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Adventures in the Skin Trade
NTT Lab wants to build commercial technologies using its RedTacton technololgy, which enables devices to communicate by using the electrical fields on the human skin. Eric S. Brown.
http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/04/wo/wo_042905brown.asp?trk=nl
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Boeing to Offer In-Flight Wi-Fi
Boeing this week joined the ranks of companies offering planes equipped with Wi-Fi service with the introduction of its new high-speed Internet service, Connexion by Boeing. http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,121900,00.asp
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Computer Interface Understands Gestures and Speech
Researchers from MIT have developed a computer interface that enables a user to manipulate virtual shapes projected onto a screen using gestures, such as pointing, and spoken commands, such as "make a red cube in the middle of the screen." http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/10/issue/ftl_info.2.asp
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Flat-Screen Prices May Be Nearing Sweet Spot
LCD and plasma flat-screens TVs are becoming cheaper, although they still cost more than CRTs. By Greg Sandoval
http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/08/ap/ap_081505.asp?trk=nl
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Instant Networks: Just Add Software
PacketHop's technology helps emergency personnel link up on the fly. For cops and firefighters, being wireless isn't just about walkie-talkies anymore. By Corie Lok.
http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/06/issue/forward_networks.asp?trk=nl
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Microsoft to Integrate Speech Into Exchange
Microsoft Corp. aims to add speech-enabling technology to a future version of its Exchange Server as part of its unified messaging strategy, a move that could potentially compete with its third-party ISV (independent software vendor) partners.
http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/08/02/HNspeechexchange_1.html
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Microsoft To Test Automated PC Tuneup Service
Responding to increasing spyware and virus attacks on its products, Microsoft is testing out a subscription service for users to easily get the latest protection.
http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/05/ap/ap_2051305.asp?trk=nl
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MIT's DSpace Explained
DSpace is a long-term, searchable digital archive. It creates unchanging URLs for stored materials and automatically backs up one institution's archives to another's. By Simson Garfinkel http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/07/issue/feature_mit.asp?trk=nl
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A Quantum Leap in Cryptography
Encryption products that use the principles of quantum mechanics are becoming more accessible to companies and government agencies. By Karen Epper Hoffman http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/06/wo/wo_062705hoffman.asp?trk=nl
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The Small Screen Gets Smaller
Hoping to expand the use of data services among U.S. cell phone subscribers, wireless operators are pushing bite-size videoclips and live television programming made expressly for the handheld medium. By Karen Epper Hoffman http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/07/wo/wo_070105hellweg.asp?trk=nl
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Sony adds Web Browser to PSP
Sony Corp. is adding Internet access to its Play Station Portable in a bid to increase the mobile gaming device's appeal as a handheld entertainment center, the company said on Wednesday. http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/ptech/08/24/sony.psp.reut/index.html
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Traffic Taming
Three startups test distinct approaches to helping drivers avoid gridlock. By Jon Burke http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/10/wo/wo_100305burke.asp?trk=nl
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