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- Killing cancer cells -- one at a time
- A team of U.S. engineers and researchers have developed a laser surgery probe which targets individual cancer cells. This 'microscalpel' can destroy a single cancerous cell while leaving nearby cells intact. According to the lead researcher, 'You can remove a cell with high precision in 3-D without damaging the cells...
- Tags: Imaging, Laser, Cell, Cancer Cell, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-06-26
- Detecting individual cancer cells with silicon
- Take a silicon MEMS device as large as a business card. (For more on MEMS technology click here.) Coat it with tens of thousands of microposts, and coat the posts with antibodies which detect a molecule only found on cancer cells. Then run blood...
- Tags: Silicon, Blood, Cell, Cancer Cell, Semiconductors, Hardware, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-12-20
- A cancer-resistant mouse?
- University of Kentucky researchers have created a cancer-resistant mouse by introducing a tumor-suppressor gene called 'Par-4' into an egg. The 'Par-4' gene, discovered in 1993, kills cancer cells, but not normal cells. It was originally found in the prostate, but this gene also can lead to the death of a...
- Tags: Mouse, Gene, Par-4, Cancer Cell, Mice, Hardware, Peripherals, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2007-11-27
- Turning cancer cells into nanomagnets
- In its tomorrow issue, New Scientist reports that researchers at the University of New Mexico UNM had a brilliant idea to make bone-marrow biopsies more efficient for patients affected by leukemia. In "Nanoparticles that cancer cells can't resist," the magazine writes that the basic idea is to use magnetic iron...
- Tags: Science &, Nature, Nanotechnology, Health &, Medicine, Engineering &, Innovation
- Blog posts 2007-07-13
- How silicon-based drugs could treat cancer
- The lives of almost living organisms on Earth, including ourselves, are carbon-based. And when were sick, were exclusively treated with carbon-based medicines. But now, a team of chemists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison had a bright idea. Why not replace carbon atoms by silicon atoms? And by modifying a drug...
- Tags: Health &, Medicine, Science &, Nature, cancer cell
- Blog posts 2007-02-03
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- Mossberg's review of iPhone 3G: Newer, Faster, Cheaper
- The Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg has been testing the iPhone 3G for a couple of weeks and today posted his review. As you'd expect, he loves the "between three and five times as fast" 3G networking, "wireless synchronization with corporate email" and the App Store which gives iPhone 3G...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Mossberg, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- Kaminsky and Ptacek comment on DNS flaw
- Well, well, well, what a day for security news! I got a chance to get the scoop word of mouth from Dan Kaminsky of IOActive (pictured above [image courtesy of quinnums]) and Thomas Ptacek of Matasano pictured below on the DNS flaw that's been all over the...
- Tags: DNS, Flaw, Nate, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Internet, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- 39% of adults said they had bought a cell phone in the previous year
- Cell phones have become a staple for many Americans, with 78% of adults now having one, up from 21% in 1996, according to Pew Internet Project. With many cell phone allowing users to have free or low-cost upgrades of phones every 24 months, decisions on new cell phone purchases periodically...
- Tags: Phone, Cell Phone, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, NB
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- U.S. Justice Department to be sued
- From Slashdot: tpaudio writes "The ACLU and the EFF are suing the Department of Justice over how the government might be using GPS and location data from cell phones. With over 200 million Americans carrying cell phones, this could be pretty important for setting guidelines. We have already seen...
- Tags: Phone, American Civil Liberties Union, Cell Phone, U.S. Department Of Justice, Government, Cellular Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-07
- 59% of cell-phone buyers ask an expert for advice
- The information-gathering process involved with buying a cell phone has a number of steps and stops: 59% ask an expert or a salesperson for advice; 46% go to one or more cell phone stores; 39% use the internet; 37% ask friends, family, or co-workers; 19% consult newspapers, magazines, or books;...
- Tags: Phone, Cell Phone, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, NB
- Blog posts 2008-07-07
- Drivers caught red-handed holding phone
- Starting July 1, California drivers caught holding their cell phones to their ear while driving are being slapped with a $20 dollar ticket for the first offense, and a $50 ticket for the second. CNET.com's Kara Tsuboi rode along with the California Highway Patrol near Berkeley, Calif., as officers nabbed...
- Tags: Phone, Driver, Telecom & Utilities, News, kara tsuboi, cell phones, hands free law, california, highway, patrol, traffic, driving, bluetooth, headset
- Videos 2008-07-07
- What's next for the MacBook Air?
- Brook Crothers at CNet's nanotech blog has posted an interesting piece about what upgrade options might be coming for the MacBook Air. Drives Apple dropped the price of the 64GB Solid State Disk SSD option by US$400 on Thursday but Crothers points to higher capacity, 128GB...
- Tags: Processor, Disk, MBA, Apple MacBook, Battery, Apple Inc., Solid State Disk, Intel Corp., MLC, Engineering, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-07-07
- SIMORE dual SIM card -- FrankenBerry is ALIVE!
- Two weeks ago, I kvetched about my wretched existence of having to carry two separate mobile devices for Voice and Data use -- a regular 3G cellphone and my inseparable BlackBerry 8820. Apparently, I'm not alone in this situation: some of you told me that you even carry two or...
- Tags: SIM Card, RIM BlackBerry, SIMORE, Flash Memory, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-07
- An IT productivity horror story
- An IT productivity horror storyMiddlemen1, Speculating on your unconfirmed report, is there any love lost between the insurance companies and the independent insurance brokers? Relationships between suppliers and independent brokers tend to change over time. If the companies are after the margins of the brokers, automated communication may be the...
- Tags: Financial Planning, IT productivity, information technology, insurance, insurance company
- Discussion threads 2008-07-07
- Data Doctor Recovery Digital Pictures (exe)
- Utility recover images restore deleted erased pictures from USB drive, memory stick, thumb drive, pen drive and geek sticks. Digital photos recovery tool retrieve photos from accidentally formatted multimedia memory cards smart media, digital camera mobile cell phone compact flash card SD XD secure card. Software undeletes not detected snaps...
- Tags: Card, Multimedia, Data Recovery, Recovery, USB Flash Drive, Photograph, Data Recovery Software, Flash Memory, Storage Management, Storage, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-07-07
- How cell-phone buyers learn about their future cell phone
- Go to websites of cell phone manufacturers or phone companies 76% Use websites that compare cell phone features and prices 59 Read reviews of cell phones on websites or blogs 50 Post queries in chat rooms, listservs or other online forums asking for information...
- Tags: Phone, Cell Phone, Web Site, Cellular Phones, Web Site Development, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, NB
- Blog posts 2008-07-06
- Dell 1525-122B
- Note: This review is part of our Back to School 2008 roundup, covering specific configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.As middle-of-the-road as a laptop gets, Dell's Inspiron 1525 is an excellent go-to choice for basic computing, especially if you take the time to configure a...
- Tags: Notebooks, Processors, Dell Inspiron, Dell Computer Corp., Intel Core 2 Duo, laptop computer
- Product reviews 2008-07-03
- Dell 1420-123B
- Note: This review is part of our Back to School 2008 roundup, covering specific configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.We were very fond of Dell's 14-inch Inspiron 1420 laptop when Dell launched it in the spring of 2007, as we find that 14-inch models offer...
- Tags: Notebooks, Dell Computer Corp., Dell Inspiron, laptop computer
- Product reviews 2008-07-03
- Samsung SGH-T339 (T-Mobile)
- Photo gallery:Samsung SGH-T339Several months after it came out with its HotSpot @Home service, T-Mobile introduced two new Wi-Fi-equipped cell phone, the Nokia 6301 and the Samsung SGH-T339. Though the features between the two phones are largely similar, the SGH-T339's red flip design calls more attention to itself. Call quality...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, WIRELESS, T339, Samsung SGH-T339, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., T-Mobile, phone
- Product reviews 2008-07-03
- On deck from MS: Four 'important' patches but nothing for IE
- On deck from MS: Four 'important' patches but nothing for IEAm I correct that uninstalling Safari mitigates the problem?I realize it isn't a fix but am I correct in believing that for the time being, removing Safari effectively closes off the only known attack vector that can utilize this vulnerability?...
- Tags: Web browsers, SECURITY, patch management, flaw, Apple Safari, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
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