26/06/2006

Bush says global warming 'serious problem'

U.S. President George W. Bush, asked if he thinks global warming is a significant threat to the Earth, says he believes climate change is a serious problem.

Microsoft's Office 2007 vision

Microsoft Office applications are getting a multimedia tech facelift, which will incorporate voice, instant messaging and multi-faceted conferencing in its new 2007 Office system products.

Monday: Last day for free SF commutes

Commuters Monday enjoyed their last chance this year to use public transportation without charge in a nine-county San Francisco area.

Tracking Earth's wobbles down to the size of a cell phone

New technologies are enabling scientists to determine precisely the extent and causes of Earth's short-term wobbling. Like a spinning top, Earth wobbles as it rotates on its axis. In fact, it displays many different wobbling ...

Networking: Portals for medical care

A patient refills her prescription for Diuril online, a high-blood-pressure medication, without having to walk down the street in the summer heat and wait for the local pharmacist to fill out the prescription.

Nano World: Stabilizing explosive elements

Capsules only nanometers or billionths of a meter wide that stabilize extremely dangerous compounds normally prone to igniting or exploding can safely generate more than enough hydrogen gas to beat U.S. Department of Energy ...

European cell-phone use seen rising more

About 6 percent of all mobile phones in six major European countries in 2005 were third-generation handsets, a research group said Monday.

Putting services at the heart of tomorrow's software

Service development in Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is the point where small, functional services can be linked together to achieve some larger goal, and it is the point where computing could finally deliver the productivity ...

Stealth radar system sees through trees, walls -- undetected

Ohio State University engineers have invented a radar system that is virtually undetectable, because its signal resembles random noise. The radar could have applications in law enforcement, the military, and disaster rescue.

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