3,000 Xbox 360s on pre-sale at eBay

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created Nov 21, 2005 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

eBay said Monday almost 3,000 Xbox 360 games are available for pre-sale, ahead of the official sale of the product at midnight Tuesday.


MIT Professor Jeffrey Hoffman tests a Hamiliton Sundstrand concept spacesuit

MIT researchers visit Mars on Earth

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created Nov 21, 2005 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

At 75 degrees north latitude, Devon Island lies high above the Arctic Circle, a few hundred miles from the magnetic North Pole. A true polar desert, it is also the largest uninhabited island on Earth. But ...


Shoppers to hit Net for 'Cyber Monday'

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Make way for "Cyber Monday," when after the Thanksgiving weekend holiday Americans are expected to go online in record numbers to shop.


Review: Biometrics Technologies Measure Up (Part 3/3)

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created Nov 21, 2005 | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(Part 1, 2) Biometrics technologies have come a long way from a slow start in the early 80s. Now they can be found almost anywhere and soon, almost everywhere. ...


Meaning from chaos

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Transmitting light-based signals by embedding them in chaos doesn't sound like a particularly good idea. But in last week's issue of Nature, Claudio Mirasso and co-workers show otherwise. They have demonstrated that it is ...


Artist's concept of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter en route to Mars. Image credit: NASA/JPL

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Tweaks Course, Passes Halfway Point

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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter successfully fired six engines for about 20 seconds today to adjust its flight path in advance of its March 10, 2006, arrival at the red planet.


SETI Sets Its Sights On M Dwarfs

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Scientists have been searching actively for signs of intelligent extraterrestrial civilizations for nearly half a century. Their main approach has been to point radio telescopes toward target stars and to "listen" for electronic ...


Labor dispute slows India telecom sector

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India says the ongoing labor dispute in the Communications Ministry has caused infrastructure expansion to grind to a halt.


Study: Nigeria telecom investments growing

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A study out of Ireland estimates Nigeria's telecom investments will grow sharply in the next few years.


Briefs: XM, Napster tie up in online music deal

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Napster and XM Satellite radio said they will be launching an integrated music service.


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Micron And Intel Create New Company To Manufacture NAND Flash Memory

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Micron Technology, Inc., and Intel Corporation today announced they have agreed to form a new company to manufacture NAND flash memory for use in consumer electronics, removable storage and handheld communications ...


Briefs: Apple secures memory supply to 2010

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Apple said Monday it has reached agreements with manufacturers to secure the supply of memory chips through to 2010.


Briefs: Sprint Nextel buys out Alamosa for $4.3B

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Sprint Nextel said Monday it will buy out Alamosa Holdings for $4.3 billion.


TiVo downloads for portable devices

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TiVo is set to introduce a service that will allow recorded television shows to be downloaded to iPods and other similar portable devices.


Call for probe of Aussie wireless overhaul

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Telstra's plans to replace its wireless telephone network in Australia have prompted calls for a government investigation.




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