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Appeals court gets embryonic stem cell issue
LAST MONTH, Chief Judge Royce C. Lamberth of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued an injunction barring the federal government from funding research on embryonic stem cells. The judge cited the Dickey-Wicker amendment, which puts off-limits federal dollars for work "in which a...
 
Stem cell - Embryonic stem cell - Biotechnology - Biology - Research
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Scientists can scan brains for maturity, potentially gauging child development
Scientists have developed a scan that can measure the maturity of the brain, an advance that someday might be useful for testing whether children are maturing normally and for gauging whether teenagers are grown-up enough to be treated as adults.
Medicine - Health - Magnetic resonance imaging - Imaging - Computer Tomography Scanning
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Apple offers App Store review guidelines (and updates iPhone software)
Apple has relented on two of the most contentious aspects of its control of its App Store: its restriction on software converted from releases for other smartphones, and its refusal to publish the hitherto inscrutable rules governing whether a new program will make it into the store. The App Stor...
IPhone - Apple - App Store - Handhelds - Smartphones
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Stem cell funding gets reprieve
Appeals court allow human embryonic stem cell research funding to resume.
Stem cell - Biotechnology - Biology - Stem Cell Research - Science and Technology
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John Adams
Age: 41 Residence: River Falls. Education: BA, Middlebury College; JD, Washington University.
John Adams - United States - History - Presidents - John Quincy Adams
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Gerald W. 'Jerry' Clark*
Age: 57 Residence: Lusby. Education: None given. Occupation: Self-employed, retail and commercial real estate; vice president, Calvert County Board of Commissioners.
United States - President - Government - History - Ford Gerald Rudolph
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Anne Arundel County and Howard County crime report
These were among incidents reported by the Anne Arundel County Police Department. For information, call 410-222-8050.
Maryland - Anne Arundel - United States - Counties - Anne Arundel County Maryland
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Elihu Eli El
Age: 40 Residence: Sligo Creek. Education: BS, computer science, University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
United States - Religion and Spirituality - Old Testament - People - Arts
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Fairfax County crime report
The following incidents were recently reported by the Fairfax County Police Department. For more information, call 703-246-2253.
United States - Virginia - Fairfax - Counties - Fairfax County Virginia
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Alexandria and Arlington crime report
These were among incidents reported by the Alexandria Police Department. For more information, call 703-838-4636 or visit http://www.alexandriava.gov/police .
Arlington - United States - Counties - Virginia - Crime
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Simplifying your photo management
Business - Management - Consulting - Business and Economy - Twitter
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Barry Steve Asbury
Photo not available. Age: 58 Residence: Parkville.
United States - Counties - Asbury Park New Jersey - Authors - Arts
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Advocacy group calls for Craigslist to take down sex services outside U.S.
A nonprofit public advocacy group on Wednesday urged Craigslist to take down adult services ads outside the United States, where they say most such ads are placed and where regulators may be more lax about child and female exploitation.
Craigslist - Sexuality - Politics of Sexuality - Jim Buckmaster - Sex Work
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The Web Hostess: Google Instant, Craigslist adult ads and more
A weekly chat about the best ways to kill time online. Our Web Hostess, Monica Hesse, sifts the Internet so you don't have to, searching for meaning, manners and the next great meme.
Google - Searching - Search Engines - Craigslist - Companies
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Virginia court: Suspect's rights weren't violated by warrantless GPS tracking
The rights of a convicted sex offender, who was being tracked as a suspect in a string of sexual assaults, were not violated when Fairfax County police secretly placed a global positioning system device on his vehicle without a warrant, the Virginia Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday .
Global Positioning System - Business - Telecommunications - Location and Tracking - United States
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HP sues ousted CEO Hurd over hiring by rival Oracle
An executive's sex scandal. His ouster. A bombastic billionaire competitor who redeemed him. And now a possible court battle over high-tech secrets.
HewlettPackard - Mark Hurd - Oracle - Oracle Corporation - Larry Ellison
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Craigslist adult services takedown could lead to more crime, Microsoft researcher says
A senior researcher at Microsoft said Tuesday that censoring of adult services on Craigslist.org could lead to more sex crimes, not less.
Microsoft - Business - Monopolies and Oligopolies - Economic - Allegedly Unethical Firms
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Google bouncing-balls logo amuses, bemuses visitors
This morning's Internet mystery resides on Google's home page -- an animated version of its logo that consists of a swarm of bouncing balls that coalesce to form the company's logo. But once you steer the cursor towards them, they fly apart and flee around the window.
Google - Searching - Search Engines - Google logo - Companies
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Aid groups using cellphones to reach the world's poor
SEATTLE - For the world's poorest, cellphone technology carries opportunity, aid groups say, as text messages and other mobile applications have created a new platform to reach the most remote farms and crowded urban slums of Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Mobile phone - Shopping - Health - Arts - United States
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New lawsuit to challenge laptop searches at U.S. border
A group of plaintiffs is challenging the government's policy allowing laptops and other devices to be held and searched at borders, even when the traveler is not suspected of any wrongdoing.
Hardware - Notebooks and Laptops - Cases and Accessories - US-Mexico Border - United States Department of Homeland Security
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Parents use 'digital' grounding as a 21st century disciplinary tool
Not so long ago, teenagers in trouble got grounded. They lost their evenings out, maybe the keys to the family car. But lately the art of family discipline has begun to reflect our digital age.
Business - Home - Arts - Support Groups - Paul Stephenson
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Don't look for Adobe Flash on Apple's iPads, iPhones soon
I was traveling last week to cover Apple's iPod and Apple TV event Wednesday (and writing an extra column based on that). So this week, I offer questions taken from Friday's Web chat.
Apple - Adobe Systems - Multimedia - Development Frameworks - IPhone
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Mobile apps can give careers, job searches a boost
Your career is about to get a boost from some mobile apps. And your on-the-go life could be a little better, less cluttered and more informed as a result of embracing use-anywhere tech tools.
Employment - Business and Economy - Canada - Job Search - Business
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Startups are looking beyond résumés and interviews in search for employees
When Michael Glukhovsky and Slava Akhmechet, the founders of RethinkDB, a database technology startup that changes how people store and access data, received $1.2 million in funding this year, they began looking for their first employee. They turned to job boards. They recruited from their site. ...
Search - United States - Relationships - Personals - Twitter
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Texas attorney general to investigate complaints about Google's search engine
SAN FRANCISCO - Google's methods for recommending Web sites are being reviewed by the Texas state attorney general in an investigation spurred by complaints that the company has abused its power as the Internet's dominant search engine.
Google - Web search engine - Microsoft - Searching - Search Engines
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Personal Tech Live with Rob Pegoraro
Rob Pegoraro answers your questions on recent gadget reviews, technology news and provides personal tech buying and fixing advice.
United States - Companies - Product Support - Independent Tech Support - Business
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AOL-Google revenue-sharing pact includes mobile, online video services
AOL and Google announced Thursday a five-year renewal of their revenue-sharing pact, which will now include mobile search and online video, two areas that AOL chief executive Tim Armstrong called critical to the future of his company as it tries to revamp and return to profitability.
Google - AOL - Search Engines - Searching - YouTube
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