In Brief: Alcatel payload on Arabsat comm satellite
Alcatel Alenia Space will provide the payload for Arabsat's BADR-6 "Full Moon" satellite for Arabsat (Arab Satellite Communications Organization).
Telecom
Jun 23, 2006
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IT keeping U.S. military ahead of game
As contractors Lockheed Martin and Boeing compete for deals with the U.S. military to create a joint tactical radio system, while IBM and Sun Microsystems work together for thin clients, information technology and communications ...
Telecom
Jun 23, 2006
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Globe Talk: Web not answer to all just yet
Make no mistake. There's no turning back on the Internet. But while shopping, dating or watching videos online is fast becoming the norm, some people are realizing that there's a limit to how much the World Wide Web can actually ...
Internet
Jun 23, 2006
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Hong Kong bullish on PCCW telecom deal
Bidding for Hong Kong telecom PCCW was expected to remain strong despite likely opposition to the sale on the mainland.
Telecom
Jun 23, 2006
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Wireless World: Lifestyle now for boaters
Captain Roger Sardina navigates the Sea Ray Run, a 40-foot-long Sundancer motor boat made by Brunswick, through the "Danger Spot A" of Burham Harbor on Lake Michigan, using the wireless global positioning system. We've just ...
Telecom
Jun 23, 2006
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Nano World: Black silicon for solar power
Silicon surfaces rendered black by pits and bumps only nanometers or billionths of a meter large could in the future help make solar power cells more efficient.
Nanomaterials
Jun 23, 2006
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New method sorts nanotubes by size
Rice University scientists have developed the first method for sorting semiconducting carbon nanotubes based on their size, a long-awaited development that could form the basis of a nanotube purification system capable of ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 23, 2006
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Physicists size up the 'unitarity triangle'
B factory experiments at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) in the USA and at the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) in Japan have reached a new milestone in the quest to understand the matter-antimatter ...
General Physics
Jun 23, 2006
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Seafloor observatory opens portal to the Pacific
The Victoria Experimental Network Under the Sea (VENUS) facility, led by the University of Victoria, today opened the data portal to the seafloor through its information management and archive system.
Environment
Jun 23, 2006
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Diamond by-product of hydrogen production and storage method
There may not be a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, but there appears to be nanocrystalline diamonds at the end of a process to produce and store hydrogen using anthracite coal.
Nanomaterials
Jun 23, 2006
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