rate in ’13: Celent
Total insurance IT spending globally will continue to grow in 2013—but at a slower pace than in 2012—and most of the money spent will go towards maintenance rather than new projects, Celent ...Microsoft Backs Review Of Foreign Bribery Allegations
Microsoft Corp. said on Tuesday that allegations of potential bribery by employees inChina, Romania and Italy should be reviewed by U.S. agencies and its own compliance unit, but declined to address ...
U.S. Telecoms Prevail On Govt. Enforcement Of Cyber Measures
Large telecommunications companies and Internet providers succeeded in convincing an advisory panel that the U.S. government should not pursue enforcement of security measures meant to bolster their ...
Drug Companies Retreat From Investment In Antibiotics; Risks Outweigh Rewards
Thirty years ago, when the world faced the terrifying prospect of an untreatable disease known as AIDS, big drug makers scented an opportunity and raced to develop new medicines. Today, as the world ...
On Energy Agenda, Obama Pushes Research Fund For No-Gas Autos
President Barack Obama tried to move past partisan fights over U.S. energy policy on Friday with a modest proposal to fund research into cars that run on anything but gasoline. Obama toured the ...National Weather Service Chief Focused on Improving Forecasting
Computing power gives Europeans a commanding advantage when it comes to weather forecasting and storm tracking, but the new head of the National Weather Service hopes to see the United States regain ...
Univ. of Tenn. Proposes Fracking On Its Own Land To Fund Research
The University of Tennessee wants to allow hydraulic fracturing to extract natural gas on a state-owned tract of rolling woodland and use the revenue to fund research into the environmental impact of ...