Guitarist Brian May makes final preparations to submit a PhD thesis he abandoned in 1971,…
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Nonprofit laptop group says rollout soon (AP)
AP – Governments have ordered 3 million of the inexpensive yet rugged computers for schoolchildren…
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Great Bustard lays eggs in wild
A bird once extinct in the UK lays eggs in the wilderness for the first…
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Canadian valley aims to keep cell phone-free quiet (Reuters)
Reuters – Officials in a rural valley in British Columbia hope that keeping out cell…
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PC maker Acer hits out at Windows' Vista operating system (AFP)
AFP – The head of Taiwan-based personal computer maker Acer, Gianfranco Lanci, hit out at…
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Jaxtr overseas call service doubles users in month (Reuters)
Reuters – Jaxtr, a Silicon Valley-based service that enables cell phone users to place free…
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The Consultant Is In (BusinessWeek Online)
BusinessWeek Online – It seems like everyone is a "consultant" these days — including me….
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School conducts anti-phishing research (AP)
AP – The e-mail appeared to be a routine correspondence between two friends. “Check this…
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Court review for animal testing
The UK government is taken to court over the fate of lab animals, as figures…
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Oceans: Exploring the last frontier
Underwater laboratories will push the boundaries of our understanding of the oceans.