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Over 200 Russians Become Drug Addicts Every Day

According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), last year Russia was number one country in terms of heroin consumption.

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Tech Student Projects Already Changing World

Education, Technology

A student team from Russia will take technology that is already monitoring the health of a national park to the Imagine Cup Worldwide Finals in July.

REDMOND, Wash. — Two months ago, fish started dying in the rivers and streams of Russia’s Zyratkyl National Park. Perplexed park officials wanted to know why, so they turned to a new water monitoring system called Polarvision. (more…)

Microsoft Brings Developers and Designers Closer Together With Expression Studio 4 Release

Technology

Today at Internet Week New York 2010, Microsoft Corp. announced the immediate availability of Microsoft Expression Studio 4. The newest version of Microsoft’s professional suite of design tools, Expression 4 distinguishes itself by enabling designers and developers to collaborate and create dynamic applications using their existing skills and current toolset.

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Revealing China’s ancient past

Culture, Science

An archeologist at Washington University in St. Louis is helping to reveal for the first time a snapshot of rural life in China during the Han Dynasty.

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Coffee Protects Body from Cancer and Slows Down Aging

Health

Here are some facts about coffee:

Fact 1. Coffee can be good for you

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Kentucky Department of Education Chooses Microsoft Live@edu

Technology

The Kentucky Department of Education has selected Microsoft Live@edu to bring 21st century communications and collaboration tools to more than 700,000 students, faculty and staff statewide.

The cloud-based service has already been rolled out to more than half a million people in one of the largest cloud deployments and fastest migrations of all time. The state expects to avoid $6.3 million in operational costs over four years by moving to the cloud with Live@edu.

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Office Web Apps Planner Brings Documents to the Cloud

Technology

Lead Product Planner Jill Campbell talks about Office Web Apps, the free, lightweight, Web-based versions of Microsoft Office programs that will become available this month, enabling users to access their documents anytime, anywhere. (more…)

U.S. Politics on Facebook

Technology

Facebook has just launched U.S. Politics page in an effort to bring all the U.S. (and later the World) politicians under its umbrella. 🙂

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