Microsoft’s level of trust in the open source community is continuing to build after it moved to absorb its MS Open Technologies subsidiary back into the company. The move, which brings the “startup subsidiary” back under Microsoft control, came after MS Open Tech reached its key goals and it will help Microsoft “take its next steps in deepening its engagement with open source and open standards,” according to a company
Android Wear is getting an update as the Apple Watch release nears and Google gets a little worried that it might be overtaken. The update brings with it an always-on screen, something we’ve seen before on Android Wear watches for faces, but the new update means you can use apps and keep them on at the same time so you won’t need to flail your arms around to turn them
The link between food and mood is getting even stronger.
By Anastasia Moloney BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Natalia Ponce de Leon’s life was shattered within seconds when a stalker hurled acid at her outside the family home in an upscale part of the Colombian capital last year. The sulphuric acid devoured Ponce’s face, neck, abdomen and legs, melting her skin and leaving a quarter of her body burnt in an attack that shocked the Latin American country. Although acid
Our healthcare system is criticized for a greater focus on treating versus preventing disease and for not always supporting behavioral changes that lead to positive health outcomes. But many diseases, such as type II diabetes, heart disease, overweight and obesity, are complex societal issues, which many facets of society, and not just the…
American trainer Wesley Ward will aim Hootenanny and Sunset Glow at Royal Ascot after scratching them from the Qipco 2000 and 1000 Guineas respectively.
Rob Young is a man on a mission. Having never run a marathon before April last year he will compete in Sunday’s London marathon having run almost 380 – and broken a world record into the bargain. Sky Sports Allan Valente spoke to ‘The Marathon Man’.
-McLaren took the wraps off the second model in its Sports Series, the 540C (a.k.a. the 540 Club), at the Shanghai auto show this weekend. And the good news is that this most-affordable McLaren will be offered globally, so we should get it in the United States. (At the New York show, McLaren said it would homologate the model but that it would probably be special-order only. We expect that to
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Oscar de la Renta ships internationally through Borderfree U.S. fashion house Oscar de la Renta is now offering international consumers shipping options available through its ecommerce site. Oscar de la Renta notified its consumers of the updated shipping options through an email blast with a subject line reading, “New! International shipping directly through our site.” Previously, those consumers outside Oscar de la Renta’s shipping radius had to rely on third
