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New breed of ads is sure to bug you

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:10:46 -0500

The catchword "buzz" is already overused in the advertising and public relations worlds, but brace yourself for an infestation. Insects could be the new entry-level...

Bias at MSNBC, Fox is harmful, says Charles Gibson

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:08:55 -0500

An ABC TV network news anchor said he's troubled by what he called the biased news coverage of Fox and MSNBC. "I worry about the lack of objectivity and the...

Wi-Fi for travelers becomes Web marketing lure

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:05:16 -0500

NEW YORK - Google, Yahoo, eBay and Microsoft, competitors on the Web, all have the same idea for marketing themselves this holiday season: temporarily providing free Wi-Fi...

4 kidneys swapped in bellybutton surgery

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:16:14 -0500

BALTIMORE - University of Maryland Medical Center surgeons have transplanted four kidneys through the patients' belly buttons. The patients and surgeon Matthew Cooper...

Fed officials warn weak recovery won't spur jobs

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:58:47 -0500

WASHINGTON - Unemployment likely will remain high for the next several years because the economic recovery won't be strong enough to spur robust hiring, Federal Reserve...

Gamers line up for 'Modern Warfare 2'

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:49:35 -0500

LOS ANGELES - Ryan Norwalk had cleared his schedule. The 26-year-old college student was spending Tuesday gunning down foes in "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2,"...

Comcast close to deal for NBC Universal

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:41:43 -0500

PHILADELPHIA - Comcast Corp. appears days from finalizing a $30 billion joint venture deal for NBC Universal Inc. A deal could be announced later this week or, more likely,...

Tagged.com settles with NY, Texas in invite fight

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:45:21 -0500

NEW YORK - The social networking Web site Tagged.com has adopted reforms on the use of invitation e-mails after being accused of essentially stealing the e-mail addresses...

Cop: Suspect admitted being at slain TV anchorwoman's home

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:33:13 -0500

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A Little Rock police detective told jurors at a capital murder trial that Curtis Vance admitted being at the home of television anchorwoman Anne Pressly...

Official: Mass. in line for $160M for Social Security error

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:29:53 -0500

Massachusetts is owed $160 million from the federal government for a little-known Social Security policy that's been erroneously overlooked for 35 years, according to...

Google to buy mobile ad network for $750 million

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:43:32 -0500

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Google Inc. is stepping up its push to sell advertising on cell phones and other mobile gadgets. It has agreed to buy a mobile ad network, AdMob, for...

Deadline arrives in Google book-scan deal

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:18:03 -0500

NEW YORK - The latest chapter is about to unfold in a four-year-old copyright lawsuit over Google's ambitious book-scanning project. Google Inc. and the publishers...

Electronic Arts acquires Playfish for $275 million

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:24:21 -0500

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - Video game publisher Electronic Arts says it has acquired Playfish, a privately held company that makes social network games, for $275 million in cash. Electronic...

CatholicTV reaches out to Web

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:39:45 -0500

CatholicTV may be 50 years old, but it's getting hip to new technology to spread the gospel globally, as Pope Benedict XVI urges priests and parishes to do the same. ...

MIT offers cash for top clean energy idea

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:14:52 -0500

Two weeks after President Barack Obama encouraged energy innovation in a speech at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the school is offering cash for the most groundbreaking...

Cardiologist and Boston Sci exec Donald Baim dies at 60

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:35:00 -0500

NATICK - Dr. Donald Baim, a renowned cardiologist and medical device executive, died Friday following surgery to treat a form of cancer, his family said in a statement. He...

AMA president: Lawsuits up health care cost

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:10:12 -0500

Trial lawyers are a big reason health-care costs are on the rise, American Medical Association President J. James Rohack told a group of Harvard Business School alumni yesterday. ...

US backs MSU, UK, MIT studies of medicinal plants

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:36:01 -0500

EAST LANSING, Mich. - Researchers at three universities have received $6 million in federal stimulus grants to study the genetics of how plants make compounds used in medicines. The...

State receives money for broadband mapping

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:29:30 -0500

Massachusetts has received about $2 million in federal stimulus funding to help identify the speed and location of broadband services in the state over the next five years. Gov....

MIT offers $200G prize for best clean-energy idea

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:53:48 -0500

Two weeks after President Barack Obama encouraged energy innovation in a speech at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the school is offering cash for the most ground-breaking...

AMA president: Lawsuits drive up health-care costs

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:44:58 -0500

Trial lawyers are a big reason health-care costs are on the rise, American Medical Association President J. James Rohack told a group of Harvard Business School alumni today. ...

Fox 25 dumps top sportscaster

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:17:20 -0500

In another sign that local TV news is throwing in the towel in the media sports battle, FOX 25 has cut loose beloved veteran sports anchor Butch Stearns after a decade with...

Boston Scientific paying $296 million settlement

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:10:47 -0500

NEW YORK - Medical device maker Boston Scientific says it will pay $296 million to settle a Department of Justice investigation into the company's Guidant unit. The...

Report: Student health plans inefficient

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:11:38 -0500

BOSTON - A new report shows that the health insurance plans sold to almost 100,000 college students in Massachusetts result in higher profits for insurance companies than...

MSN Web portal gets facelift

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:20:59 -0500

BELLEVUE, Wash. - Microsoft Corp. is giving its MSN Web portal a long-overdue makeover and says it hopes the new site will funnel more people to Bing, the software maker's...