MP3-player sales seen surging

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Sales of portable digital music players will soar over the next four years, an industry research group said Thursday.


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New Satellites Push Technological Boundaries

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Have you ever noticed how some things just keep getting smaller and smaller? Take our cell phones or personal computers for example. Just a few years ago it would have been impossible to conveniently tuck ...


How to Braid Nanoropes

How to Braid Nanoropes

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Biomimetic systems that are composed of rigid polymers or filaments and crosslinking molecules can be used to assemble filament networks and bundles. The bundles represent 'nanoropes' and exhibit material ...


Tokyo Shortly To Decide On Participation In Russian Kliper Project

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Tokyo intends to decide already this year on its participation in the Russian project to build a non-expendable manned spacecraft, which will be called Kliper. It is expected to replace the American shuttles that are now ...


Shenzhou-8 To Be Fixed Version Of China-Made Space Vessels: Expert

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With a lot of modifications and improvements in the series of Shenzhou spacecraft capsules, Shenzhou-8 is expected to become a relatively fixed version of China-made space vessels, said Zhang Bainan, chief designer of China's ...


Samsung fined $300M for conspiracy

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Samsung Electronics was found guilty by the U.S. Department of Justice Thursday for conspiring to set prices on computer chips and fined $300 million.


EPA posts Katrina sampling results

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is posting test results from floodwater and sediment sampling in Louisiana affected by Hurricane Katrina.


Samsung admits chip price-fixing

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Samsung has agreed to pay a huge fine after admitting in federal court that it was part of a conspiracy to fix the price of semiconductor chips.


Internet co. rattles Japan's media

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The revelation that an Internet startup has become the biggest shareholder in one of Japan's most influential media outlets has delighted investors but is rattling those in the industry.


Wireless World: Industry mum on attacks

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Who do most IT professionals call when there has been a breach of security -- an attack by hackers seeking to steal information from mobile phones and personal digital assistants? Is it the FBI or the CIA or the NSA or the ...


Spansion Announces World’s First Single-chip 1 Gigabit NOR Flash Memory

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Spansion LLC, the Flash memory venture of AMD and Fujitsu Limited, today announced it is sampling the world’s first single-chip 1 gigabit (Gb) NOR Flash memory device to customers in the embedded market. Based on 90-nanometer ...


NASA Aims for May 2006 Planning Window

NASA Aims for May 2006 Planning Window

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Shuttle program managers are now aiming for a planning window of May 2006 for the launch of the next space shuttle mission, STS-121.


Earthquake Study Suggests Simple Building Fixes Can Save Lives

Earthquake Study Suggests Simple Building Fixes Can Save Lives

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According to a recent report, a small number of reinforced concrete walls would have been sufficient to keep schools, dormitories and other buildings standing after the 2003 earthquake in Bingöl, Turkey. An ...



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