Topic: Science and Technology

The new items published under this topic are as follows.

Articles: Intel's Barrett Copies Sun, IBM Tactic to Lift Profit (Update2)

Posted by admin on Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 01:33 AM

	April 13 (Bloomberg) -- Intel Corp. is copying a marketing tactic from rivals to bolster sales of its Itanium chip, which has garnered less than 5 percent of the market for semiconductors that run the most powerful servers since it was introduced three years ago. Read full article: 'Intel's Barrett Copies Sun, IBM Tactic to Lift Profit (Update2)'

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Articles: Microsoft issues patches to fix 20 Windows, e-mail security flaws

Posted by admin on Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 01:27 AM

	Microsoft Corp., the world's biggest software maker, issued patches to fix 20 flaws in its Windows operating system and an e-mail program that could let a hacker take over a computer. Read full article: 'Microsoft issues patches to fix 20 Windows, e-mail security flaws'

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Articles: NASA leader vows to improve safety

Posted by admin on Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 01:24 AM

	WASHINGTON- NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe pledged Tuesday to open up communication among agency employees and encourage dissent in an effort to improve safety. Read full article: 'NASA leader vows to improve safety'

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Articles: Worrisome news in NASA survey

Posted by admin on Tuesday, April 13, 2004 - 03:11 AM

	WASHINGTON -- More than a year after the loss of space shuttle Columbia, NASA workers are still afraid to speak up about safety concerns, according to a survey released Monday that places much of the blame on the agency's leadership. Read full article: 'Worrisome news in NASA survey'

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Articles: AMD settles patent dispute with Intergraph

Posted by admin on Tuesday, April 13, 2004 - 03:09 AM

	AMD has settled its patent dispute with Intergraph Corporation concerning the alleged infringement of Intergraph's 'Clipper' cacheing technologies. Read full article: 'AMD settles patent dispute with Intergraph'

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Articles: Opteron, Nocona rock Intel's Itanium boat

Posted by admin on Tuesday, April 13, 2004 - 12:41 AM

	IN THE MICROPROCESSOR marketplace, the success or failure of a CPU isn't determined by technological excellence or superior performance. If these metrics determined the fate of a processor, SPARC would be history and Alpha would still be in development mode, not nearing retirement. Read full article: 'Opteron, Nocona rock Intel's Itanium boat'

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Articles: Korean Internet company sues Microsoft for $8.7 million

Posted by admin on Tuesday, April 13, 2004 - 12:36 AM

	SEOUL (AP) — A South Korean Internet portal filed an antitrust lawsuit Monday against Microsoft, alleging the U.S. computer software giant violated trade regulations by tying instant messenger software to its Windows operating system. Read full article: 'Korean Internet company sues Microsoft for $8.7 million'

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Articles: Intergraph racks up another IP win

Posted by admin on Tuesday, April 13, 2004 - 12:34 AM

	In the new business model based on intellectual property and litigation, Intergraph has announced that Advanced Micro Devices has agreed to settle its patent lawsuit filed against Intergraph and to take a license to Intergraph's Clipper patents. Read full article: 'Intergraph racks up another IP win'

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Articles: Aviator Wins Space Travel Licence

Posted by admin on Thursday, April 08, 2004 - 06:24 AM

	Affordable space travel will be available within 10 years, according to an aviation pioneer who has been granted the first licence to launch a manned suborbital rocket. Read full article: 'Aviator Wins Space Travel Licence'

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Articles: Greenland is doomed to melt

Posted by admin on Thursday, April 08, 2004 - 06:20 AM

Greenland is covered by the biggest ice sheet in the northern hemisphere: almost 772,000 square miles of ice which is up to 1.9 miles thick, the base of which is below sea level. Greenland's icy mountains and the island's entire ice cap could disappear in the next 1,000 years because of global warming, European scientists warn today. If that occurs sea levels will rise by seven metres, drowning low-level coastlines around the world.

Read full article: 'Greenland is doomed to melt'

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