Archive: 07/27/2005
Motorola Q aims at Blackberry
The first no-compromises QWERTY is here: the new Q from Motorola. Featuring Microsoft's Windows Mobile software, smart, powerful, and devastatingly good-looking, the Moto Q is the ultimate power player. The ...
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AOL testing mobile search services
America Online Inc.announced Wednesday that it is testing a suite of new mobile search services. Once launched the service will give mobile-phone users access to AOL's Pinpoint, Shopping Search and Yellow Pages.Now available as ...
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The growing threat of spyware
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation -- the New Deal-era government agency designed to restore confidence in the Great Depression-shattered banking system of the United States -- is now providing guidance to banks to ...
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Bears may be back in the Swiss Alps
Brown bears may have returned to Switzerland, more than 100 years after disappearing from the Swiss Alps.
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Inventor builds human-looking android
Japanese scientists have unveiled the most human-looking robot yet devised -- a "female" called Repliee Q1, the BBC reported Wednesday.
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UniS scientists to investigate the secrets of the universe
The Nuclear Physics Group at the University of Surrey has been awarded a large scale grant worth almost half a million pounds (£483k) from the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)) to synthesise and ...
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Scientists find genetic evidence for southern origin of modern humans in East Asia
Genetic studies have provided evidence for an African origin of East Asian populations, but their prehistoric migration routes in the Asia region remain a long-standing controversy. On the basis of the genetic evidence generated ...
Jul 27, 2005 |
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Compact JILA System Stabilizes Laser Frequency
A compact, inexpensive method for stabilizing lasers that uses a new design to reduce sensitivity to vibration and gravity 100 times better than similar approaches has been demonstrated by scientists at JILA in Boulder, Colo. ...
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Researchers Help Sort Out the Carbon Nanotube Problem
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and university researchers report a significant step toward sorting out the nanotube “problem”—the challenge of overcoming processing obstacles so that the remarkable ...
Jul 27, 2005 |
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Amazon River Cycles Carbon Faster than Thought
The rivers of South America's Amazon basin are "breathing" far harder - and cycling the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide far faster - than anyone realized. Most of the carbon being exhaled as carbon dioxide from Amazonian rivers ...
Jul 27, 2005 |
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Catalyst support structures facilitate high-temperature fuel reforming
The catalytic reforming of liquid fuels offers an attractive solution to supplying hydrogen to fuel cells while avoiding the safety and storage issues related to gaseous hydrogen. Existing catalytic support structures, however, ...
Jul 27, 2005 |
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NASA's Goes-N Satellite Ready for Launch
NASA announced the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-N (GOES-N) is ready to launch. The GOES-N launch window is from 6:23 to 7:01 p.m. EDT, Friday, July 29, 2005. Liftoff is from Space Launch Complex 37, Cape ...
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IBM to Introduce a New Class of Open Virtualization
As part of its new systems strategy, IBM today introduced a standards-based virtualization platform that will allow customers to pool, manage and optimize their IT resources across a variety of servers, networking and storage ...
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MIT engineers an anti-cancer smart bomb
Imagine a cancer drug that can burrow into a tumor, seal the exits and detonate a lethal dose of anti-cancer toxins, all while leaving healthy cells unscathed. MIT researchers have designed a nanoparticle to do just that.
Jul 27, 2005 |
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Daylight time: Gimmick or good idea?
Daylight saving time stirs controversy: supporters claim it saves energy, opponents say it disrupts international travel and is dangerous for children.
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