Secondhand smoke a toxic in California
The Air Resources Board in California has designated secondhand tobacco smoke as a toxic air contaminant -- making California the first state to do so.
Jan 27, 2006
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Satellite portrait of global plant growth will aid climate research
GLOBCARBON involves the development of a service to generate fully calibrated estimates of land products based on a variety of Earth Observation data, suitable for assimilation into sophisticated software simulations of the ...
Jan 27, 2006
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Briefs: Cisco mobile billing capacity tops 200M
Cisco Systems said Friday its content billing solution has been deployed widely enough to cover more than 200 million wireless-phone users.
Jan 27, 2006
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Briefs: Silicon Valley plans regional wireless net
A coalition of businesses and local government is working on plans for a huge wireless Internet network in the Silicon Valley region.
Jan 27, 2006
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Briefs: U.K. satellite broadband firm goes dark
Aramiska, a company that provides broadband Internet service via satellite to rural Britain, shut down unexpectedly Friday.
Jan 27, 2006
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Briefs: Feds nab alleged SoCal 'pfisher' on fraud
Federal agents in Los Angeles arrested an Azusa man Thursday on charges he was a 'pfisher' who targeted America Online users.
Jan 27, 2006
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Nokia: Price only one way to keep customer
Companies need to do more than just offer low prices in order to retain customers, a Nokia study found Friday.
Jan 27, 2006
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Briefs: Microsoft lowers Xbox unit sales forecast
Microsoft expects sales of its Xbox video-game console to be lower than expected, the company's chief financial officer said.
Jan 27, 2006
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Globe Talk: Bets are on for mobile TV
An alliance between some of the biggest names in information technology is always bound to pique the interest of industry analysts, and the latest collaborative effort between titans is no exception. Still, there is concern ...
Jan 27, 2006
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Wireless World: Enormous innovation, but big challenges
A record number of mobile phones were shipped last year, and analysts and investors are now saying that the promises made 10 years ago about the potential for the wireless economy are truly being realized. Still, some of ...
Jan 27, 2006
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