Microsoft opens Zurich Developer Center
Microsoft announced Thursday it has opened a Microsoft Developer Center in the Greater Zurich Area.
Business
Jun 8, 2006
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Broadband Report: Web video on your TiVo?
TiVo announced Wednesday that customers will be able to view Web video on their TiVo-based DVR devices. The new service dubbed "TiVoCast" will work with the company's new Series 2 TiVo set top DVR boxes, as long as it's connected ...
Internet
Jun 8, 2006
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Apple files 2nd countersuit against Creative
(AP) -- Apple Computer Inc. has filed a second countersuit against SIngapore-based Creative Technology Ltd., intensifying its legal battle against the smaller media player rival that sued the iPod maker for patent infringement ...
Business
Jun 8, 2006
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Triple threat polymer captures and releases
A chemist at Washington University in St. Louis has developed a remarkable nanostructured material that can repel pests, sweeten the air, and some day might even be used as a timed drug delivery system — as a nasal spray, ...
Bio & Medicine
Jun 8, 2006
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Probing Question: What makes a song catchy?
A catchy tune isn't always a good thing. If it contains an infectious chorus, even a song you dislike might refuse to leave your head. ("Achy Breaky Heart," anyone?) The choice of descriptors is not lost on Keith Duffy, a ...
Other
Jun 8, 2006
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Hubble Sees Galaxy on Edge
This is a unique NASA Hubble Space Telescope view of the disk galaxy NGC 5866 tilted nearly edge-on to our line-of-sight.
Astronomy
Jun 8, 2006
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U.S. scientists develop disaster software
U.S. government scientists have developed software for managing collection, visualization, and analysis of environmental sampling data.
Software
Jun 8, 2006
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Global warming might affect Hawaii area
Scientists say many Northwestern Hawaiian Islands might be submerged by 2100 because of global warming, National Geographic News reported.
Environment
Jun 8, 2006
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Samsung Intros First 1.98'' LCD to Achieve VGA with Amorphous Silicon
Samsung Electronics announced today that it has developed the industry's first 1.98” LCD panel to achieve VGA resolution, using the company's amorphous silicon (a-Si) technology. Mobile phones equipped with this new, display ...
Hardware
Jun 8, 2006
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New mathematical method provides better way to analyze noise
Humans have 200 million light receptors in their eyes, 10 to 20 million receptors devoted to smell, but only 8,000 dedicated to sound. Yet despite this miniscule number, the auditory system is the fastest of the five senses. ...
Mathematics
Jun 8, 2006
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