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Application software, also known as an application or an "app", is computer software designed to help the user to perform specific tasks.
Read More at Wikipedia ›Federal regulators said Tuesday that they've approved new suppliers for two crucial cancer drugs, easing critical shortages — at least for the time being — that have patients worried about missing life-saving treatments.
The Food and Drug Administration said it will temporarily allow importation of a replacement drug for Doxil, a drug for ovarian and other cancers that hasn't been available for new patients for months.The agency also has approved another supplier for a preservative-free version of methotrexate, a crucial drug for children with a type of leukemia called ALL and for high-dose treatment of bone cancer. The version with preservatives can be toxic or cause paralysis in children and other patients getting the drug high doses.The FDA also has approved the release of a batch manufactured by Ben Venue Laboratories Inc., shortly before it closed several factories and its complex in Bedford, Ohio, possibly for a year, due to serious quality problems. That closing is what turned th...The FBI is getting in on the law enforcement app game on the heels of a controversial data mining project by the Homeland Security Department.Documents recently post...
Twitter says it will make privacy guidelines more explicit after it admitted copying entire address books from people's smartphones and storing the information on it...
Apple on Thursday previews its next operating system, Mountain Lion, just seven months after its last edition, Lion, came out. (It won't be available to consumers un...
Kelly Reeves was getting ready for a trip when her phone slipped into a sink full of water. Panic moment! She quickly picked up the wet device and tried to turn it ...
Last summer, Kyla Smith spelled S-E-X-Y in "Words With Friends," an online Scrabble-like app on her phone.It won her more than just 13 points -- it won her love.Even...
The NFL is publishing a commemorative Super Bowl app for tablets.The pregame version includes player highlight reels, Super Bowl history and photo galleries for each...
Could Facebook bucks replace the dollar? Could Google move from your TV to your glasses? Could your next iPhone speaker cost $30,000?Sony, Logitech, Apple and Micros...
The U.S. government is seeking software that can mine social media to predict everything from future terrorist attacks to foreign uprisings, according to requests po...
Some fans will no longer be able to watch every NCAA men's basketball tournament game online for free.Turner, CBS and the NCAA announced Thursday a new model for str...
You are not the sum of all your Tweets -- no matter what the advertisers wish.With Google's announcement that it's going to coordinate all the data it collects on yo...
Could your favorite apps soon be banned in your city?From the online taxi service Uber -- which regulators are trying to keep out of Washington, D.C. -- to Zipcar.co...
Is it possible to pinpoint your location with nothing more than a cellphone number? Absolutely.Your smartphone always knows where you are. And thanks to the Life360....
Federal regulators have approved new suppliers for two crucial cancer drugs, easing critical shortages that had been ratcheting up fears that patients, particularly ...
In its effort to reduce paper output, the U.S. Government Printing Office has developed a mobile Web application for people to review the 2013 proposed federal budge...
Looking for a promising career in a lousy economy? A new study suggests you're apt to find it in apps - the services and tools built to run on smartphones , computer...
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Maybe your favorite team didn’t make it to the Super Bowl, but you can still enjoy the sporting life by loading these apps on your smartphone.Super Bowl Winners Impr...
Love may be in the palm of your hand.Whether you're currently in a relationship or looking for love, your smartphone may help you please that special someone. Here a...
Ski resorts evoke images of log cabins, wood-burning fires and rustic décor --not Twitter , iPhones and Wi-Fi. But today, these once-Arcadian enclaves are transformi...
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