Briefs: Global software streamlines LAN functions
Global IP Telecommunications Wednesday launched software for local area networks it touted as paving the way for expanded broadband services.
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GPS systems get smaller
It used to be that in order to have a GPS system, you had to shell out big dollars on luxury vehicles. Thanks to improvements in technology, feature-rich navigation systems have become smaller, more portable, and most importantly ...
Consumer & Gadgets
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News media criticized in stem cell flap
A group of scientists is criticizing the news media for its reporting on the scientific validity of research into human somatic cell nuclear transfer.
Dec 14, 2005
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Experimental wolf kill program considered
Officials of a gray wolf reintroduction program in New Mexico and Arizona are reportedly considering allowing ranchers to kill problem wolves.
Dec 14, 2005
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Colorado may end Denver tailpipe testing
Colorado's top air pollution official wants the state Air Quality Control Commission to consider eliminating Denver's 10-year-old tailpipe testing program.
Dec 14, 2005
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EU allowing for TV product placement
From infomercials to product placements in soap operas, being pitched products while watching a television program is only to be expected among U.S. viewers.
Dec 14, 2005
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Cities adopt cheaper, single-bin recycling
An increasing number of U.S. cities are reportedly eliminating the need to separate paper from cans and bottles in favor of single-bin recycling.
Dec 14, 2005
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U.S. starts historic cancer genome project
The U.S. government is starting one of the largest genetic research projects in history: the categorization of all genes involved in cancer.
Dec 14, 2005
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Microbes under Greenland Ice may be preview of what scientists find under Mars' surface
A University of California, Berkeley, study of methane-producing bacteria frozen at the bottom of Greenland's two-mile thick ice sheet could help guide scientists searching for similar bacterial life on Mars.
Dec 14, 2005
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Breakthrough in puzzle of giant explosions in space
Astronomers at the University of Hertfordshire have helped to solve one of the longest standing puzzles in astrophysics— the nature of the enormous explosions known as short-duration gamma ray bursts (GRBs).
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