Researchers find glass shape influences consumption rate of lager
(Phys.org)—When times get tough, people quite often turn to alcohol to numb themselves to the world around them, and more often than not, their drink of choice is beer, or in Britain, lager. What many...
View ArticleStudy associates poor academic achievement and maternal drinking
Researchers from WA and the UK have linked heavy drinking and binge drinking, even occasionally during pregnancy, to children's academic achievement in reading, writing and spelling; and this impact is...
View ArticleMove over Kim, Beyonce is queen of Internet in US (Update)
It was a year for "twerking,""selfies," and "cronuts" in Internet searching, right up there with Hollywood, pop and reality stars.
View ArticleGoogle's top searches peer into society's mindset
Death, devices and celebrity drove the quest for more information on Google's search engine this year.
View ArticleMicrosoft expands ad-free Bing search for schools
Microsoft is expanding a program that gives schools the ability to prevent ads from appearing in search results when they use its Bing search engine. The program, launched in a pilot program earlier...
View ArticleDecline in binge drinking 'helps cut UK violent crime'
A decline in binge drinking in England and Wales has likely contributed to a significant fall in reported injuries from violent crime, researchers said on Wednesday.
View ArticleResearchers automate privacy compliance for big data systems
Web services companies, such as Facebook, Google and Microsoft, all make promises about how they will use personal information they gather. But ensuring that millions of lines of code in their systems...
View ArticleAdmitting our faults: When does self-acceptance trump self-destruction?
When face-to-face with our failures, it's hard not to deny the consequences of our shortcomings—and sometimes we make problems worse by engaging in the behaviors we have been trying so hard to avoid....
View ArticleRe-engineering Microsoft's culture: Two veterans work together to break down...
For years, Joe Belfiore and David Treadwell waged their own separate battles at Microsoft Corp., with Belfiore helping to lead the upstart Windows Phone division and Treadwell heading Xbox software and...
View ArticleMicrosoft profit hurt by Nokia, but revenues jump (Update)
Microsoft said Tuesday profits took a hit from its newly acquired Nokia phone division but that revenues got a strong lift from cloud services.
View ArticleFacebook tuning mobile search at social network
Facebook on Friday said it is dabbling with letting members using smartphones or tablets search for past posts of friends at the leading online social network.
View ArticleAnswers in a shake with Microsoft's Torque (w/ Video)
Microsoft Garage is what it sounds like, a techie haven where hackers, inventors and hackers who are potentially good inventors can pass around ideas and engage in team work so that ideas grow into...
View ArticleMicrosoft moves MSN team into Windows development group
Microsoft is folding its MSN team into the Windows division, a shakeup announced months ahead of the expected release of Windows 10, the latest version of the operating system.
View ArticleMicrosoft's Bing search engine to go 'mobile friendly'
Microsoft said Thursday its Bing search engine would be reconfigured to give more prominence to "mobile-friendly" websites, an acknowledgment of the growing importance of smartphones and other mobile...
View ArticleTwitter-Google deal puts tweets in search results
Google and Twitter announced a partnership Tuesday to display tweets in search results, renewing a tieup that ended in 2011.
View ArticleBing no longer a search-engine blip
In Microsoft's expensive, decadelong battle against Google's search engine, no detail is too small.
View ArticleMicrosoft algorithm improves directions in large networks for Bing Maps
Did the cross-country drive that you planned using an online mapping service take twice as long as expected?
View ArticleMicrosoft's Bing expands encryption of web traffic
Bing, the Microsoft-powered search engine, has announced it will encrypt most online traffic in the coming months as part of a ramped-up security effort.
View ArticleMicrosoft sheds some of its ad business, mapping service
Microsoft is handing off some its digital advertising business to AOL and selling its street-image mapping operation to Uber, as the giant software company tries to focus on activities more relevant to...
View ArticleResearch reveals how advertisers play the online bidding game
When an ad pops up in your Web browser, there's a lot going on behind the scenes. Advertisers are competing for the space in front of you in what amounts to an auction. In milliseconds, their computers...
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