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Whales Briefly Benefited From Decrease In Shipping Traffic After 9/11

According to a new study , baleen whales suffered less stress from ship noise after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. A study conducted in Canada's Bay of Fundy has revealed that a lull in ship noise after the attacks eased stress on right whales, a type of baleen whale. They analyzed underwater noise levels during a period of reduced ship traffic in the bay ...

Bits Blog: Start-Up Nicira Plans to Disrupt Networking Giants

A small company called Nicira and a few other scrappy players are pursuing what is called software-defined networking.

Feature: Step 1: give every kid a laptop. Step 2: learning begins?

Nicolas Negroponte, the head of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project, sure knows how to get people's attention. About three months ago, the venerable ed-tech evangelist told the Open Mobile Summit in San Francisco that his organization would "literally take tablets and drop them out of helicopters," and return a year later to see if the effort was a success. While the comment has faced ...

Amazon profits plunge amid rising costs

Amazon has reported a 57% drop in profits for the fourth quarter of the year.

Asia Stocks Drop as Europe Crisis, U.S. Outlook Drag on Profits

Asian stocks fell, dragging a regional benchmark index from a three-month high, as companies from Singapore Airlines Ltd. to Hynix Semiconductor Inc. reported weaker earnings amid Europe’s debt crisis and an uncertain U.S. economic outlook.