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Monthly Archives: April 2008

Father of LSD takes final trip

** FILE ** In this undated file photo, Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann is seen in his garden in Burg, Switzerland. Hofmann, the discoverer of LSD, has died aged 102, officials of the town of Burg, Switzerland, confirmed. (AP Photo/Keystone, Niklaus Stauss) ** NO SALES  NO ARCHIVES  ONE TIME USE ONLY **Albert Hofmann, the father of the mind-altering drug LSD whose medical discovery grew into a notorious “problem child,” died Tuesday. He was 102.

Price of 3G iPhone May Be Cut to $200

Price of 3G iPhone May Be Cut to $200

AT&T is planning to put some extra shine on the even sleeker new Apple iPhone.When the 3G iPhone is introduced this summer, AT&T, the exclusive U.S. iPhone sales partner with Apple, will cut the pric…

3Com's new chief to be based in China

3Com's new chief to be based in China

3Com's new CEO Bob Mao, who speaks fluent English and Mandarin, will be based in China signifying the company's commitment to the Chinese market.
   

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Proposed new piracy penalties advance in House

Proposed new piracy penalties advance in House

House panel unanimously backs bill that would appoint new intellectual property enforcers and allow the feds to seize equipment used to commit infringement.
   

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HP makes memory from a once theoretical circuit

HP makes memory from a once theoretical circuit

Over three decades ago, a Berkeley professor theorized that there should be a circuit that can remember what's happened to it. Now, HP is demonstrating it actually exists.
   

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Great ball of fire! Nomads saved astronauts

epa01327938 South Korea's first astronaut Yi So-yeon (L) speaks during a press conference after arriving at Incheon International Airport, South Korea, 28 April 2008. Yi, who was in space for 12 days, blasted off April 08 aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft for her mission to the International Space Station (ISS).  EPA/YONHAPSouth Korea’s first astronaut said she and her fellow crew were rescued by startled nomads after their space capsule thudded far off course into the remote steppes of Central Asia earlier this month.

Government Web site posts Italian incomes

Italians were surprised, and in some cases outraged, on Wednesday to discover that their income levels were available for public viewing on an Internet site.

3Com CEO To Lead In China

3Com CEO To Lead In China

Robert Mao's assignment follows a failed three-way deal involving 3Com, Huawei Technologies, and Bain Capital Partners.

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Nutcracker Man strangely preferred fruits

The first specimen of Paranthropus boisei, also called Nutcracker Man, was reported by Mary and Louis Leakey in 1959 from a site in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania.An early human with a big mouth made for chomping strangely preferred to eat soft, squishy fruits, new dental analyses suggest.

Bats can put on the loudest rock concert — ever

Bats that weigh no more than a handful of coins screech 100 times louder than rock concerts, a discovery that could help design advanced robots.