Archive: 05/19/2006
Xinhua China forms digital media company
Xinhua China Ltd. announced Friday it has formed subsidiary company Beijing Joannes Information Technology.
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SEC files against former vidgame exec
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission this week charged a former chief executive officer of Infinium Labs for his role in a fraudulent junk fax scheme.
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In Brief: No real evidence of ivory-bill in Arkansas
Biologists and volunteers scouring the Mississippi River swamps in Arkansas admit they were unable to find conclusive evidence of the ivory-billed woodpecker.
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UQ research opens up new ways of communicating
While guidebooks may be a traveller's best friend when exploring new and unusual places, sometimes they fall short in providing up to date information. But a University of Queensland PhD student is hoping his research could ...
May 19, 2006 |
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Researchers use bacteria to reduce uranium to safe levels
While the Cold War ended decades ago, its legacy will live for centuries in toxic waste. In remote corners of the country from Tennessee to the Pacific Northwest, dozens of federal laboratories struggle to ...
May 19, 2006 |
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Workers Get Paid More When They Work For Powerful CEOs
For workers at publicly held companies, it literally pays to have a very powerful boss. A new study found that entrenched CEOs – those who have more control rights in their company than all other shareholders combined -- ...
May 19, 2006 |
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Researchers Make Vitamin E Offshoot A Potent Cancer Killer
Researchers here have learned how a derivative of vitamin E causes the death of cancer cells. The researchers then used that knowledge to make the agent an even more potent cancer killer.
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Nokia E50 business device for mobile professionals
Nokia today announced the latest addition to the Nokia Eseries family of business devices, the Nokia E50.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
May 19, 2006 |
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Algorithms put to use in oil hunt
Mathematical procedures developed at MIT may soon help energy companies locate new sources of oil many kilometers underground.
May 19, 2006 |
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Globe Talk: Money power vs. the NSA
Outraged that some telecom companies are selling out their customers to the government? Then vote with your wallet, or so argues one activist group. But the seemingly good idea may be rather difficult to follow through.
May 19, 2006 |
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In Brief: Telecom N.Z. to preview mobile PC
Telecom New Zealand will demonstrate its wireless broadband laptops next week at the Convergence Oceania show.
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In Brief: Computer virus shield mimics immune system
Computer scientists in Britain are working on a means of protecting computers that acts in much the same way that the human body defeats viruses.
May 19, 2006 |
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In Brief: Insight suspends Midwest broadband upgrade
U.S. broadband providers Insight Communications halted work on an upgrade of its infrastructure following a major service failure last month.
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Scientists watching asteroid's path
U.S. scientists are keeping an eye on a 1,000-foot-wide asteroid that could hit Earth 30 years from now with a force to destroy a small state.
May 19, 2006 |
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Physicists detail Earthshine's role in planet hunting and climate variables
How the study of Earthshine continues to elucidate climate variables and how the use of Earthshine data may help to search for advanced life on distant planets, will be the foci of an upcoming panel discussion ...
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