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Vitamin C: possible cancer-killing promise

High-dose intravenous vitamin C may be effective in treating cancer, newly published research indicates.

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Future mobile phones may have 100GB memory

Mobile phones might one day have the memory capacity of a desktop computer thanks to a microchip that mimics the functioning of the brain.

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Solar flares could cause R3 radio outages

Scientists in the United States warned Monday that continuing solar flares could cause significant interference with radio communications.

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Study: Preschoolers integrate audio, video

Children may have a raw ability to quickly add large sums even before they have been taught arithmetic, researchers reported Monday.

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DNA found in fossil bone crystal clusters

Israeli researchers report discovering crystal clusters in both modern and fossil bones can contain well-preserved DNA.

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Update: EBay to Acquire VoIP provider Skype

Online auction site eBay has agreed to acquire Internet-telephone provider Skype for at least $2.6 billion, in a move that could change the way buyers and sellers interact.

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Sun rolls out Galaxy x86 servers

Code-named 'Galaxy,' Latest Sun Fire x64 Servers are One-and-a-Half Times the Performance, Half the Power, One-Quarter the Size; New Sun Grid Rack Systems Accelerate Grid Implementation and Deployment Time by Up to 90 Pe ...

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Toshiba Announces Gallium Nitride Power FET With World's Highest Power Output

Toshiba Corporation today announced development of a gallium nitride (GaN) power field effect transistor (FET) that far surpasses the operating performance of the gallium arsenide (GaAs) FET widely used in base stations for ...

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Spansion Introduces Innovative Package-On-Package Solution To Reduce Wireless Device Size

Spansion LLC, the Flash memory venture of AMD and Fujitsu Limited, today announced it is shipping Package-on-Package (PoP) Flash memory samples to customers that will enable them to deliver sleek, feature-rich wireless phones, ...

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Volcanic overflow ruins Alaska salmon run

Salmon fishing along the King Salmon River on the Alaska Peninsula has been canceled -- primarily because no salmon showed up this year.

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Solar storms continue to vex communication

An ongoing upsurge of solar activity may disrupt communications worldwide for the next couple of weeks.

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Is it RIP for VoIP in China?

Voice over Internet Protocol VoIP development is posing a threat to state-protected telecom carriers, calling into question China's willingness to let technology advances into the marketplace.

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IBM to keynote U.S. game tech meeting

IBM's top gaming architect will be the keynote speaker at next month's Game Technology Association fall meeting in Austin, Texas.

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Vodafone, Linksys, Cisco launch new router

Vodafone, Linksys, and Cisco Systems launched Monday a router to improve mobile connectivity on a group basis.

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Discovery confirms explosive prediction made by astrophysicists in 1999

NASA's Swift satellite and ground-based telescopes have discovered the most distant exploding star on record, confirming a 1999 prediction made by University of Chicago astrophysicist Don Lamb and Daniel Reichart, who was ...

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