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Monthly Archives: September 2008

Cosmic Log: Action urged on asteroids

Astronauts and other space experts are calling for the formation of new international organizations to monitor threats from asteroids and comets.Science editor Alan Boyle’s Weblog: Astronauts and other space experts are calling for the formation of new international organizations to monitor threats from asteroids and comets.

Court Considers New Trial for Former Chief of Qwest

Court Considers New Trial for Former Chief of Qwest
     

A federal appeals court heard oral arguments about whether former chief executive Joseph P. Nacchio should receive a new trial in an insider-trading case.    

     

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BlackBerry Maker Reports Profit Is Up, but Shares Fall

BlackBerry Maker Reports Profit Is Up, but Shares Fall
     

RIM posted a 72 percent increase in quarterly profit but warned that income in the current quarter would be lower because of higher costs related to its newest BlackBerry smartphones….

Spending Bill Would Resolve a Pressing NASA Concern

Spending Bill Would Resolve a Pressing NASA Concern
     

The provision would allow NASA to buy seats on Russia’s Soyuz spacecraft until 2016, thereby granting the agency continued access to the International Space Station.    

     

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Yahoo Overhauls System for Selling Display Ads

Yahoo Overhauls System for Selling Display Ads
     

For advertisers, Yahoo’s new platform would simplify the buying of display ads.    

     

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/25/business/media/25yahoo.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
     

Mobile Broadband Group Forms To Counter Wi-Fi

Mobile Broadband Group Forms To Counter Wi-Fi

Led by the GSM Association, the group plans to spend more than $1 billion promoting a Mobile Broadband service mark to signify the alternative to Wi-Fi and WiMax in a range of notebook PCs.

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Elephants ‘phone’ friends with rumbles

Researchers at Disney's Animal Kingdom outfitted elephants with a GPS system and recorder attached to a collar made out of fire hose to monitor the rumblings of the animals. The elephants emit the rumblings to communicate with other elephants far away. Here, 27-year-old Moyo and her 5-year-old male son, Tufani, are shown.Human friends and relatives keep tabs on their loved ones by phone when they’re apart, and now new research shows elephants do nearly the same thing with rumble vocalizations that can transmit over one and a half miles.

Do we live in a giant cosmic bubble?

The cooling remnants of the supernova Cassiopeia A, as shown by a long exposure with NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. If the notion of dark energy sounds improbable, get ready for an even more outlandish suggestion.

INSIDE Contactless Targets MicroPass-Based “ICAO-Lite” Solutions For Growing ID

INSIDE Contactless Targets MicroPass-Based “ICAO-Lite” Solutions For Growing ID Market

New Lightweight ICAO-Compliant Solutions to Satisfy a Broad Range of Secure Identity Applications

AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France, September 23, 2008 – Anticipating the nee…

Wapple helps Express & Star and Shropshire Star ramp up plans for mobile website

Local newspapers see new mobile opportunities

30 September 2008: Following the successful launch of its mobile websites in August, the Express & Star and Shropshire Star newspapers are planning to offer a range of new mobile content and services to th…