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8:22 AM EST
2/9/2012 Looking to low-tech wastewater treatmentIn Nepal where one of the biggest childhood killers is water-borne diseases, officials are slowly adopting decentralized ways of treating urban wastewater.

Source:IRIN Topics:Health, Disease, Communicable Diseases, Science And Technology, Technology, Environmental Issue, Water

2:38 PM EST
2/7/2012 New York taxis add smartphone shopping during Fashion WeekNew York Fashion Week is pulling out all the stops and adding some high-tech techniques including smartphone shopping via cab rides.

Source:AHN Topics:Arts, Culture And Entertainment, Fashion, Economy, Business And Finance, Economy, Science And Technology, Technology

2:28 PM EST
2/3/2012 Court rules for Motorola and makes Apple pull iPads and iPhones in GermanyA court ruling favoring Motorola Mobility has forced Apple to pull several of its iPad and iPhone models from its German online store.

Source:AHN Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Economy, Business And Finance, Business, Science And Technology, Technology

1:09 PM EST
1/27/2012 Twitter to censor 'tweets' in some countriesTwitter has enabled new technology which allows it to block unlawful tweets by country. The move is an about-face from the fast-growing company's stance just 12 months ago. In a blog post titled "The tweets must flow," Twitter boldly refused to censor tweets that may contradict a country's laws.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Human Rights, Science And Technology, Technology, Arts, Culture And Entertainment, Internet

10:18 AM EST
1/18/2012 Internet sites go black to protest piracy billsSeveral internet sites went black Wednesday to protest two bills before Congress that opponents say would censor the Internet and slow economic growth in the United States.

Source:AHN Topics:Unrest, Conflicts And War, Demonstration, Crime, Law And Justice, Laws, Science And Technology, Technology

6:37 PM EST
1/8/2012 Big hack attack on Israel inevitable, say expertsThe hacker attack that exposed the credit card numbers and other personal information of thousands of Israelis last week shows every sign of being an unsophisticated break-in that exploited the weaknesses of a poorly secured website. But experts warn that for Israel, like other highly networked economies, the worst is yet to come.

Source:TML Topics:Unrest, Conflicts And War, Conflict, Science And Technology, Technology, Politics, Defense, Security Measures

7:07 AM EST
1/6/2012 Mexico unveils world’s tallest bridgeMexico claims to have created the world's tallest bridge in the Sierra Madre Occidental mountain.

Source:AHN Topics:Science And Technology, Technology

1:05 PM EST
1/5/2012 Google grabs 217 patents from IBM to bolster its Android defenseIBM confirmed Wednesday that it had sold an additional 188 U.S. patents and 29 patent applications to Google. Google has been grabbing up patents from IBM and others over the past year as it aims to bolster its defense against lawsuits over its Android smartphone software.

Source:AHN Topics:Arts, Culture And Entertainment, Internet, Economy, Business And Finance, Company Information, Patent, Copyright And Trademark, Science And Technology, Technology

2:47 PM EST
12/29/2011 Kindle tops Amazon's best sellersKindle e-readers and tablets were the most popular purchases on Amazon.com in December. The world's largest online retailer confirmed that customers bought more than 1 million Kindles a week during the holiday season of 2011.

Source:AHN Topics:Economy, Business And Finance, Company Information, Corporate Performance, Arts, Culture And Entertainment, Literature, Science And Technology, Technology

11:10 AM EST
12/29/2011 Microsoft prepares superphones for 2012Microsoft is preparing a new generation of Windows Phone "superphones" for 2012. The introduction of such handsets is anticipated to set off a major battle in the smartphone wars.

Source:AHN Topics:Science And Technology, Technology, Economy, Business And Finance, Company Information, New Product, Computing And Information Technology, Telecommunication Equipment