Plant 'Remembers,' Adapts To Survive April Was Fifth Warmest Month Three-Man Soyuz Crew Heads to ISS New Plan To Fight Alzheimer's Issued Button Batteries Send Kids to Doctor No one's talking about giving intelligence tests, but researchers say that plants have smarts -- the sort needed to help them survive dry times, and a discovery that may lead to hardier crops. Unseasonable weather pushed last month to the fifth warmest April on record worldwide, weather statistics show, in another sign that a warmer world is becoming the "new normal," as scientists say. A three-man crew blasted off from a space center in southern Kazakhstan morning on board a Russian-made Soyuz craft for a four-and-half-month stay at the International Space Station. The government declared Alzheimer's one of the biggest health challenges, adopting a national strategy that sets the clock ticking toward better treatments by 2025, along with help for families suffering now. Coin-sized button batteries power dozens of items, from remote controls to singing greeting cards. They also accounted for 84 percent of the battery-related ER visits by children from 1990 to 2009. FULL STORYFULL STORYFULL STORYFULL STORYFULL STORY
Court Won't Order Google-NSA Interactions Released A federal appeals court has turned down a Freedom of Information Act request to disclose National Security Agency records about the 2010 cyberattack on Google users in China.
Security Firm Says Apple Asking for Assessment Apple's Macs have been subject to a variety of high-profile security threats in recent months. Now, according to Kaspersky Labs, Apple has asked the security firm for a vulnerability analysis.
U.S. Natural Gas Sector Hit by Coordinated Cyber Attacks The U.S. government is moving quickly to respond to a coordinated, ongoing series of cyber attacks that began in December and that use "spear-phishing" on companies in the natural gas pipeline sector.
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AMD Doubles Power in New Chips for Next-Generation Notebooks AMD has launched a new A-series of chips that more than double the power of the last generation and are designed for deployment in everything from ultrathin notebooks to desktop PCs.
Lenovo Blooming with New ThinkPads In time for spring blooming, Lenovo is out with a fresh crop of updates to its venerable ThinkPad line. The new arrivals include the X1 Carbon laptop, which the company calls the lightest 14-inch Ultrabook.
The Humble Computer Mouse: On Its Way Out? The death of the computer mouse is imminent, we're told, soon to be shown the door by touchscreens, track pads, gesture recognition systems and new technology. But is it really on its way out?
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Court Won't Order Google-NSA Interactions Released
Security Firm Says Apple Asking for Assessment
U.S. Natural Gas Sector Hit by Coordinated Cyber Attacks
AMD Doubles Power in New Chips for Next-Generation Notebooks
Lenovo Blooming with New ThinkPads
The Humble Computer Mouse: On Its Way Out?
