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Hearts a flutter as exam includes audio portion for first time

Aug 25, 2008 | not rated yet | 0

Hearts will be racing faster this fall for every medical student in the country. That's because the three-part test every medical student and resident must pass will be delivered in a new way: by listening ...

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IBM Technology to Protect Customer Data in the Call Center Industry

Technology / Other

Jul 03, 2008 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

Researchers at IBM's India Research Laboratory have developed advanced data masking technology that helps call centers protect critical data without disrupting customer service or business operations. As IBM ...

Schools shun Kindle, saying blind can't use it

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

23 hours ago | not rated yet | 4

(AP) -- Amazon's Kindle can read books aloud, but if you're blind it can be difficult to turn that function on without help. Now two universities say they will shun the device until Amazon changes the setup.

NXP Introduces Intelligent Switches Supporting HDMI 1.4

Electronics / Hardware

Sep 30, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

NXP Semiconductors today unveiled intelligent switches supporting the new HDMI 1.4 specification released in June 2009.

Study reveals food choices influenced by body types of dining partners

Medicine & Health / Health

Oct 08, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether your companions are overweight or skinny and how much they put on their plates can greatly influence how much you eat. New research shows if we eat with skinny people, we tend to mimic their food ...

Leading Companies Form Mobile HD Interface Working Group to Drive Industry Standard

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Sep 29, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Nokia, Samsung Electronics, Silicon Image, Sony and Toshiba today announced the formation of a Mobile High-Definition Interface Working Group that intends to create an industry standard for an audio/video interface to connect ...

Nokia 6630 Music Edition

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Sep 19, 2005 | 2.6 / 5 (56) | 0

Nokia today announced the Nokia 6630 Music Edition, a special music version of the iconic 3G smartphone. The Nokia 6630 Music Edition has been designed with enhanced music functionality to make it convenient ...

Watching your weight? Beware of skinny friends with big appetites

Medicine & Health / Health

Sep 21, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Thin friends who eat a lot could put your waistline at risk, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, which examines how other peoples' weight and food choices influence how much we eat.

Geologists point to outer space as source of the Earth's mineral riches

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Oct 18, 2009 | 4.1 / 5 (11) | 5

According to a new study by geologists at the University of Toronto and the University of Maryland, the wealth of some minerals that lie in the rock beneath the Earth's surface may be extraterrestrial in origin.

Integral locates origin of high-energy emission from Crab Nebula

Space & Earth / Astronomy

Aug 29, 2008 | 4.1 / 5 (8) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Thanks to data from ESA's Integral gamma-ray observatory, scientists have been able to locate where particles in the vicinity of the rotating neutron-star in the Crab Nebula are accelerated ...