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  Researchers seek funds to study cell phone safety

  Scientists have long debated whether cell phones pose a health risk, and now they're looking to fund research to help settle the matter.

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  IFA Berlin: From OLED TVs to e-lederhosen

  The curtain rises Wednesday on the German gadget gala, promising the very latest in consumer electronics. What will be the ubergadget?

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• European Commission may delay Sun-Oracle merger

  Potential antitrust concerns from the European Commission may delay approval of the Sun-Oracle merger beyond its initial deadline of Thursday, says Reuters report.

  (Posted in Business Tech by Lance Whitney)

• Nokia unveils N97 Mini, plus Netbook pricing

  The N97 Mini, a smaller version of the company's flagship smartphone, features tight Facebook integration and packs Nokia's Comes With Music service.

  (Posted in Signal Strength by Marguerite Reardon)

• Server sales continue to plummet

  Worldwide sales of servers hit a record low of $9.8 billion for second quarter of 2009, according to IDC--which also sees hope for the weeks and months ahead.

  (Posted in Business Tech by Lance Whitney)

• Microsoft mum on Xbox 360 with heftier drive

  Rumors are swirling that Microsoft is preparing for the release of an Xbox Super 360 Elite. But when pressed for confirmation, the company won't budge.

  (Posted in The Digital Home by Don Reisinger)

• New school year brings 'Green IT' college degree

  With more demand for energy-related IT skills, IBM and Nebraska community college develop curriculum for two-year associates degree in green data center management.

  (Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

• HealthBase--medical search engines maturing

  NetBase's HealthBase, unveiled this week, is to medicine what Kayak.com is to travel--the mother search engine of not just content, but other search engines.

  (Posted in Health Tech by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore)

• GPS device maps show their age

  Navteq and other providers are turning to user feedback to supplement map data that can be two years old, even on new devices.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Victoria Ho)

• Gmail outage blamed on capacity miscalculation

  Google's nearly two-hour Gmail outage was the result of a cascading failure in which too much traffic was directed to servers that had recently been reconfigured.
  • Gmail users suffer through outage

  (Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

• IBM launches cloud virtual-desktop service

  IBM enters virtual-desktop market with eye on cost savings and manageability.

  (Posted in Business Tech by Andrew Donoghue)

• Microsoft: Windows 7 can boost battery life

  At a joint event with Intel, Microsoft says newer systems can expect 10 percent to 20 percent battery improvement over Vista when playing DVDs.

  (Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

• 'Top Gear' star downshifts to Legos

  U.K. car show co-host James May will spend weekend in house built almost entirely of Legos as part of his new television series.

  (Posted in Planetary Gear by Candace Lombardi)

• Apple approves Vonage mobile VoIP app

  The Internet telephone service provider wins approval a week after confirming that the app's request for approval was being held up by technical issues.

  (Posted in Apple by Steven Musil)

• Microsoft issues advisory on server flaw

  The flaw, which affects certain versions of Microsoft Internet Information Services product, could allow an attacker to take over the server.

  (Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)
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