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Oracle settles kickback case
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Technology giant Oracle agreed to pay $46 million to settle claims concerning kickbacks at Sun Microsystems Inc., the U.S. Justice Department said.
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Sony to stop making floppy discs
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MINATO, Japan, April 26 (UPI) -- Technology writers took time out Monday to write obituaries for the floppy disc after Japanese technology giant said it would stop making them in March 2011.
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U.S. adults like British accents, not NYC
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ROCHESTER, N.Y., Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Half of U.S. adults say those with a British accent are sophisticated and half say those with Big Apple accents are rude, a survey indicates.
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Injured hawk nearly ready for freedom
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BALTIMORE, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- A popular hawk that smashed into a window on the Johns Hopkins University Baltimore campus is nearly recovered from its injuries, school officials said.
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Hard for doctors to remind about vaccines
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AURORA, Colo., Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Physicians' offices find reminding patients to update their immunizations challenging despite programs to help, U.S. researchers say.
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Infants understand social dominance
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Danish and U.S. researchers say infants younger than a year old understand social dominance.
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Virus, cold blamed for shad deaths
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DETROIT, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Researchers say gizzard shad dying in waterways around Detroit show signs of viral hemorrhagic septicemia, a disease that caused a major die-off four years ago.
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One man firms flourish in S. Korea
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SEOUL, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- One-man businesses in South Korea increased by 15.7 percent in 2010, a symptom of the smartphone craze, the government said.
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Daniel Bell, social scientist, dies at 91
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Harvard social scientist Daniel Bell, who attributed his curiosity to growing up poor during the Depression, has died at his home in Cambridge, Mass. He was 91.
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Space Station supply mission readied
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PARIS, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- European Space Agency officials say the fuel and most of the cargo is loaded on a spacecraft preparing to launch to the International Space Station.
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More Africa droughts as global temps rise
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Jan. 28 (UPI) -- The increased frequency of drought conditions in Eastern Africa for the last 20 years is likely to continue while global temperatures rise, researchers say.
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3D techonology helps study ocean waves
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CORVALLIS, Ore., Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Researchers using so-called stereo vision will study waves pounding the shore to better understand a violent, ever-changing environment, U.S. scientists say.
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'Air laser' could find bombs at a distance
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PRINCETON, N.J., Jan. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say a new "air laser" will allow soldiers to detect hidden explosives from a distance and help scientists measure airborne pollutants.
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Observances recall Challenger disaster
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Hundreds of people gathered at a Florida memorial to place flowers in commemoration of the crew killed 25 years ago in the space shuttle Challenger disaster.
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Smog may lead to Milan traffic shutdown
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MILAN, Italy, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Ongoing air pollution in Milan, Italy, has lasted 16 days and will probably trigger a total ban on vehicular traffic in the city on Sunday, authorities said.
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