Dec 12, 2008 4:19 PM, MD&D News Staff Qualcomm has announced a PC alternative designed to make high-speed Internet access more widely available and affordable in emerging markets. The Kayak PC alternative leverages the widespread availability of 3G wireless broadband to bring Internet connectivity to markets where wired Internet access has often been difficult to [...]

Novatel’s new MiFi — gets smaller, offers storage 10:28AM Saturday Dec 13 2008 by Karl Bode Portable 3G to Wi-Fi routers have been around for a while, allowing you to share your 3G connection while on the move — assuming you don’t bump into your 3G carrier’s monthly cap. The devices are certainly getting smaller [...]

UNION-TRIBUNE 7:09 a.m. December 12, 2008 NORTH PARK: A charity that helps Latinos with HIV/AIDS will host a Christmas celebration at 6 p.m. today in North Park. The event, by Bienestar – Spanish for well-being – will include a free dinner, a drag queen fashion show and a vigil for those affected by HIV. It [...]

By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Dec. 9 (HealthDay News) — By 2010, cancer will be the leading killer in the world, surpassing heart disease, causing more deaths than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined. Unless new treatments are found, there could be 27 million people with cancer by 2030, and 17 million cancer deaths annually. [...]

ScienceDaily (Dec. 13, 2008) — Findings from a new study have prompted Mayo Clinic researchers to recommend CYP2D6 gene testing for postmenopausal women about to begin tamoxifen therapy. This data confirms that women with an inherited deficiency in the CYP2D6 gene, which is important for the metabolism of tamoxifen, have a nearly fourfold higher risk [...]

New Tool Looks for Gene Variations linked to Increased Risk By Charlene Laino WebMD Health NewsReviewed by Brunilda Nazario, MD Dec. 12, 2008 (San Antonio) – A new genetic test is much better at predicting breast cancer risk than the standard model, researchers report. The new test, known as OncoVue, looks at variations in 19 [...]

BOSTON, Dec 12, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — The DNA Repair Company (DNAR), an early-stage company focused on personalized approaches to cancer treatment, announced today that it has identified a promising set of protein biomarkers that may aid in the treatment of a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer. These findings were presented at the CTRC-AACR [...]

DNA evidence helped Carencro police solve a string of 12 vehicle burglaries, the Police Department said. Travis Amy, 27, of Dequincy, an inmate at the J.B. Evans Correctional Institute in Tensas Parish, has been charged with vehicular burglary in the crimes. Investigators sent blood left at the crime scenes to the Acadiana Crime Lab. The [...]

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press Writer Dec. 12, 2008, 7:35PM HOUSTON — A Houston man who spent five years in prison for the sexual assault of an 8-year-old boy was freed Friday after DNA evidence which had gone untested until recently showed he didn’t commit the crime. Ricardo Rachell did not stop to talk [...]

One of the greatest things about the iPhone App Store is that the barrier to entry is pretty low. This means anyone with some solid coding skills and a good idea can hop in. Apple takes care of the hosting, the credit card authorization and even some of the marketing. But this is also one [...]