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Google helps advertisers figure out website demographics
Google on Tuesday introduced a tool that lets advertisers figure out which websites their ideal customers are inclined to visit.

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Contraceptive pill available online in Britain
Women in Britain can for the first time get the contraceptive pill legally online without having to see medics first, under a new service being launched Monday.

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Computer Science Professor`s Breakthrough Maps the Cool Quest
Like a Doppler weather map with red blotches tracking the paths of major storms, a new tracking software service co-developed by Columbia University computer science professor Tony Jebara instantly shows people where the hottest clubs or hangouts are, in real time.

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UCSF and YouTube create novel channel to drive medical research
YouTube, the online video community that allows people to discover, watch and share originally created videos, has teamed up with scientists at The University of California, San Francisco to tap the video sharing platform to drive medical research.

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Web of possibilities: Researcher finds new avenues for social research online
Why do certain songs become hits while others flop? How can individuals be encouraged to consider the public good rather than act selfishly? Why are casual relationships sometimes as important as connections to friends and family?

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Lost in translation: Language barrier adds confusion to prenatal testing
Many people struggle to understand the complexities of genetic problems in pregnancy and find medical language difficult to understand, particularly when faced with major decisions such as whether to terminate a pregnancy. A recent study, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), investigated how Britain's Bangladeshi community understand the disorders, and make decisions about testing and screening in the light of health care and religious opinion.

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Interactive Web sites draw minds, shape public perception
The interactive look and feel of a corporate website could help shape positive perceptions about the organization if the site includes a likeable design and features that engage the target audience, especially job seekers, according to media researchers.

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Taking on Britain's 'sick note culture'
GPs should lend a hand to beat the ‘sick note culture` that sees millions of working days lost every year, according to a survey of smaller business owners.

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LG Launches Versatile LG-KF700
LG Electronics today launched its LG-KF700, a new multimedia phone that combines three input methods to create an amazingly intuitive user interface and provides instant access to features.

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Resolving international copyright
Publishers commonly profit from the creative works of their freelance contributors not only in the traditional print format, but increasingly digitally through websites, databases, and multimedia output and through syndication and sales to third parties publishers. More enlightened publishers make provision for this in the contract with their freelancers and pay royalties on such secondary and tertiary practices, but this is not common practice.

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