A US politician campaigning for tighter restrictions on location tracking via mobile devices has had his bill approved by a Senate committee.
美國一名發起行動爭取加強限制以行動裝置追蹤定位的政治人物，已取得參議院委員會通過他提出的法案。
The Location Privacy Protection Act would require firms to get customers’ permission before collecting location data or sharing it with third-parties.
Twice a day, every weekday, a large black cat named Sable trots from the garage where he lives to a nearby street corner in West Richland, Wash.
每週週間，每天兩次，一隻名叫沙寶的大黑貓從牠住的華盛頓州西里奇蘭一間車庫跑出來，到附近的一個街角。
He plops down in a patch of grass and watches as children cross the street to and from Enterprise Middle School, earning him the nickname "the crossing guard cat." Sable’s daily habit also has earned the domestic shorthair a bit of Internet fame.
A Texas company could have the answer to some consumers’ unwelcome discovery that just-purchased loaves contain mold.
麵包剛買就發霉，讓消費者不開心，一家德州公司或許有辦法解決。
MicroZap Inc. claims its technology allows bread to stay mold-free for 60 days. The bread is bombarded with microwaves for about 10 seconds, which kills the mold spores, said chief executive officer Don Stull said.
Clean and green Singapore is going even greener this Chinese New Year, recycling S$2 bills for red packets of money alongside the printing of new ones.
乾淨環保的新加坡今年中國新年將更環保，因其印新鈔同時，也循環再使用2元紙鈔，做為壓歲錢之用。
Giving out the little packets, or "lai see", with crisp new notes during the Lunar New Year is a long-standing tradition. Adults typically give them to children, older relatives and unmarried siblings to wish them good luck for the coming year.
Apple Inc. is grappling with fresh trademark battles overseas for its popular mobile devices, this time for the rights to the "iPhone" name in Latin America.
蘋果公司正為其廣受歡迎的行動裝置，在海外對付新一波商標權之戰，這次是為了「iPhone」這個名稱在拉丁美洲的商標權。
A Brazilian company has begun selling smartphones in Brazil with the iPhone brand after winning the legal right to use the name in Latin America’s biggest country. Adding insult to Apple Inc.’s injury, the phone runs on the Android operating system from archrival Google Inc.
US researchers found patients with gout who ate cherries over a two-day period had a 35% lower risk of attacks compared to those who did not. The study in Arthritis & Rheumatism said cherries contain anthocyanins, antioxidants which contain anti-inflammatory properties.
美國研究人員發現，痛風病患吃2天櫻桃，會比沒吃的患者降低35%的發作風險。刊登在關節炎與風濕病的研究說，櫻桃內含有花青素，這是一種能抗發炎的抗氧化物。
Gout is a common type of arthritis that can cause sudden and very severe attacks of pain and swelling in the joints, particularly in the feet. Gout affects about one in 100 people, with men two to three times more likely to be affected than women.
A woman who was injured while having sex in a Autralian hotel during a work trip has won the latest round in her legal battle for industrial compensation.
一名出差期間在澳洲一家飯店做愛時受傷的婦人，在爭取工作傷害賠償的官司中贏得最新一回合勝利。
The woman, who was a public servant, was hospitalized after being injured in 2007 during sex with a male friend while staying in a motel in the town of Nowra.
Solo rock stars are twice as likely to die prematurely as counterparts who perform in groups, a study published in the journal BMJ Open said.
刊登在英國醫學期刊的研究說，單打獨鬥的搖滾明星，早死機率是在團體演出的同儕的2倍。
British researchers examined the fate of 1489 rock and pop performers who had risen to fame in a study period that spanned half a century. A total of 137, or 9.2 percent, died prematurely, at 45.2 years of age on average for North American stars and 39.6 for those in Europe.
