Kazakhstan to launch telecom satellites
Kazakhstan will launch its first two telecommunications satellites later this year.
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Is Singtel hanging up on India?
The India telecom sector was abuzz with reports that Singtel may be selling out of India ever since October when Vodafone acquired a smallish stake in Bharti Tele-Ventures for a huge $1.5 billion. But if the latest moves ...
Jan 26, 2006
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Briefs: BT to handle Microsoft call-routing plan
British Telecom will manage Microsoft's OneCall worldwide call-center initiative for the next two years.
Jan 26, 2006
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Strong sales not leading to mobile profits
Mobile-phone manufacturers are finding that global demand for handsets is almost insatiable, as consumers in wealthy countries flock to update their phones with the latest multi-functioning products, while those in poorer ...
Jan 26, 2006
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Rain gardens touted as pollution removers
University of Connecticut scientists say properly designed "rain gardens" can trap and retain up to 99 percent of common pollutants in urban storm runoff.
Jan 26, 2006
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Ion beams might one day fight cancer tumors
Nonsurgical cancer therapy that destroys tumors but leaves healthy surrounding tissue intact could be available at every hospital if research reported this week in the journal Nature eventually comes to fruition.
Jan 26, 2006
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Two new lakes found beneath Antarctic ice sheet
The Earth Institute at Columbia University--Lying beneath more than two miles of Antarctic ice, Lake Vostok may be the best-known and largest subglacial lake in the world, but it is not alone down there. Scientists have identified ...
Jan 26, 2006
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New spider is tracked in California
San Francisco Bay-area residents are being asked to help keep track of a new arrival -- the Zoropsis spinimana spider.
Jan 26, 2006
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Internet television finally grows up
At the height of the Internet boom, television companies and Internet startups were promoting the power of using video on the Internet.
Jan 26, 2006
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Fingerprints provide crucial clue to new nanofiber fabrication technique
Fingerprints are usually used to identify people but, this time, they gave Penn State chemical engineers the crucial clue needed to discover an easy, versatile new method for making nanofibers that have potential uses in ...
Jan 26, 2006
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