Pay your cell-phone bill by watching ads

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A mobile phone that can display TV
Hate cell-phone bills? Israeli customers of mobile operator Orange who have 3G phones will soon be able to kiss their bills goodbye -- if they're willing to watch a few commercials instead.


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Reports: Carl Icahn considering attempt to oust Yahoo board

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(AP) -- Billionaire investor Carl Icahn reportedly is snapping up Yahoo stock in preparation for a possible attempt to replace the Internet company's board after the directors turned down Microsoft's $47.5 billion takeover ...

DNA fingerprinting simplified

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Agarose gel electrophoresis? Most teenagers wouldn’t have a clue what this scientific term means, but middle school student Andrew Trigiano knows the protocol inside and out. When Andrew was 12, his father ...

Solar Lily Pads Gently Floating And Gathering Energy on the River Clyde

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The preeminent Glasgow, Scotland based architecture firm ZM Architecture has big ideas for attracting solar energy in a very aesthetic manner. The proposed Water Lily Solar panels for the Clyde River in Glasgow ...

EarthLink to pull the plug on Wi-Fi in Philadelphia

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(AP) -- EarthLink Inc. is pulling the plug on its troubled wireless high-speed Internet network in Philadelphia, once touted as a model for how big cities should deploy Wi-Fi.

Sprint Nextel CEO asks shareholders' patience in turnaround

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(AP) -- Dan Hesse, chief executive officer at Sprint Nextel Corp. for less than five months, faced tough questions Tuesday about the company's continued trouble keeping wireless subscribers.