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Older Apple Mac's Cameras, Isight, Can Be Hacked to Covertly Monitor Users.
Dec 23, 2013New research by two John Hopkins University students showed older Apple Mac's cameras, iSight, can be hacked to covertly monitor users. John Hopkins University students turn Apple MacBook webcam iSight into covert surveillance camera ...
Tags: LED indicator, Lights, Lighting
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A U.S. Survey Conducted Earlier in The Month Shows Half of Americans Takes Vitamins
Dec 23, 2013Research this week indicated vitamins do not provide health benefits, but a U.S. survey conducted earlier in the month shows half of Americans takes vitamins. A Gallup poll conducted earlier this month shows half of Americans report ...
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A New Jersey Nursing Scholar Says Bullying Occurs Among Those in Academia
Dec 23, 2013A New Jersey nursing scholar says bullying occurs not only among elementary and high school students, it also occurs among those in academia. Study co-author Janice Beitz, a professor at the Rutgers School of Nursing-Camden, said ...
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U.S. Adults Currently Average 6.8 Hours of Sleep at Night
Dec 23, 2013U.S. adults currently average 6.8 hours of sleep at night, down more than an hour from 1942, a Gallup poll indicates. Almost 60 percent of U.S. adults get 7 or more hours of sleep at night, but in 1942, 84 percent did, while about 40 ...
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Food Ministers Forum Proposed Front-of-Pack Labelling System for Food
Dec 23, 2013A meeting of the Legislative and Governance Forum on Food Regulation (the Forum) has decided there needs to be a monitoring system to track the effectiveness of the proposed Front-of-Pack Labelling (FoPL) system for food. The meeting, ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
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FIA Commission Has Homologated Both The 10-Kilometer and 10-Mile World Speed Records
Dec 23, 2013Christmas came early for Continental Tire the Americas LLC. The Federation Internationale de I'Automobile (FIA) Land Speed Records Commission has homologated both the 10-kilometer and 10-mile world speed records from a standing start. ...
Tags: Auto Parts, tyre, tire
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Few People Urge Government Officials to Protect The Interests of Cooper in China
Dec 23, 2013U.S. Sens. Rob Portman and Sherrod Brown and Reps. Bob Latta and Jim Jordan sent a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry, Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker and U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Mike Froman urging government ...
Tags: Auto Parts, Accessories
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European Producers Were Still Facing a Number of Uncertainties
Dec 23, 2013Trade group ZVEI warned on Thursday, however, that European producers were still facing a number of uncertainties, including fallout from the euro zone debt crisis and Germany pushing through its planned shift to a greener energy mix. ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
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New Universal Demo Kit Can Be Used to Operate All Current Kyocera TFT Display Modules.
Dec 23, 2013Whether needed for a trade show or a demonstration on a customer's premises, Kyocera Display Europe's new Universal Demo Kit (VIP Kit) can be used to quickly and easily operate all current Kyocera TFT display modules. How it works: The ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
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An Unusual Surge in Public Construction Pushed Its Construction Spending to Highest Level
Dec 23, 2013An unusual surge in public construction in October pushed total construction spending to its highest level since May 2009 despite a dip in both private residential and nonresidential activity, according to an analysis of new Census Bureau ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
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Medicare Auditors Urged to Check Doctors' Total Billing to Prevent Fraud
Dec 23, 2013A report from the Department of Health and Human Services' inspector general to be released Friday will call for closer scrutiny of doctors' total billing. Elsewhere, ProPublica looks at how ineffective federal oversight is in looking for ...
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DOE Published The Findings of a New Study Utilizing a Accelerated Life-Test Method Test
Dec 23, 2013The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published the findings of a new study utilizing a highly accelerated life-test method (called the ammer test intended to produce failures in SSL luminaires in a reasonable test period, with the goal ...
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Chinese Fruit May Rescure U.S. Soda Industry
Dec 23, 2013Cultivated in China to sweeten tea, Siraitia grosvenorii could rescure the U.S. soda industry valued $8 billion. Siraitia grosvenorii is an herbaceous perennial vine of the Cucurbitaceae (gourd) family, native to southern China and ...
Tags: Siraitia grosvenorii, soft drinks
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Merck Launches a New Business Focused on Comprehensive,Evidence-Based Weight Managment
Dec 23, 2013Merck Announces Launch of a New Business Focused on Comprehensive, Evidence-Based Weight Management Interventions in the U.S. WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J., Dec. 20, 2013--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States ...
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Here Are Some of The Latest Health and Medical News Developments
Dec 23, 2013Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: E-Cigarettes Added to NYC's Smoking Ban Electronic cigarettes have been added to the ban on smoking in New York City offices, parks, ...
Tags: electronic cigarettes, HIV Harms
