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News.blog: Scientists erase rat's memory

News Scientists at MIT have managed to erase the long-term memories of rats, in a first-ever experiment that could lead to medical treatments for humans, according to a report from the New Scientist. They manipulated synapses in the rat's hippocampus in...

25 August 2006, 9:06

Three-year study finds phone masts 'safe'

News A three-year study into the possible short-term health effects of mobile base stations has found that base stations are not associated with ill health. This should be reassuring news for anyone who is concerned about the possible short-term health...

Tags: study, base, mobile phone, health

26 July 2007, 10:24

Mobile use 'worse than asbestos and smoking'

News It suggests there is growing evidence of a link between excessive long-term use of mobiles and certain types of brain tumours -- reigniting a long-running debate about the safety of the technology. Australasian College of Surgeons, points out that...

Tags: mobile phones, research, study, body

1 April 2008, 9:08

Digital camera market peaked too soon

News Sales will be strong in the next couple of years but will slow and then dip over the long term, research firm IDC forecast in a report on Thursday. The digital camera is still viewed as a PC peripheral limiting its reach over the long term.

29 April 2005, 8:13

Facebook heading for 'eventual chill'

News But investors are still wary -- and not for nothing as long term growth is by no means certain. but are also cautious of being overconfident about a Web phenomenon that is not proven over the long term.

Tags: cent, networking, america, analyst

22 October 2007, 9:10

Pay-per-mile road charges within sight?

News The Eddington Report was commissioned by the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Secretary of State for Transport last year to advise the government on the long-term links between transport and the UK's economic productivity, growth and stability.

4 December 2006, 10:00

Google seeks all the news that's fit to search

News The system would allow the company to sort news by source, rather than based merely on a story's direct relation to a certain search term or the time at which articles were published. At present, Google generates results based on the search engine...

3 May 2005, 9:05

Hillary Clinton calls for energy revolution

News The term 'clean tech' refers to a range of technologies designed to use natural resources more efficiently and cut down on pollution. Appropriate policy changes would help consumers who face sharply higher heating costs this winter and set the...

26 October 2005, 9:04

Could HP's AMD laptop sway Dell?

News The large enterprises will not shift from Intel to AMD in the near term. An Intel representative said the chipmaking giant has no near-term plans to release a 64-bit Pentium M. The up-to-now immovable object of Intel chips in Dell computers may...

27 June 2005, 10:58

News.blog: Yahoo, Google agree to ad deal

News We see this as a good, open, flexible deal and (one that) helps Yahoo be strengthened as a good longer-term competitor," chief executive They're using this as a tool to boost short-term cash flow," said Canaccord Adams analyst Colin Gillis.

Tags: cash, ads, displayed, deal

13 June 2008, 9:51

Vodafone hightails it out of Japan

News However, given the relative competitive position of the business, the reduced prospects for superior long term returns and a good offer from Softbank, the board took the decision to sell. Hearn told CNET.co.uk's sister site silicon.com: "Removing...

20 March 2006, 9:33

Will Blu-ray DVDs be too expensive?

News Alperovich argues that if there is a short-term price gap, the advantages of Blu-ray -- mainly more capacity and flexibility for things like gaming -- should outweigh that concern. Since it represents a major break with past DVD and CD techniques...

29 November 2005, 9:47

The university library of the future

News We're really in a period of challenging transition, where we sort of know how to provide digital access to information, but we're very concerned about how to build a scholarly record over the long term," said MacKenzie Smith, associate director...

4 August 2005, 9:01

Bid to trademark the word 'Linux' rejected

News In other words, it cannot be a term that other traders with similar goods and services would need to use in the ordinary course of trade. Additionally, the Google searches provided simply show that the word 'Linux' is a frequently used term on the...

19 September 2005, 8:47

Photos: A2's flights of hypersonic fancy

News That's the "long-term" part of the full name of the Long-Term Advanced Propulsion Concepts and Technologies, or Lapcat. No time zone trickery involved. And imagine, too, paying no more for that junket than you would for a current business class...

Tags: engines, achieve, term, plane

7 February 2008, 9:36