Sprint confirms talks with Softbank (Update)
Sprint Nextel Corp. on Thursday said Japanese cellphone company Softbank Corp. is in talks about making a potential substantial investment in the U.S. company.
Oct 11, 2012
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Physics prize up next on Nobel schedule
A secretive award committee in Stockholm is about to announce the winner of this year's Nobel Prize in physics.
Oct 09, 2012
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NASA sees Tropical Storm Maliksi put final touches on Japan
Tropical Storm Maliksi is putting the final touches on Japan, that is, the edge of the storm was seen brushing the country's northern coast as it pulled away on NASA satellite imagery.
Oct 04, 2012
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Climate scepticism highest in US, Britain
Awareness of climate change is high in many countries, especially the tropics, but in Britain, Japan and the United States many are doubtful about the cause, a poll published on Thursday said.
Oct 04, 2012
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TDK sees hard drive breakthrough in areal density
(Phys.org)—TDK has realized increased areal density of its hard disk drives. TDK has set a new record, compared to previous areal density at 1Tbit/inch2, with the new stat of increased density to 1.5Tbit ...
Oct 03, 2012
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Space station to move to avoid debris
(AP)—The Russian space program's Mission Control Center says it will move the International Space Station into a different orbit to avoid possible collision with a fragment of debris.
Oct 03, 2012
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Fujifilm introduces new authoring software
Fujifilm has launched GT-EpubAuthor for Fixed Layout. GT-EpubAuthor is an authoring software that allows the easy output of images such as e-comics and e-books in EPUB3 format, the official international ...
Oct 02, 2012
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NASA sees Tropical Storm Ewiniar embedded in low pressure
NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Tropical Storm Ewiniar and noticed strong convection still persists in the storm, despite now being embedded in a subtropical area of low pressure off the coast of Japan.
Sep 27, 2012
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Japan eyes at least 10 years whaling with ship refit
NY Times sells stake in jobs website for $100 mn
The New York Times Co. said Tuesday it would sell its stake in the jobs-listing website Indeed.com, and record a gain of $100 million.
Sep 25, 2012
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Thirteenth volume of Einstein papers released
In the fall of 1922, when Albert Einstein's Nobel Prize in Physics was announced, the already-famous physicist was on a steamer headed for Japan. The detailed and poetic travel diary he kept during his journey ...
Sep 25, 2012
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Messaging apps show mobile Internet's rise in Asia (Update)
(AP)—A handful of smartphone apps that began as basic instant messaging services have amassed several hundred million users in Asia in just a couple of years, mounting a challenge to the popularity of online ...
Sep 18, 2012
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Toshiba plans rollout of entire-home battery system
(Phys.org)—Japan's residents well know the difficulties of power outages; unsurprisingly, efforts toward smarter solutions for backup power options are top priority for R&D at companies like Toshiba. The ...
Sep 17, 2012
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NASA sees powerful Typhoon Sanba make landfall
Typhoon Sanba made landfall in southern South Korea on Monday, Sept. 17 and was moving northeast bringing heavy rainfall, and gusty winds along its path. Sanba downed trees, and caused power outages, canceled ...
Sep 17, 2012
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Japan to phase out nuclear energy by 2040
Japan on Friday said it planned to phase out nuclear power over three decades in an apparent bow to public pressure after last year's Fukushima disaster, the worst atomic accident in a generation.
Sep 14, 2012
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