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UK's first cloned human embryo announced |
| 7/7/2005 |
SCIENTISTS at Newcastle University have sparked a race to find new cures for degenerative diseases after cloning a human embryo for the first time in Britain.
The scientists said it was a breakthrough that they hope will eventually lead to successful treatments for diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.
They announced their important advance as South Korean researchers revealed landmark stem cell research
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AMD launches dual-core Athlon 64 X2 |
| 7/7/2005 |
MAY 31, 2005 - Advanced Micro Devices Inc. today launched its dual-core Athlon 64 processor at the Computex trade show in Taipei, Taiwan. .... |
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London to host the 2012 Olympics |
| 7/7/2005 |
LONDON will host the 2012 Olympic Games after edging out long-time favourite Paris in a dramatic vote in Singapore last night... |
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Sharp unveils 65-in. LCD TV to compete with plasma |
| 7/7/2005 |
Japan-based Sharp Corp. will introduce a full high-definition 65-inch liquid crystal display TV in August that will compete with large-sized plasma TVs from LG Philips and Matsushita.
Sharp displayed a prototype of the 65-inch panel last October at CEATEC Japan. The company plans to introduce the TV in Japan initially, but expand sales worldwide over the next year
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Google Releases Free Satellite Mapping |
| 6/29/2005 |
A MONTH AFTER ANNOUNCING PLANS for a three-dimensional mapping utility, Google Tuesday released the product into beta, allowing users to download the satellite mapping program for free from the Google home page.
The feature, "Google Earth," which accesses a vast database compiled by Keyhole--the mapping company Google purchased in October--provides high-resolution satellite maps of addresses throughout the world. Users also can obtain driving directions overlayed onto the images; in addition, the program allows users to collect locations into a personal... |
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NASA spacecraft to collide with faraway comet on July 4 |
| 6/27/2005 |
On July 4, NASA’s Deep Impact space mission would smash into distant comet Tempel 1 in a bid to unravel the mystery of the creation of the solar system 4.6 billion years ago.
Tempel 1, which is half as big as the Manhattan Island, is one among millions of comets, which are essentially collections of ice and dust particles, in the solar system. According to scientists...... |
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BMW buys controlling interest in Sauber |
| 6/22/2005 |
BMW have confirmed long suspected rumors that it will enter its own team in the Formula One championship.
The German carmaker says it will purchase majority control of the Sauber-Petronas team and enter a BMW managed team in the championship starting in 2006.
BMW says it will also complete the buyout of shares held by Credit Suisse by 2008. ....
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Nokia And Apple Develop Series 60 Browser |
| 6/13/2005 |
Finnish mobile phone giants Nokia have launched a new Web browser for their Series 60 smartphones.
The browser was developed in partnership with Apple and uses the same open source components - WebCore and JavaScriptCore - that are used in Apple's well-regarded Safari Internet browser. ....
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''Apple moving to Intel processors in 2006'' |
| 6/5/2005 |
Apple is said to make an announcement on Monday about a move from IBM PowerPC to Intel processors. It is said Apple might shift low-end computers like the Mac mini to Intel processors by mid-2006, while high-end models such as the Power Mac would make the move by mid-2007.
Analysts believe Apple might drop the PowerPC processors because IBM hasn't turned out a broad enough line of PowerPC chips for Apple while it did managed to make a triple-core 3.2GHz PowerPC from Microsoft's Xbox 360.... |
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Pylons 'may be a leukaemia risk' |
| 6/3/2005 |
BBC: Living too close to overhead power lines appears to increase the risk of childhood leukaemia, researchers say.
A major study found children who had lived within 200m of high voltage lines ...
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Linux-based Tablet from Nokia |
| 5/27/2005 |
Finnish phone maker Nokia today introduced a Linux-based computing device that provides speedy Web access over Wi-Fi (define) technology.
The Nokia 770 Internet Tablet, a departure for the communications company because it doesn't include a phone, will allow consumers on the go to tap into broadband services anywhere within the range of a Wi-Fi hotspot
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TDK develops 2X, 100GB Blu-ray Disc prototype |
| 5/23/2005 |
TDK Corp. has developed a prototype Blu-ray Disc that can store twice as much data, and record it at twice the speed, as existing Blu-ray discs.
The disc, unveiled at a TDK exhibition in Tokyo this week, can record data at 72Mbits/sec., double the 36Mbit/sec. rate for current Blu-ray discs. TDK increased
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TDK develops 2X, 100GB Blu-ray Disc prototype |
| 5/23/2005 |
TDK Corp. has developed a prototype Blu-ray Disc that can store twice as much data, and record it at twice the speed, as existing Blu-ray discs.
The disc, unveiled at a TDK exhibition in Tokyo this week, can record data at 72Mbits/sec., double the 36Mbit/sec. rate for current Blu-ray discs. TDK increased ...
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Sony shows off new PlayStation 3 |
| 5/17/2005 |
Sony has unveiled its new PlayStation 3 console, calling it "a supercomputer for computer entertainment".
The console is powered by a powerful new processor dubbed Cell, which Sony ....
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Microsoft unveils its $1bn attempt to topple PlayStation |
| 5/13/2005 |
Bill Gates believes his powerful new Xbox can dominate the home digital entertainment market
ITS launch has generated more frenzied speculation than the new Star Wars film. .....
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Microsoft peels wraps off Windows Mobile 5.0 |
| 5/13/2005 |
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has unveiled the latest version of the company's Windows Mobile operating system for portable devices during a keynote presentation at the Microsoft Mobile & Embedded DevCon 2005 in Las Vegas |
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Robots capable of reproduction developed |
| 5/13/2005 |
Scientists from Cornell University’s Computational Synthesis Lab have developed robots that are capable of reproducing.
“Self reproduction is central to biological life for long-term sustainability and evolutionary .... |
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Coca Cola Commissions Fashion Designers |
| 5/13/2005 |
Coca Cola has commissioned designers to create their own interpretation on limited editions Coke bottles... |
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Skype Reaches 100 Million Mark |
| 4/18/2005 |
The new SkypeIn offers users personal numbers and lets them receive inbound calls from the Skype program from land lines or mobile phones without having to pay roaming charges. |
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Investigation Promised into Rover Collapse |
| 4/18/2005 |
A formal investigation into failed car giant MG Rover was promised tonight, as thousands of workers waited to receive redundancy notices from the firm.
The Government said that Sir Bryan Nicholson, the head of the independent Financial Reporting Council, will hold an inquiry into .. |
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