Dell buyout intrigue heightens as deadline looms (Update)
Michael Dell is about to find out if other bidders think his company is worth more than he does.
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Mar 21, 2013
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IBM researchers find new molecular technique to charge memory chips
IBM today announced a materials science breakthrough at the molecular level that could pave the way for a new class of non-volatile memory and logic chips that would use less power than today's silicon devices like cell phones. ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Mar 21, 2013
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Researcher says Samsung will release patch for lockscreen hole
(Phys.org) —A security researcher, describing some of his about-me features as "mobile enthusiast" and "Linux fiddler," this week discovered a security hole on an Android Samsung phone. In a March 20 posting on his blog, ...
What makes SKorea cyberattacks so hard to trace?
The attacks that knocked South Korean banks offline this week appear to be the latest examples of international "cyberwar." But among the many ways that digital warfare differs from conventional combat: there's often no good ...
Internet
Mar 21, 2013
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A closer look at LDCM's first scene
Turning on new satellite instruments is like opening new eyes. This week, the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) released its first images of Earth, collected at 1:40 p.m. EDT on March 18. The first image shows the meeting ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 21, 2013
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Researchers alter mosquito genome in step toward controlling disease
Virginia Tech researchers successfully used a gene disruption technique to change the eye color of a mosquito—a critical step toward new genetic strategies aimed at disrupting the transmission of diseases such as dengue ...
Biotechnology
Mar 21, 2013
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Judge: Aggregator of AP news can't have free ride
A company that relays excerpts of Internet news articles to its customers violates copyright laws, a judge said Thursday in a decision that gave The Associated Press a victory in its attempts to protect its online news content.
Business
Mar 21, 2013
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Scientists reveal quirky feature of Lyme disease bacteria
Scientists have confirmed that the pathogen that causes Lyme Disease—unlike any other known organism—can exist without iron, a metal that all other life needs to make proteins and enzymes. Instead of iron, the bacteria ...
Biochemistry
Mar 21, 2013
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CO2 could produce valuable chemical cheaply
(Phys.org) —Researchers at Brown and Yale have demonstrated a new "enabling technology" that could use excess carbon dioxide to produce acrylate, a valuable commodity chemical involved in the manufacture of everything from ...
Materials Science
Mar 21, 2013
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Enzymes allow DNA to swap information with exotic molecules
(Phys.org) —The discovery of the Rosetta Stone resolved a longstanding puzzle, permitting the translation of Egyptian hieroglyphs into Ancient Greek. John Chaput, a researcher at Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute ...
Biochemistry
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