Briefs: Channel surfing on phone TV gets easier
The advance of mobile television became easier Friday after Ericsson nailed down the channel-surfing process.
Dec 2, 2005
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Briefs: HP to enter China wireless market
Media reports in China Friday said Hewlett Packard was set to enter the Chinese mobile-phone market as early as next week.
Dec 2, 2005
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Poison + water = hydrogen. New microbial genome shows how
Take a pot of scalding water, remove all the oxygen, mix in a bit of poisonous carbon monoxide, and add a pinch of hydrogen gas. It sounds like a recipe for a witch's brew. It may be, but it is also the preferred environment ...
Dec 2, 2005
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Carbon-rich molecules 'supersized' for the first time
A University of Oregon chemist has "supersized" carbon-rich molecules, enabling researchers for the first time to test theories about the useful properties of synthetic forms of carbon. The discovery by Mike Haley will be ...
Dec 2, 2005
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Briefs: Fred Campbell to join FCC
FCC Chairman Kevin J. Martin announced Friday that Fred Campbell will serve as his legal adviser for Wireless Issues.
Dec 2, 2005
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Briefs: Qualcomm, Verizon team on cell-phone TV
Plans are in the works for what will be the first television network in the United States serving video-capable cell phones.
Dec 2, 2005
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BlackBerry playing 'Russian routlette'?
A federal judge this week ruled that the maker of the BlackBerry mobile e-mail device did not have a binding settlement deal with the company that holds the patent for the wireless technology -- an order that continues the ...
Dec 2, 2005
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Poisonous volcanic gas caused world's largest mass extinction, study
The research, published in the journal Geology, reveals vital clues about the mass extinction at the end of the Permian period, 250 million years ago, when mammal-like reptiles known as synapsids roamed the earth. Many scientists ...
Dec 2, 2005
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Oxygen in Ancient Atmosphere Rose Gradually to Modern Levels
The history of life on Earth is closely linked to the appearance of oxygen in the atmosphere. The current scientific consensus holds that significant amounts of oxygen first appeared in Earth's atmosphere some 2.4 billion ...
Dec 2, 2005
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Shimmering Colours Which Change With Temperature
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces have used ion bombardment and gold metallisation to produce a new family of particles whose bonding behaviour can be chemically tailored. With these particles, ...
Dec 2, 2005
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