How can a soggy croissant save your life? In two words, capillary action. The same scientific phenomena that causes a croissant to soak up coffee or a paper towel to absorb spilled milk has enabled IBM...
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What photos and videos would you like to take-back? Introducing IBM Identity Mixer, an anonymous credential system developed at IBM Research that enables strong authentication and privacy at the same...
For the first time ever, the Jonas Brothers have had to cancel a concert, this one to take place in Zurich Switzerland tonight as Nick Jonas is ill. The band have released an official statement on the matter: "...
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US authorities are demanding the extradition of Roman Polanski to face trial for charges filed against him in 1978. If local authorities agree, he will be ordered back to the U.S., but his attorneys say Polanski will appeal the extradition to the Swiss...
Roman Polanski, the film director who has been detained in Zurich for the past three weeks over child sex offence charges, has been taken to a nearby hospital to have tests; reports have said that he is 'worn...
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Today in Zurich, Switzerland after tensions and delays in negotiations over three hours long, Armenia and Turkey finally signed a Treaty to establish diplomatic ties between the countries after 94 years of...
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Roman Polanski was arrested in Switzerland on September 26 and his bid for bail release was denied. Polanski fled the US in 1978 so he could never be convicted of raping a 13-year-old girl. Polanski is imprisoned with only a bed, a table and a TV to use and can be visited...
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Polanski awaiting extradition; friends rush to his aid Polanski likely to remained jailed even as he fights extradition. Some powerful people are rushing to the 76 year old film producer's aid:...
"Politicians and Hollywood heavyweights have rallied behind director Roman Polanski following his arrest. French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner called the detention of the film-maker - a French citizen - in Switzerland a "bit sinister". "Really?! Seriously?! Outcry over...
Film director and producer Roman Polanski, 76, has been arrested in Zurich on an international warrant dating back to 1977-78. Extradition to the United States may be pending, and is being...
"Film director Roman Polanski has been taken into custody in Switzerland and faces extradition to the US for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977." I had no idea that Polanski was accused of this. It seems that he has used the system to evade justice. Perhaps this case...
Russian Yelena Isinbayeva recovered from here disastrous Berlin World championship perfomance in the last week by setting a new pole vault record of 5.06 meters in Zurich. She betterd her previous best of 5.05...
While research labs around the world cut back, IBM continues to remain committed to R&D, even in areas that may not pay back for 10 to 15 years. There is no better example of this then the...
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