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MIT team details optics-on-a-chip device
Feb 9 2007 9:34PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Fiber-optic networks transmit massive amounts of information quickly, but the signals weaken as the data-carrying light travels long distances. Now, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said they've overcome a major obstacle in harnessing the full power and speed of the light waves.
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MIT team details optics-on-a-chip device
Feb 9 2007 9:34PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Fiber-optic networks transmit massive amounts of information quickly, but the signals weaken as the data-carrying light travels long distances. Now, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said they've overcome a major obstacle in harnessing the full power and speed of the light waves.
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New tech puts online ad measures to test
Feb 9 2007 6:41PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - At Yahoo's finance site, stock quotes update automatically and continually, the numbers flashing green and red as prices rise and fall. Wall Street investors can easily leave a single Web page up all day.
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Militant Islamic groups turn to YouTube
Feb 9 2007 3:09PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Anyone with an Internet connection can watch videos of bombings and sniper attacks against U.S. forces _ shot and edited by Islamic militants and broadcast on YouTube, the world's largest video-sharing Web site.
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Militant Islamic groups turn to YouTube
Feb 9 2007 3:09PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Anyone with an Internet connection can watch videos of bombings and sniper attacks against U.S. forces _ shot and edited by Islamic militants and broadcast on YouTube, the world's largest video-sharing Web site.
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Engineer: GPS shoes make people findable
Feb 9 2007 12:45PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Isaac Daniel calls the tiny Global Positioning System chip he's embedded into a line of sneakers "peace of mind." He wishes his 8-year-old son had been wearing them when he got a call from his school in 2002 saying the boy was missing. The worried father hopped a flight to Atlanta from New York where he had been on business to find the incident had been a miscommunication and his son was safe.
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Engineer: GPS shoes make people findable
Feb 9 2007 12:45PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Isaac Daniel calls the tiny Global Positioning System chip he's embedded into a line of sneakers "peace of mind." He wishes his 8-year-old son had been wearing them when he got a call from his school in 2002 saying the boy was missing. The worried father hopped a flight to Atlanta from New York where he had been on business to find the incident had been a miscommunication and his son was safe.
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Samsung unveils iPhone-like cell phone
Feb 9 2007 12:30PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Samsung Electronics Co. has unveiled a new mobile phone that features some of the sleek design and functions of Apple Inc.'s much-hyped iPhone.
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Alcatel-Lucent cuts jobs, posts 4Q loss
Feb 9 2007 11:53AM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - Alcatel-Lucent SA said Friday it plans to cut another 3,500 jobs after it swung to a loss in the fourth quarter _ the first earnings report from the recently combined telecom equipment maker.
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Alcatel-Lucent cuts jobs, posts 4Q loss
Feb 9 2007 11:53AM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - Alcatel-Lucent SA said Friday it plans to cut another 3,500 jobs after it swung to a loss in the fourth quarter _ the first earnings report from the recently combined telecom equipment maker.
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Cisco acquires social networking company
Feb 9 2007 3:53AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Cisco Systems Inc., whose core business is selling the routers and switches that direct data traffic over computer networks, said it has acquired a small social networking company that allows businesses to create MySpace-like communities on their Web sites.
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EMI in talks to sell unprotected MP3s
Feb 9 2007 1:24AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Music company EMI Group PLC _ home of The Rolling Stones and Coldplay _ has been talking with online retailers about possibly selling its entire digital music catalog in MP3 format without copy protection, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing numerous people familiar with the matter.
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