Archive: 10/31/2005
Dell lowers earnings expectations
In an after-market announcement, Dell Inc. lowered its earnings estimate for its third fiscal quarter.
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Virginia Tech football player uses prototype cast
Virginia Tech's starting running back Cedric Humes was able to play against Boston College despite a broken arm (the ulna bone) thanks, in part, to a prototype composite brace designed for him by Virginia Tech engineers.
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'COMEDY CENTRAL MotherLoad' hits broadband
Comedy Central is launching Tuesday its first broadband-optimized video channel, " COMEDY CENTRAL MotherLoad."
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Kids take more online risks at home
Kids are more likely to take online risk at home than at school, a new study reported Monday.
Oct 31, 2005 |
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Relief Web sites show huge Sept. upswing
Americans reached out and logged on during a turbulent September to help their fellow citizens.
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Briefs: Garmin provides portable XM Radio
XM Satellite Radio said Monday it will offer portable satellite radio with traffic and weather reports.
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Region-specific climate modeling studied
University of California-Santa Cruz scientists say human-caused climate change might pose an even greater than previously thought.
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Mechanism of 'blindsight' explored
Rice University researchers report inducing temporary "blindsight" in healthy volunteers.
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Hubble Reveals Possible New Moons Around Pluto
Using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to probe the ninth planet in our solar system, astronomers discovered that Pluto may have not one, but three moons. If confirmed, the discovery of the two new moons cou ...
Oct 31, 2005 |
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CU-Boulder Physics Professor Wins National Buckley Prize
University of Colorado at Boulder physics Professor Noel Clark has won the American Physical Society's 2006 Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize in recognition of his work in liquid crystals.
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New Method of Dating Oceanic Crust Is Most Accurate So Far
A newly developed method that detects tiny bits of zircon in rock reliably predicts the age of ocean crust more than 99 percent of the time, making the technique the most accurate so far.
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Methane found in desert soils bolsters theories that life could exist on Mars
Evidence of methane-producing organisms can be found in inhospitable soil environments much like those found on the surface of Mars, according to experiments undertaken by scientists and students from the Keck School of Medicine ...
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Nanotech pioneer, buckyball discoverer, Nobel laureate Richard Smalley dead at 62
Nobel laureate Richard Smalley, co-discoverer of the buckyball and one of the best-known and respected scientists in nanotechnology, died today in Houston after a long battle with cancer. He was 62.
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Mini with maximum style: the new Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook P7120
Fujitsu Siemens Computers has added a new model to its ultra-portable Lifebook P Series. The new Lifebook P7120 sports many features that make it a must-have item for mobile executives: from a striking glossy ...
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Freescale unveils world's first 3G single core modem for mobile phones
Freescale Semiconductor has unveiled its revolutionary 3G single core modem processor, at the heart of the MXC300-30 platform, based on the Mobile eXtreme Convergence architecture. Freescale is the first to provide a single ...
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