Archive: 07/19/2005
Is Ningbo Bird's goose cooked?
Ningbo Bird, China's top domestic mobile handset seller, is one of several firms facing intensified competition as the stakes have been raised in the country's high-tech market. China is the largest mobile phone market in ...
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Liverpool scientists to develop space robots with NASA
Scientists from the Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science (RIACS) at NASA and the University of Liverpool are working together to develop robotic systems used in space that will reduce the need for human space ...
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Computer sales not leading to profits
For computer manufacturers, the latest report confirming a surge in global demand for personal computers should have been heartening, but one of the biggest beneficiaries of the seemingly insatiable appetite worldwide for ...
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Autonomous undersea robot developed
University of Hawaii scientists say they are close to completing the nation's first autonomous robotic vehicle for deep-ocean work.
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First RFID system with UHF technology successfully in operation
Cinram, leader vendor of pre-recorded CDs and DVDs, and Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D) have jointly implemented an RFID (radio frequency identification) solution in the UHF (ultra high frequency) range. To optimize supply ...
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JVC Introduces Hard Disk Camcorders
Victor Company of Japan, Limited (JVC) announced the release of three new models in the Everio Series of hard disk camcorders, the world's first* collection of camcorders to use built-in hard disk drives as ...
Jul 19, 2005 |
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California Researchers Offer Open-Source Platform To Speed Wireless Development
In a bid to speed development of new wireless protocols and networking standards, the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) at UCSD has begun distributing for alpha ...
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Leading position reinforced for 3rd generation mobile networks
In their latest study, the market researchers at the MultiMedia Research Institute affirm Siemens/NEC's No. 1 market position in the field of 3G/WCDMA: over 30 percent of 3G base stations (Node Bs) used commercially worldwide ...
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Expedition 11 redocks Soyuz Spacecraft
Expedition 11 Commander Sergei Krikalev and Flight Engineer John Phillips left the Space Station today and moved their Soyuz spacecraft from one docking port to another.
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Hitachi Introduces 667MHz FSB Intel Itanium 2 Processor-based Blade Servers
Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT / TSE:6501) today announced the world's first server module product offering a high-speed Front Side Bus (FSB) speed of 667MHz(*1) on the latest 64bit Intel® Itanium® 2 processor (1.66GHz). The module ...
Jul 19, 2005 |
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Students Steer a Blimp to Test Near Space Military Technology
Helium-Filled Airship Allows Tryout for Guidance, Navigation and Control System Using a 17-foot-long helium-filled blimp, four propellers and sophisticated electronics, three Johns Hopkins undergraduates have b ...
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R&D 100 Award for Developing a Novel Radiation Detector
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, Kansas State University and Yinnel Tech, Inc., of South Bend, Indiana, have won a 2005 R&D 100 Award for developing a highly efficient, low-cost radiation ...
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Space shuttle problem still unresolved
NASA officials Tuesday said they had not determined the cause of a fuel tank sensor problem that aborted the launch of the space shuttle Discovery.
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Futuristic design wins competition for new Antarctic Research Station
Most challenging construction project on Earth A futuristic design by Faber Maunsell and Hugh Broughton Architects has won the competition for the new British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Halley Research Station. In ...
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States create voluntary online tax system
Beginning Oct. 1, at least 18 states will collect taxes from online sales voluntarily, offering a year of amnesty to companies that have not reported on online transactions in the past.
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