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FCC chair touts broadband as top priority

Technology / Telecom

created Aug 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The Federal Communications Commission's top "strategic" priority will be to encourage greater availability and adoption of broadband Internet access, the agency's new chairman, Julius Genachowski, said in a meeting Monday ...


Remote Wash. community to get phone service

Technology / Telecom

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- One of the most remote communities in the lower 48 states is finally set to get phone service.


Skype's founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis sold Skype to eBay for 2.6 billion dollars in 2005

Skype founders looking to buy back company

Technology / Internet

created Apr 11, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The two founders of Skype are seeking to buy back the hugely popular Internet telephone service that they sold to online auction giant eBay in 2005, according to US media reports.





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Hearst looks to digital readers of the future

Technology / Hi Tech

created 8 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

With an eye on the readers of the future, US publisher Hearst Corp. announced plans Friday to launch a digital newsstand, advertising service and electronic reader for newspapers and magazines.


Text-a-Tip programs allow tipsters to help police (AP)

Text-a-Tip programs allow tipsters to help police

Technology / Other

created Nov 28, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- A mother in Boston tells police her 8-year-old boy was shot to death in their apartment by gunmen in hooded sweat shirts during a home invasion.


5-day delivery no sure cure for postal woes, economist says

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scaling back mail delivery from six days a week to five may be the best bet to stem mounting U.S. Postal Service losses, but could still be a gamble, says a University of Illinois economist who has studied the agency's persistent ...


In the Brain, Seven Is A Magic Number

In the Brain, Seven Is A Magic Number

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (51) | comments 15

Having a tough time recalling a phone number someone spoke a few minutes ago or forgetting items from a mental grocery list is not a sign of mental decline; in fact, it's natural.


Breast Cancer Physicians Have Limited Access to Trained Interpreters

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In a new survey of physicians who treat breast cancer patients, only one-third said they had good access to trained medical interpreters or telephone language-interpretation systems when they needed it. Poor access to interpreters ...


The Beatles Return to Mono

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

From the White Album to Yellow Submarine modern releases of the Beatles present their music in stereo sound. But this Christmas, hard-core Beatles fans will eagerly unwrap "The Beatles in Mono," an 11-CD box set designed ...


NICTA demonstrates new interference-cancellation modem for 3G femtocell networks

Technology / Telecom

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NICTA, Australia’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Research Centre of Excellence, has successfully demonstrated technology that reduces the amount of radio interference in 3G networks with ...


EU agrees on new Internet user rights

Technology / Internet

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(AP) -- EU lawmakers and governments agreed on new rights for Internet users Thursday, aiming to protect them from arbitrary crackdowns on those who illegally download music and movies on the Internet.


PTSD less common than depression and alcohol misuse amongst UK troops

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Common mental disorders, such as depression and alcohol misuse, are the top psychological problems amongst UK troops post-deployment and not post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as is widely believed. A study published today ...


Google Voice 'light' works with existing cell phone numbers

Technology / Internet

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Google Voice, the service that can route calls to multiple phone numbers and access voice mail, is now available on users' existing cell phone numbers.



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