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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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'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.
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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.
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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.
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The Facebook app is dead, long live Facebook apps
At FBFund Demo Day in Silicon Valley, the most promising services are not on Facebook per se.
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Examiner.com scoops up NowPublic
One citizen journalism news site buys another for an undisclosed sum, as the congested "hyperlocal" space starts to consolidate.
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Groups call for new checks on behavioral ad data
Privacy advocates want Congress to consider regulations on the use of behavioral advertising data by large Internet companies looking to serve targeted ads.
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Regretful upgrade: Snow Leopard incompatibilities
Why are so many useful utilities still not ready for Snow Leopard? Some are regretting their haste in upgrading to the new Apple operating system.
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