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Sporty Nokia 5140i

Nokia today introduced the sporty Nokia 5140i camera phone, adding a feature-filled handset for active-minded consumers to its product lineup. Dust and splash-resistance combine with durability to make the ...

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Pioneer Introduces Combination VHS/DVD Recorder with Built-in HDD

Pioneer Corporation announced today the introduction in Japan of the DVR-RT7H, the company's first combination VHS/DVD recorder with built-in HDD offering a variety of easy dubbing features among VHS, DVD ...

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Smart Nanocarriers to Combat Tumors

A ‘smart’ nanocarrier technology developed by a team of researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) is set to vastly improve the way cancer patients are treated.

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Microsoft Deploys NEC Electronics' Embedded DRAM Technology in Its Next Generation Xbox Platform

NEC Electronics Corp. today announced that Microsoft will incorporate leading-edge embedded DRAM (eDRAM) technology from NEC Electronics in the next generation Xbox platform. The high-performance eDRAM macros designed by ...

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Elpida's 4 Gigabyte DDR2 Registered DIMMs Offer Highest Density and Performance

Elpida Memory, Inc., Japan's leading global supplier of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), today announced the availability of 4 Gigabyte DDR2 Registered Dual In-Line Memory Modules (DIMMs) that offer high-density and high-performance ...

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Sky survey detects Einstein-predicted cosmic magnification

An international team of scientists associated with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) will report on April 26 the detection of the long-sought "Cosmic Magnification," which is predicted by Einstein's General ...

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Samsung Develops Industry's Highest Capacity EEPROM-embedded Dual Interface Smart Card IC

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the leader in advanced semiconductor technology, announced today that it has developed two dual interface smart card ICs ? product names S3CC9GC and S3CC9GW with 72kB and 144kB ...

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Study: Perceived risk, personalities sway drinking habits

Undergraduate students who believe they have less control over post-drinking agonies such as hangovers and vomiting are more likely to over-drink than students who are able to resist martinis once they're already tipsy, according ...

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Encryption and Smart Card Technology Leaders Develop Identifier-Based Encryption for Portable Formats

Researchers from HP Laboratories and STMicroelectronics have collaborated with card manufacturer Incard to develop technology for the implementation of Identifier-Based Encryption (IBE) on smart cards. A demonstration of ...

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Low Level of Extinction During Ice Age Linked to Adaptability

A Johns Hopkins University graduate student may have figured out why rates of extinction were so low for many of the major groups of marine life during one of the greatest ice ages of them all, which occurred from about 330 ...

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Robotic Arm Could Help Stroke Survivors Regain Range of Motion

A robotic arm that can be worn at home is being developed to help stroke survivors regain the ability to reach and grasp objects and perform basic tasks such as feed themselves. The device, built by a research tea ...

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Breast Cancer Detector That Uses Electricity Instead of X-Rays Under Study

A painless, portable device that uses electrical current rather than X-ray to examine breasts for cancer is under study at the Medical College of Georgia. MCG is one of some 20 centers across the world studying impedance sca ...

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New portable device checks for concussions on the sidelines

A player just took a hard knock to the head and is lying on the field. A coach rushes to his side, but the player sits up and seems fine. He knows who the president is and how many fingers the coach is hol ...

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Amd 64 Processors Deliver World-Class 64-Bit Performance On Microsoft Windows x64 Platform

AMD today announced all existing and upcoming single- and dual-core AMD Athlon 64, AMD Opteron and AMD Turion 64 processors are designed to be fully compatible with and deliver world-class performance on Microsoft Windows ...

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Scientists discover how plants disarm the toxic effects of excessive sunlight

A newly discovered pathway by which cells protect themselves from a toxic byproduct of photosynthesis may hold important implications for bioenergy sources, human and plant disease, and agricultural yields, a team of University ...

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