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 WiMAX promises to transform wireless Internet worldAs US technology giants including Google place a multi-billion dollar bet on WiMAX, backers of the wireless data-streaming format say it will radically change mobile Internet use. |
 Silicon's effect on sunflowers studiedVibrant, showy sunflowers are revered worldwide for their beauty and versatility. While many varieties of sunflower are grown specifically for their nutritional benefits, ornamental sunflowers have become ... |
 Flying saucers, tiny helicopters compete in British war game(AP) -- Emotion-detecting robot cars will face off against eavesdropping flying saucers in the English countryside when scientists, academics and schoolchildren compete later this year to design the next ... |
 Contact Through Silver Particles in InkModern cars are full of sensors. The optimum quantity of air in the intake tract of a combustion engine is regulated by thermoelectric flow sensors, for instance. They measure which quantities of a gas or ... |
Intel, Samsung, TSMC Reach Agreement for 450mm Wafer Manufacturing TransitionIntel Corp., Samsung Electronics and TSMC today announced they have reached agreement on the need for industry-wide collaboration to target a transition to larger, 450mm-sized wafers starting in 2012. The transition to larger ... |
 RFID testbed measures multiple tags at once and rapidly assesses new antenna designsResearchers have designed a system capable of simultaneously measuring hundreds of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and rapidly testing new RFID tag prototypes. |
 Yahoo shares fall 15 pct after Microsoft withdraws bid(AP) -- Yahoo shares fell 15 percent Monday as hopes for the once-dominant Internet icon dimmed following Microsoft's withdrawal of a $47.5 billion takeover bid. |
 Yahoo CEO facing possible rebellion after spurning Microsoft(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Jerry Yang is convinced that the company he started in a Silicon Valley trailer 14 years ago is worth more than the $47.5 billion that Microsoft Corp. had offered for the ... |
Google wins from end of Microsoft-Yahoo affair: analysts Microsoft's failed attempt to buy Yahoo will send it searching for new allies and likely see Yahoo's share price plummet, leaving Internet giant Google the big winner, analysts said. |
 Tesla rolls out its long-awaited electric sports car(AP) -- It's safe to say Jeremy Snyder gets a charge out of the two-seat Tesla Roadster whenever he pulls one off the lot - and not because it's equipped with an all-electric engine. |
Nano-designed transistors with disordered materials, but high performanceThe Holy Grail for transistor designers has been the requirement to be able to get high performance at reduced costs over very large substrate areas. Transistors on cheap and flexible substrates like glass and plastics are ... |
Calif. judge apologizes, pays $100,000 to software mogul(AP) -- In an unusual act of contrition, a state court judge has publicly apologized and agreed to pay $100,000 to Silicon Valley billionaire Tom Siebel for besmirching him in a lawsuit she filed as an attorney more than ... |
 Report: Microsoft-Yahoo deal may go hostile Friday(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. may go hostile in its bid for Yahoo Inc. as soon as Friday, according to a published report. |
Stanford, tech giants team up to enable software for parallel computersStanford and many of the biggest companies in computing will announce Friday, May 2, a joint effort to address a major missed opportunity in information technology: the dearth of software that can harness the parallelism ... |
 'Dynamic duo' develops framework for Earth's inaccessible interiorA new model of inner Earth constructed by Arizona State University researchers pulls past information and hypotheses into a coherent story to clarify mantle motion. |
