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Hitachi shows off powder-sized smart tag
Feb 22 2007 9:21PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Tiny computer chips used for tracking food, tickets and other items are getting even smaller. Hitachi Ltd., a Japanese electronics maker, recently showed off radio frequency identification, or RFID, chips that are just 0.002 inches by 0.002 inches and look like bits of powder. They're thin enough to be embedded in a piece of paper, company spokesman Masayuki Takeuchi said Thursday.
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Hitachi shows off powder-sized smart tag
Feb 22 2007 9:21PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Tiny computer chips used for tracking food, tickets and other items are getting even smaller. Hitachi Ltd., a Japanese electronics maker, recently showed off radio frequency identification, or RFID, chips that are just 0.002 inches by 0.002 inches and look like bits of powder. They're thin enough to be embedded in a piece of paper, company spokesman Masayuki Takeuchi said Thursday.
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Microsoft hit with $1.5B in damages
Feb 22 2007 5:19PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Microsoft Corp. must pay $1.5 billion in damages to telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent SA for violating two patents related to digital music, a federal jury ruled Thursday.
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Review: HD DVD players show improvement
Feb 22 2007 1:52PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The two movie disc formats that are competing to replace the DVD have had a rocky start, with clunky first-generation players and an audience that's been reluctant to buy them for fear of betting on the losing side.
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Cisco, Apple settle 'iPhone' dispute
Feb 22 2007 1:05PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Cisco Systems Inc. and Apple Inc. have agreed to share the "iPhone" name, but both companies are staying tightlipped about what future products might come from the resulting deal to collaborate on "interoperability" between the companies' products.
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Blogger gets 4 years for insulting Islam
Feb 22 2007 12:28PM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (AP) - An Egyptian blogger was convicted Thursday and sentenced to four years in prison for insulting Islam, the Prophet Muhammad and Egypt's president, sending a chill through fellow Internet writers who fear a government crackdown.
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Google to sell online software suite
Feb 22 2007 4:31AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google Inc. will begin selling corporate America an online suite of software that includes e-mail, word processing, spreadsheets and calendar management, escalating the Internet search leader's invasion on technological turf traditionally dominated by Microsoft and IBM.
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IBM, Duke develop Web site for patients
Feb 22 2007 4:30AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Patients in Duke University's health system can now go to one Web site to pay medical bills, schedule doctor appointments and eventually view their personal medical histories.
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