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Travelpro Announces a Win a Trip to Hollywood Sweepstakesa for a oeUp in the Aira Movie

Travelpro Announces - Win a Trip to Hollywood Sweepstakes' in Celebration of Paramount Pictures "Up in the Air" Movie - A Jason Reitman film starring George Clooney - , Boca Raton, FL - " The film, a dramatic comedy, stars OscarA winner George Clooney as Ryan Bingham, a corporate downsizing expert whose cherished life on the road is threatened just ...

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Related Topix: Up in the Air, Science / Technology, Media, Boca Raton, FL, Marketing

Fri Nov 20, 2009

NY Daily News

Doodle Bra idea is write-on for teen inventor

The Doodle Bra has turned into a booming business for teenage inventor Rachel Segal and her family.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Medford Metro, Ashland, OR

The Victoria Star

Canadians seem pleased with additions to immigrants' handbook: poll

A new immigration handbook that adds sections on military history, legendary inventors and some of the darker aspects of Canada's past seems to be a hit with the public, a poll suggests.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News, Science / Technology

Science Daily

Adding one single gene to yeast dramatically improves bioethanol production from agricultural waste

Car fuel Bioethanol is made by the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae from sugars obtained from plant biomass.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Science / Technology, Microbiology, Biology, Beer, Drink

Science Blog

Spanish biotechnology should focus on food and plant sectors to be more competitive

Spain and Latin American countries have an opportunity to take the lead in two small biotechnology sectors.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Biotech

Tech Review

Designing Astronaut Gloves

This blog focuses on the nuts-and-bolts of space technology. We're interested in the hardware that's actually going into orbit and beyond.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Space

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Times Online

Cook scrapes the bottom for her latest kitchen gadget, the Scrudle

After years battling with a ladle to lift the last portions of casseroles from a heavy dish, a housewife from Kent has invented her own gadget.

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Related Topix: Heston Blumenthal, Science / Technology

IndustryWeek

High Quality Patents -- The Objective Analysis

President Obama initiated his new Strategy for American Innovation to create sustainable growth and quality jobs, restore American leadership in fundamental research and harness technology that will address the "grand challenges" of the 21st century.

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Related Topix: Patent / Trademark Law, Law, Science / Technology

MediLexicon

Millennium Initiates First Clinical Trial With The First Oral Proteasome Inhibitor

Main Category: Lymphoma / Leukemia / Myeloma Also Included In: Clinical Trials / Drug Trials Article Date: 19 Nov 2009 Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company announced it has further expanded its protein homeostasis program with the initiation of a Phase I clinical trial for an oral formulation of MLN9708, the Company's second-generation ...

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare Industry, Lymphoma, Health, Leukemia, Oncology, Science / Technology, Cambridge, MA

Freerepublic.com

Mine Sinks Dutch Liner in North Sea; 140 Lives Feared Lost

TOPICS: History ; Music/Entertainment ; Religion ; TV/Movies KEYWORDS: catholic ; milhist ; realtime ; worldwarii First session: September 1, 2009.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Drama, Television, Boat Disaster, Science / Technology

Democrat & Chronicle

Xerox set to celebrate seminal device, crew

The old Xerox 914 copier tucked into a small alcove on the second floor of Xerox Square barely shows its age, with a few flecks of rust on the table-sized piece of beige office equipment.

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Related Topix: Office Equipment, Xerox, Computers, Rochester Metro, Rochester, NY, Webster, NY, Science / Technology

Library Journal

Flying the Friendly Skies

Humans have always had a desire to fly. From Leonardo da Vinci and his studies and drawings of flight to Orville and Wilbur Wright's flying machine to Amelia Earhart and her famous disappearance, the world has always craved learning about those daring individuals who have risked life and limb to soar.

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Related Topix: Amelia, Science / Technology, Kitty Hawk, NC, African-American, 9

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Geekzone

Diskeeper 2010 prevents disk fragmentation before it happens

Diskeeper Corporation launched Diskeeper 2010 performance software saying it actually prevents fragmentation before it happens.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Computers

CIO

Apple Patent Filing Reignites Tablet Device Rumors

News A recent Apple patent filing reveals an invention for hand-writing recognition for pen-based computers.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Apple, Computers, Microsoft, Software, Patent / Trademark Law, Law

EIN News

www.tradewaste.org supporting BinSafe, Locking Down Wheelie Bin Crime

As Steve looked into things in more detail, research that he had done over the last year on wheelie bin crime, showed that there was a major problem across the UK.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology

The Business Journal - Phoenix

ASU gets $3M in stimulus from National Institutes of Health

Arizona State University has been awarded nearly $3 million in federal stimulus funds from the National Institutes of Health.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Arizona State University

Contra Costa Times

Tom Purcell: Organ innovations tell us to strike a better chord

WE GOT IT in the early '70s: a Kimball organ that sat in our living room for 20 years or more.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Opinion

Tue Nov 17, 2009

FindLaw

Supreme Court Hears High-Stakes Patent Case

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Nov. 9 in a closely watched case that could have a profound impact in several high-tech industries, including software and finance.

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Related Topix: US News, US Supreme Court, Science / Technology, Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, Patent / Trademark Law, Law

Bangkok Post

Lighter and brighter desserts

I might be justified these days to look at the shelves of cake mixes in supermarkets with a superior smirk, but I actually would never do that.

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Related Topix: Cake, Baked Goods, Life, Dessert, Food, Brownies, Recipes, Science / Technology, Fruits

National Post

Copy fight: Cory Doctorow's struggle to make books free

Doctorowa TMs desire for books to be read, passed on and copied for free doesna TMt make him the publishing industrya TMs golden boy.

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Related Topix: Web 2.0 Conference, Emerging Technology, Libraries, Science / Technology

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