Apple Introduces Power Mac G5 Quad & Power Mac G5 Dual
Oct 20, 2005 |
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Apple today unveiled its new Power Mac G5 desktop line featuring the Power Mac G5 Quad, providing quad-core processing with two 2.5 GHz dual-core PowerPC G5 processors. All Power Mac G5 models now feature ...
Kids with access to a home computer are more likely to graduate, digital divide study finds
Oct 20, 2005 |
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Access to a home computer increases the likelihood that children will graduate from high school, but blacks and Latinos are much less likely to have a computer at home than are whites, according to a new study by a researcher ...
Rapid ice sheet melting causes concern
Oct 20, 2005 |
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Oregon State University scientists say the rapid breakdown of some parts of the Greenland and Antarctica ice sheets is disturbing.
Ultrafast lasers take 'snapshots' as atoms collide
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Oct 20, 2005 |
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Using laser pulses that last just 70 femtoseconds (quadrillionths of a second), physicists have observed in greater detail than ever before what happens when atoms collide. The experiments at JILA, a joint ...
Cracks Or Cryovolcanoes? Surface Geology Creates Clouds On Titan
Oct 20, 2005 |
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Like the little engine that could, geologic activity on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan-maybe outgassing cracks and perhaps icy cryovolcanoes-is belching puffs of methane gas into the atmosphere of the moon, creating clouds. ...
Immigrant study produces startling results
Oct 20, 2005 |
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U.S. Census Bureau data suggest immigrants are more dispersed and more entwined with U.S.-born people than previously thought.
Discovery might improve titanium alloys
Oct 20, 2005 |
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Two University of Maryland scientists say they've developed a modification of titanium alloys that will expand their uses and make them safer.
Philips’ partnerships boost HDTV in Europe
Oct 20, 2005 |
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Working hard to deliver the true promise of HDTV to consumers, Philips in the last two weeks announced two more strategic partnerships to boost HDTV take-up in Europe. The announcements come hot on the heels of the news that ...
Retinal scans eyed for New Mexico cattle
Oct 20, 2005 |
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It sounds like science fiction, but New Mexico scientists are testing eye-scanning technology on cattle to use in a national animal health tracking system.
ISS Orbit To Be Corrected After Emergency
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Russia's Mission Control Center may correct the International Space Station's orbit once again, following an emergency situation involving a space vehicle that is currently docked with it, an expert at the center said Wedne ...
News from a space phantom
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A phantom, which was outside the International Space Station for a year and a half, is now inside with the ISS crew. However this is no ghost story but a serious set of scientific experiments to monitor radiation ...
New Zealand cuts back on payphones
Oct 20, 2005 |
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New Zealand Telecom said Thursday it will remove about 400 payphones this year to modernize its payphone network.
Cable execs fear higher content prices
Oct 20, 2005 |
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Cable-television providers are urging Congress to protect their access to popular programming at fair prices.
Kenyan park is focus of political fight
Oct 20, 2005 |
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A dispute is flaring between the Kenyan government and a group of conservationists and environmentalists regarding Amboseli National Park.
Plans for India telecom investment advance
Oct 20, 2005 |
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Legislation to increase the level of foreign investment in India's telecom sector is moving forward after an eight-month delay.
