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Signal fading on radio traffic reports
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(AP) -- For more than 20 years, Mike Nolan was known to radio listeners as the "eye in the sky." He flew over Southern California freeways in his single-engine plane, reporting on the nation's worst traffic.
Food banks go high-tech to feed the hungry
Nov 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Food banks across the country are undergoing a high-tech revolution, adopting sophisticated databases, bar coding, GPS tracking, automated warehouses and other technologies used in the food industry ...
Mars Reconnaissance Orbite Team Plans Uplink of Protective Files
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The team operating NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter plans to uplink protective files to the spacecraft next week as one step toward resuming the orbiter's research and relay activities.
Glitch snarls air traffic in latest woes for FAA
Nov 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- For the second time in a little more than a year, a glitch at one of the two centers that handle flight plans for the nation's air travel system set off delays and cancellations for passengers around ...
Geeky 'tweeters' to report on space shuttle launch
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 15, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Fingers will be flying when space shuttle Atlantis blasts off Monday: About 100 of NASA's geekiest fans will be on hand, pecking away at iPhones, BlackBerrys, laptops and other Twittering gadgets.
Solar power generation around the clock
Nov 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A Californian company, SolarReserve, is developing a solar power system that can store seven hours' worth of solar energy by focusing mirrors onto millions of gallons of molten salt, allowing ...
Be cautious upgrading to Windows 7
Oct 28, 2009 |
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Before you buy a copy of Windows 7, you'd do well to check whether your computer -- and you -- are ready for the upgrade.
Obama team: US needs bill to lead in clean energy
Oct 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Obama administration warned on Tuesday that the U.S. could slip further behind China and other countries in clean energy development if Congress fails to pass climate legislation, as early signs ...
Solar lantern lights up rural India's dark nights
Oct 23, 2009 |
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For more than 100 Indian villages cut off from grid electricity, life no longer comes to an end after dark thanks to an innovative solar-powered lantern that offers hope to the nation's rural poor.
Not all is lost on the Sidekick: contacts recouped
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- T-Mobile Sidekick phones that lost the information stored on them now can at least get the contact lists back.
Checkered history of mother and daughter cells explains cell cycle differences (w/ Video)
Oct 19, 2009 |
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When mother and daughter cells are created each time a cell divides, they are not exactly alike. They have the same set of genes, but differ in the way they regulate them. New research now reveals that these regulatory differences ...
Microsoft says it can restore wiped Sidekick data
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 15, 2009 |
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(AP) -- There may be a happy ending after all for owners of Sidekick phones who thought they might have permanently lost contact numbers and other personal information they had put on the gadget.
Review: Windows 7 strong, but don't pay to upgrade
Oct 14, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Next week, Microsoft is releasing Windows 7, a slick, much improved operating system that should go a long way toward erasing the bad impression left by its previous effort, Vista.
Working overnights by physicians not linked to significantly increased risk of complications
Oct 13, 2009 |
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Attending surgeons and obstetricians/gynecologists who worked nighttime hours did not have a significantly greater rate of complications for procedures performed the next day, but having less than six hours of opportunity ...
There's no perfect way to back up your hard drive
Oct 07, 2009 |
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If there's one thing to keep in mind about computers, it's this: Hard drives fail. I relearned that lesson recently when one of my laptop's external hard drives stopped working and then my 4-year-old iPod died.
