Five arrested in U.S. piracy investigation
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Authorities in the United States Friday announced five arrests in the latest crackdown on counterfeit software and recordings.
Wireless World: Spychips invading privacy?
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Chips that track boxes on trucks and ships soon may be sophisticated enough to monitor every move of consumers, a controversial new book claims.
Pushing the limits of hard disk storage
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Oct 07, 2005 |
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Just how much data can we cram onto a hard disk? In a paper appearing online today in Physical Review Letters, EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne) Professor Harald Brune and his colleagues report what they believ ...
NIST method improves reliability of GPS clocks
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The average user may not notice, but the Global Positioning System (GPS) is more reliable today than it was several years ago.
Scientists Confirm Toxic Seas During Earth's Evolution
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NASA exobiology researchers confirmed Earth's oceans were once rich in sulfides that would prevent advanced life forms, such as fish and mammals, from thriving.
Ocean height indicator of climate
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U.S. and Canadian authors say an index of sea surface heights gathered by satellites could be a useful indicator of long-term climate cycles.
Energy savings from airtight buildings
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U.S. commercial building owners could save substantially on annual heating and cooling energy costs by making buildings more airtight.
Nuke test detectors might warn of tsunami
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Hydrophone stations in the world's oceans used to detect nuclear testing might help in an early warning system for tsunamis, say U.S. researchers.
Nano World: Ultra-dense circuits
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Conventional electronics could in the future tap into the computational power of ultrahigh-density nanowire circuits via novel linking devices under development at university and corporate labs across the nation, experts ...
New way to measure sulfate particles
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The University of Maryland and the National Institute of Standards and Technology created an improved technique to measure sulfur isotopic ratios.
