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         <description>Plenty of European astronauts and hardware have gone up to the space station or to other orbits around Earth, but now the European Space Agency (ESA) is thinking of ways to get them back down on their own. A Vega rocket on the drawing boards is slate</description>
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         <title>Space Shuttle Endeavour Lands After Overcoming Challenges</title>
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         <description>Space Shuttle Endeavour Moved In Preparation For LaunchReport: Ares I Design Flaw Could Lead to Crash NASA Launch Schedule Honeywell Protests NASA Contract Award To ITT NASA Spacecraft Undergoes Testing; Launch Date Set Bad Florida Weather Forces</description>
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         <title>Diamagnetic Cavity Shields For Spacecraft?Satellite Images Help Aid Groups</title>
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         <description>A spacecraft could be protected from radiation with a dipolelike magnetic field and plasma; it could surround a spacecraft like a 'mini magnetosphere.' Reseachers in the UK, Portugal and Sweden announced the work in this month's Plasma Physics and</description>
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         <title>O'Brien out at CNN as network ends space mission (Reuters)</title>
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         <description>NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - CNN will close its dedicated unit that covered environmental, science and space stories. The cuts affect about five staffers, including longtime correspondent and space reporter Miles O'Brien, who will leave the networ</description>
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         <title>OHB Uses Galileo Bid to Send a Message to CompetitorsFrozen Death Looms for</title>
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         <description>Space News Staff Writer OHB Technology is bidding against a much larger consortium to build 28 Galileo navigation satellites as a signal to European governments that the company should be viewed as a prime contractor, OHB Chief Executive Marco Fuchs</description>
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         <description>Space Shuttle Endeavour Moved In Preparation For LaunchReport: Ares I Design Flaw Could Lead to Crash NASA Launch Schedule Honeywell Protests NASA Contract Award To ITT NASA Spacecraft Undergoes Testing; Launch Date Set Pre-Solicitation Conference Se</description>
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         <title>Satellite Images Help Aid Groups Track AtrocitiesAstronauts Ride in Style i</title>
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         <description>Space News Staff Writer WASHINGTON - Amnesty International and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) are collaborating on Eyes on Darfur (eyesondarfur.org), a Web site that shows before and after satellite images of areas the</description>
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         <title>Big bang illuminates distant nursery of comets</title>
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         <description>SYDNEY: Subtle variations in the cosmic microwave radiation left over from the Big Bang may finally reveal the distant Oort Cloud, thought to send comets hurtling into the Solar System. Since the 1930s, astronomers have theorised that a spherical she</description>
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         <description>NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - CNN will close its dedicated unit that covered environmental, science and space stories. The cuts affect about five staffers, including longtime correspondent and space reporter Miles O'Brien, who will leave the networ</description>
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         <title>Star Trek's Deflector Shield Envisioned for Mars MissionEver Heard Bach, On</title>
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         <description>One of the gravest dangers facing future astronauts traveling to Mars will be radiation in space: If the long trip doesn't kill them, cancer eventually could. These threats can, however, be defeated. In Star Trek, a deflector shield surrounded the</description>
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         <title>NASA Awards Several Small-Business Contracts To 271 Firms</title>
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         <description>Space Shuttle Endeavour Moved In Preparation For LaunchReport: Ares I Design Flaw Could Lead to Crash NASA Launch Schedule Honeywell Protests NASA Contract Award To ITT NASA Spacecraft Undergoes Testing; Launch Date Set NASA awarded contracts in resp</description>
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         <title>Astronauts Ride in Style in New Moon TruckAstronauts Could Get Computer The</title>
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         <description>NASA's new prototype for a future moon truck is proving to be the ultimate lunar RV, allowing astronauts to take extended road trips without the constant drag of bulky spacesuits. A terrestrial version of the Small Pressurized Rover, which can go</description>
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         <title>'What are the two stars so close to the moon lately?'</title>
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         <title>Space shuttle Endeavour finishes 16-day mission</title>
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         <description>The US space shuttle Endeavour deploys a parachute after touching down at Edwards Air Force Base in California November 30, 2008. The orbiter touched down at Edwards Air Force Base after being diverted from NASA's Kennedy Space Center due to weather</description>
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         <title>Divining Rod Designed for MarsSpace Communications Patent Spans Solar Syste</title>
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         <description>NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), a mobile robot for investigating Mars' past or present ability to sustain microbial life. To be launched in 2009, MSL is now being eyed for sample caching duties on the red planet as part of a revived NASA Mars</description>
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         <title>European Space Agency to open research centre in the UK</title>
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         <description>gency is to open a research facility at the Harwell and Innovation Campus in the UK, to focus on researching robotics and climate change. Paul Drayson, Minister for and Innovation said, 'It is the government's priority, particularly in the current</description>
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         <title>How Do Female Astronauts Menstruate in Space?</title>
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         <title>EU Gains Access to Military Satellite Data</title>
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         <description>WASHINGTON - When Mobile Satellite Ventures was issued the first-ever U.S. Federal Communications Commission license in 2003 for its concept of creating hybrid satellite and ground-based communications systems, the company already had been working on</description>
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         <title>Rocket company competes to sell discount rides into space</title>
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         <description>TWN, By Irene Klotz, Reuters CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The space tourism race heated up on Tuesday when a second company began offering tickets for suborbital rides at less than half the price of competitor Virgin Galactics. XCOR Aerospace Inc of</description>
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         <title>Golf course: Playing fields, wildlife sanctuaries or both</title>
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         <description>golf courses in the United States, and approximately 70 percent of that land is not used for playing,' said Ray Semlitsch, Curators' Professor of Biology in the MU College of Arts and Science. 'These managed green spaces aren't surrogates for protec</description>
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         <title>Virus Found in Lemur Genome May Provide Insights into Human HIV Infections</title>
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         <title>Pirates turn out to be friendly fishing boats</title>
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         <description>A luxury cruise line says there is no substance to reports that one of its ships, with nearly 400 Australian tourists aboard, was the target of a pirate attack off the coast of Somalia. But emails sent to loved ones by passengers on board the MV Athe</description>
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         <title>Man-made noise in world's seas threatens wildlife</title>
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         <description>10 hours 12 mins ago Silvia Aloisi Man-made noise in the world's seas and oceans is becoming an increasing threat to whales, dolphins and turtles who use sound to communicate, forage for food and find mates, wildlife experts said on Wednesday. Skip</description>
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         <title>Scientists film immune cell becoming infected by a parasite</title>
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         <description>Medical Science News Forget what's number one at the box office this week. The most exciting new film features the intricate workings of the body, filmed by scientists using ground-breaking technology. For the first time in Australia, scientists at</description>
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         <title>Ancient Insect Imprint Found In Massachusetts</title>
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         <description>U.S. researchers say they have discovered what appears to be the oldest imprint of a prehistoric insect, made while the dragonfly-like creature was still alive. The imprint found at a rocky outcrop near a large shopping center in North Attleboro,</description>
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         <title>Discovery of new mechanism for cell division</title>
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         <description>Medical Science News A Swedish research group, partly financed by NWO, has discovered a new mechanism for cell division in a microorganism found in extremely hot and acidic conditions. The results of the research offer insights into evolution, but al</description>
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         <title>'Rogue' stem cell clinics exploit hope: report</title>
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         <description>By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rogue clinics around the world may be exploiting hope and ignorance by offering unproven stem cell therapies, a group of stem cell experts said in a report released on Wednesday. The</description>
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         <title>Qawa River pollution culprit found</title>
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         <description>Taken from / By: fbcl Authorities have found the Fiji Sugar Corporation is responsible for industrial waste polluting the Qawa River in Labasa. Local Government Permanent Secretary Ram Chandra told Radio Fiji News it is the Labasa mill that's allowin</description>
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         <title>Brazil's deforestation plan falls short: WWF</title>
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         <title>BP Sells $200M for Pollution Control</title>
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         <title>Climate Talks Kick Off with Cautious Optimism</title>
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         <description>Worldwatch Institute , Earth Policy Institute , OneWorld US WASHINGTON, Dec 3 (OneWorld.net) - This year's global climate negotiations, where countries will work towards an agreement, due in 2009, to reduce emissions and avoid environmental catastrop</description>
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         <title>Recycling officers back national colour-coding system for bins</title>
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         <description>The Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee (LARAC) has backed the idea of introducing a voluntary national colour coding system for waste and recycling containers. There is currently no consistency in the UK in the colour of containers used to</description>
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         <description>: The cows and pigs dotting these flat green plains in the southern Netherlands create a bucolic landscape. But looked at through the lens of greenhouse gas accounting, they are living smokestacks, spewing methane emissions into the air. That is why</description>
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         <description>As the world grapples with the massive effects of climate change and global warming, the need to understand the embedded issues associated with these complex ecological transformations becomes clear. PolicyLink commissioned  to contribute to a deeper</description>
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         <description>PUBLISHER'S REMARKS: The Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) Wednesday launched a campaign to promote tourism in the Amazon Rainforest area. This is a win-win opportunity for CARICOM to explore from the perspective of multi-destination tour</description>
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         <description>The Government needs to speed up the pace of action on climate change dramatically if it is to meet its target to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80 per cent by 2050, says the CBI. The warning comes as European leaders are meeting in Poland to negoti</description>
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         <description>A system for removing pollutants â?? primarily sulfur dioxide and mixed oxides of nitrogen (NOx) â?? from incinerator exhaust has been demonstrated. The system is also designed secondarily to remove particles, hydrocarbons, and CO. The system</description>
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         <description>Green Party Health Spokesperson Kevin Hague says the report shows more than a quarter of Kiwi homes are making their occupants sick. Making homes warmer, drier and more energy and water efficient would: ' Stop 50 hospital admissions a day (saving $54</description>
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         <title>Australia's white possum possible victim of climate change</title>
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         <title>Shooting HD Video With a Digital SLR: Worthwhile?</title>
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         <description>You may have already heard about the two new digital SLRs that let you shoot high-definition video, in addition outstanding still shots: the Nikon D90 and the Canon EOS 5D...</description>
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         <description>Over 500 influential people and decision-makers, CEOs and senior executives gathered in London to witness the UAE's Etisalat and other leading telecommunications players being awarded for their contribution to the telecommunications industry in 2008.</description>
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         <description>Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/166abb/asia_telecom_stati) has announced the addition of the 'Asia Telecom Statistics and Forecast, 2003-2012, Edition 2' directory to their offering. The Asia Telecom Statistics and</description>
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         <description>James A. Stenger Named Counsel in Washington Office NEW YORK (December 3, 2008) ? The international law firm of Chadbourne &amp;amp; Parke LLP announced today that James A. Stenger has been named counsel at the Firm in its communications, media and</description>
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         <description>(The Daily Star - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) launched its new and improved website on Tuesday during a ceremony at the Phoenicia InterContinental Hotel. The ceremony was</description>
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         <title>i-Mate Phones Get Major Face Lift</title>
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         <description>Click to enlargeCalled Go, the new interface delivers 'one touch access' to the user's favourite functions. The i-mate Go is also expected to appeal to experienced Windows Mobile users as it offers a faster way of getting things done, whilst also</description>
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         <title>$5b more needed for NBN: Telstra</title>
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         <description>TELSTRA today said it would need the Rudd Labor Government to commit at least $10 billion to build the national broadband network in order to comply with the terms of its tender. Telstra chief operating officer Greg Winn said that under Telstra's</description>
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         <description>Sri Lanka telco Lanka Bell, has tied up with Avaya (BSE:500463), a communications systems and applications provider to market, install and maintain their products in the country, the company said. Avaya will work through Bell Solutions, Lanka Bell's</description>
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         <description>Ars Technica reports: As the sluice gates of stimulus open, proponents of expanded broadband access are hoping the Net will catch some of the cash Congress is preparing to pump into the economy. An impressive array of telecoms, trade associations, te</description>
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         <description>A remote community resident says she was cut off from medical help because phones lines to her home failed. Wallace Rockhole resident Carol Hemara says she told Telstra the community's phones were out last Tuesday, the day before she collapsed with c</description>
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         <description>While we're working on our full written review, we though we'd give you a 10 minute video review of the HTC Touch Pro for Verizon. The Touch Pro is a Windows Mobile Pro 6.1 PDA phone running HTC's TouchFLO 3D interface, which is as always very attrac</description>
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         <description>&gt; SINGAPORE (CNW) - Acision, the world's leading messaging company and Seeker Wireless, one of the leading location-based service (LBS) technology companies</description>
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         <description>It only seemed fair that Comcast would give its customers a way to track their Web usage, seeing how the company imposed a a 250 GB limit on the Web data that its customers use in a month. But when the company announced that limit earlier this year,</description>
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         <title>Vodafone to knock SC door on HC order</title>
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         <description>The High Court dismissed Vodafone International's petition challenging the Income Tax (I-T) department's show-cause notice for payment of capital gains tax of around US$2 billion. Indian tax authorities have no jurisdiction over Vodafone. The Bombay</description>
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         <description>In a judicial interpretation that could make foreign acquisitions costlier in India, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday dismissed a Vodafone petition against the revenue department's claim of $1.7-billion capital gains tax on the Hutchison Essar</description>
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         <title>* XH ZTE wins order of 263 mln yuan from China Telecom</title>
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         <title>Global broadband subscribers now total 400mn</title>
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         <description>- The number of total broadband subscribers globally has reached the milestone of 400mn, according to a new report prepared for the Broadband Forum by research firm Point Topic, underlining its phenomenal growth in the past few years, achieved thanks</description>
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         <title>Broadcom to Webcast Its 2008 Analyst Day on Monday, December 8, 2008</title>
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         <description>IRVINE, Calif. , Dec. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced that it will provide a live webcast for its annual Analyst Day event and</description>
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         <title>SRI LANKAN TELCO LANKA BELL LINKS WITH AVAYA</title>
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         <description>(AsiaPulse via COMTEX) -- AV | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Sri Lanka telco Lanka Bell, has tied up with Avaya (BSE:500463), a communications systems and applications provider to market, install and maintain their products in the country, th</description>
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         <title>Cisco Chooses Global Knowledge for Optical Training</title>
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         <title>Agilent Debuts Hardware-Based Mask Limit Testing for Oscilloscopes</title>
         <link>http://hdlns.com/g108zf328za29665921/Agilent+Debuts+Hardware-Based+Mask+Limit+Testing+for+Oscilloscopes</link>
         <description>« ARM Licenses SPIRIT Voice, Audio Software Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) announced the industry's first hardware-based mask limit testing application for general-purpose oscilloscopes. Hardware-based mask testing helps users test hardware in</description>
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         <title>Groups urge Obama to adopt national broadband strategy</title>
         <link>http://hdlns.com/g108zf328za29665930/Groups+urge+Obama+to+adopt+national+broadband+strategy</link>
         <description>A coalition of 56 telecom companies, educators, industry associations, labor groups and watchdogs urged President-elect Barack Obama Tuesday to develop and implement a national strategy to spur deployment of high-speed Internet access. Underscoring t</description>
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         <link>http://hdlns.com/g108zf328za29665925/3Com+wins+contract+for+Government+of+Israel%27s+LAN+infrastructure+project</link>
         <description>US-based networking solutions provider 3Com Corporation has won a contract to provide the Government of Israel with advanced core and edge networking solutions for its new LAN infrastructure project. The multi-year agreement is part of the governmen</description>
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         <description>Cisco Systems is facing an antitrust lawsuit accusing the company of running a virtual monopoly for its network equipment maintenance services, CRN reports. Cisco has been accused by a network services provider, Multiven, of forcing customers to buy</description>
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         <description>A new lawsuit filed on behalf of equipment services firm Multiven alleges that Cisco Systems engages in anti-trust behaviour by limiting post-warranty access to software updates and bug patches to customers who subscribe to Cisco's Smartnet maintenan</description>
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         <description>:17 PMSource: Engineers at and Birmingham business have won an award for jointly developing the Modcon Mode Controller, a device which tests the capabilities of optical fibre communication systems. The team received the Best Knowledge Transfer award</description>
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         <title>Telus Buys Faster Network Technology From Nortel</title>
         <link>http://hdlns.com/g108zf328za29665923/Telus+Buys+Faster+Network+Technology+From+Nortel</link>
         <description>Telus Corp (T.TO: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), Canada's No. 2 phone company, said on Wednesday it is buying new technology from Nortel Networks Corp (NT.TO: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz)(NT.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) t</description>
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         <title>SRI LANKAN TELCO LANKA BELL LINKS WITH AVAYA</title>
         <link>http://hdlns.com/g108zf353za29665931/SRI+LANKAN+TELCO+LANKA+BELL+LINKS+WITH+AVAYA</link>
         <description>(AsiaPulse via COMTEX) -- AV | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Sri Lanka telco Lanka Bell, has tied up with Avaya (BSE:500463), a communications systems and applications provider to market, install and maintain their products in the country, th</description>
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         <description>Tomorrow morning I'm on a panel discussing Good Ideas in Social Media as part of the PSFK breakfast salons thing.The digital one on Tuesday [you can watch it above] was interesting and fun, so I shall try to at least be alert and cheerful at 8am.</description>
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         <description>Every since Frankie Said Relax, the power of T-shirts as tools of self expression has been well established.Web businesses like Threadless and Ninjazoo use t-shirts as a substrate for user generated design. But personalisation doesn't need to rest</description>
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         <description>The daughters of rock legends Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood and Bob Geldof pose nude for the January issue of Tatler.Kimberley, Leah and Peaches get their kit off and drape their arms and legs around each other to hide their naughty...</description>
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         <title>Jessica Alba Campari Calendar</title>
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         <description>Jessica Alba is showing off her post-baby body with a sexy photo shoot for the Campari calendar. Jessica who gave birth in June, can be seen in sexy swimsuits and evening wear while quaffing on a Campari. The photos were...</description>
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         <title>Garmin Nuvi 880</title>
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         <description>I&amp;#8217;ve been doing a lot of traveling days between 3 states.  While I do have my trusty GPS with me sometimes I wished I had the Garmin Nuvi 880.  This is one of Garmin&amp;#8217;s top of the line GPS systems available.  
The sleek designs makes it l</description>
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         <title>SMS to remind people to vote, avoid fine</title>
         <link>http://hdlns.com/g108zf356za29665692/SMS+to+remind+people+to+vote%2C+avoid+fine</link>
         <description>A new email and text service has been launched in NSW in a bid to save people from $55 fines for forgetting to vote at state and local government elections. The NSW Electoral Commission (NSWEC) has launched the initiative to remind the state's 4.5</description>
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         <title>All three GSM operators to have equal access to 3G license, deputy minister</title>
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         <title>UK SMEs facing ?WiFi invasion?, warns Napera</title>
         <link>http://hdlns.com/g108zf356za29665707/UK+SMEs+facing+%3FWiFi+invasion%3F%2C+warns+Napera</link>
         <description>A RECENT study by Napera Networks has found that the vast majority of SMEs are failing to protect their corporate networks. Almost three in four companies have no control over WiFi security, while 57 per cent are unable to tell which machines are</description>
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         <title>Feds Withhold Cell Phone Safety Data, Suit Charges</title>
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         <description>More news This Article This is a 3rd party supplied news article We do not control the adverts on this page ­ Posted to the site on 3rd December 2008 Page Tools Comments Name E-mail (Will not appear online) page Title Comment To prevent automated Bo</description>
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         <title>Rednano's Proximity Search Goes 'LIVE' Enabled by Acision and Seeker Wirele</title>
         <link>http://hdlns.com/g108zf356za29665695/Rednano%27s+Proximity+Search+Goes+%27LIVE%27+Enabled+by+Acision+and+Seeker+Wirele</link>
         <description>SINGAPORE, December 4 /PRNewswire/ -- - Rednano Launches Singapore's First Mobile Location-Based Directory Search for the Mass Market Acision, the world's leading messaging company and Seeker Wireless, one of the leading location-based service (LBS)</description>
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         <title>China Telecom selects Alcatel-Lucent for USD 230 million upgrade for CDMA m</title>
         <link>http://hdlns.com/g108zf353za29665703/China+Telecom+selects+Alcatel-Lucent+for+USD+230+million+upgrade+for+CDMA+m</link>
         <description>Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced that it has been selected by China Telecom, China?s leading telecom operator, to provide end-to-end communication solution for China Telecom and increase the capacity and coverage of its</description>
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         <title>Rednano's Proximity Search Goes 'LIVE' Enabled by Acision and Seeker Wirele</title>
         <link>http://hdlns.com/g108zf356za29665691/Rednano%27s+Proximity+Search+Goes+%27LIVE%27+Enabled+by+Acision+and+Seeker+Wirele</link>
         <description>/PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- - Rednano Launches Singapore's First Mobile Location-Based Directory Search for the Mass Market Acision, the world's leading messaging company and Seeker Wireless, one of the leading location-based service (LBS) technology</description>
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         <title>Citibank launches mobile financial services</title>
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         <title>Men's lifestyle magazine FHM offers content on mobiles</title>
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         <title>Feds Withhold Cell Phone Safety Data, Suit Charges</title>
         <link>http://hdlns.com/g108zf353za29665688/Feds+Withhold+Cell+Phone+Safety+Data%2C+Suit+Charges</link>
         <description>More news This Article This is a 3rd party supplied news article We do not control the adverts on this page ­ Posted to the site on 3rd December 2008 Page Tools Comments Name E-mail (Will not appear online) page Title Comment To prevent automated Bo</description>
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         <title>Rednano's Proximity Search Goes 'LIVE' Enabled by Acision and Seeker Wirele</title>
         <link>http://hdlns.com/g108zf353za29665695/Rednano%27s+Proximity+Search+Goes+%27LIVE%27+Enabled+by+Acision+and+Seeker+Wirele</link>
         <description>SINGAPORE, December 4 /PRNewswire/ -- - Rednano Launches Singapore's First Mobile Location-Based Directory Search for the Mass Market Acision, the world's leading messaging company and Seeker Wireless, one of the leading location-based service (LBS)</description>
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         <title>First Bytes: RIM, Yahoo, Twitter, Facebook, Apple</title>
         <link>http://hdlns.com/g108zf356za29665702/First+Bytes%3A+RIM%2C+Yahoo%2C+Twitter%2C+Facebook%2C+Apple</link>
         <description>Research in Motion misses its third quarter forecasts. [Bloomberg] Yahoo has outsourced its radio product to CBS. [Tech Crunch] Why Twitter turned down Facebook. [NYT] Apple contends that Macs are 'safe out of the box,' and removes its call for users</description>
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         <title>Rednano's Proximity Search Goes 'LIVE' Enabled by Acision and Seeker Wirele</title>
         <link>http://hdlns.com/g108zf353za29665691/Rednano%27s+Proximity+Search+Goes+%27LIVE%27+Enabled+by+Acision+and+Seeker+Wirele</link>
         <description>/PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- - Rednano Launches Singapore's First Mobile Location-Based Directory Search for the Mass Market Acision, the world's leading messaging company and Seeker Wireless, one of the leading location-based service (LBS) technology</description>
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         <title>Preview: Nokia N97</title>
         <link>http://hdlns.com/g108zf356za29665698/Preview%3A+Nokia+N97</link>
         <description>Unveiled at the recent  in Barcelona, the N97 is touted as the latest flagship model in the Nseries lineup. In fact, Nokia calls its new handset the 'most advanced mobile computer'. While we are still reluctant to agree with the company's concept of</description>
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         <description>HTC Corporation (TAIEX: 2498; ?HTC?), a global leader in mobile phone innovation and design, today introduced the HTC Touch? 3G for its Indian customers. Continuing HTC?s touch-phone tradition, the Touch? 3G utilizes the enhanced TouchFLO?</description>
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         <title>Blitz nabs 962 drivers using mobiles</title>
         <link>http://hdlns.com/g108zf356za29665694/Blitz+nabs+962+drivers+using+mobiles</link>
         <description>Police say they are disturbed more than 960 motorists have been nabbed using handheld mobile phones in a one-day traffic crackdown across NSW. A total of 962 motorists were detected using mobiles while driving during Wednesday's 24-hour blitz, with 7</description>
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         <title>Rednano&amp;apos;s Proximity Search Goes &amp;apos;LIVE&amp;apos; Enabled by Acision an</title>
         <link>http://hdlns.com/g108zf356za29665701/Rednano%26apos%3Bs+Proximity+Search+Goes+%26apos%3BLIVE%26apos%3B+Enabled+by+Acision+an</link>
         <description>SINGAPORE, December 4 /PRNewswire/ -- - Rednano Launches Singapore's First Mobile Location-Based Directory Search for the Mass Market Acision, the world's leading messaging company and Seeker Wireless, one of the leading location-based service (LBS)</description>
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         <title>MySpot SOS 'Panic Button' Smartphone Application could save lone worker liv</title>
         <link>http://hdlns.com/g108zf356za29665709/MySpot+SOS+%27Panic+Button%27+Smartphone+Application+could+save+lone+worker+liv</link>
         <description>? NEW ?GUARDIAN ANGEL? SOS PANIC BUTTON GPS SMARTPHONE SOFTWARE WHICH COULD SAVE LONE WORKER LIVES HAS JUST BEEN RELEASED. ? MySpot V.3 Tracking and Safety Phone Software is easily installed and it is designed to allow night security guards,</description>
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         <link>http://hdlns.com/g108zf356za29665690/Blitz+nabs+962+drivers+using+mobiles</link>
         <description>Police say they are disturbed more than 960 motorists have been nabbed using handheld mobile phones in a one-day traffic crackdown across NSW. A total of 962 motorists were detected using mobiles while driving during Wednesday's 24-hour blitz, with 7</description>
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         <title>Mobile to beat PC, TV</title>
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         <description>One of the most heated battles for control of people's lives is about to take place, pitting the cellphone, TV, and computer against one another. Although all three have big roles to play, mobile devices will potentially replace TVs and computers as</description>
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         <title>Report: Economic Crisis Spurs Mobile-Device Shipment Contraction in 2009</title>
         <link>http://hdlns.com/g108zf356za29665704/Report%3A+Economic+Crisis+Spurs+Mobile-Device+Shipment+Contraction+in+2009</link>
         <description>EL SEGUNDO, CA In the third quarter of 2008, the mobile-device market contracted slightly, ending with 316.7 million units, down 1.1% sequentially, says iSuppli Corp. Mobile handsets, which account for the vast majority of this segment, will achieve</description>
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         <description>The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has upheld a decision by a federal judge in San Diego that Qualcomm violated its duty to disclose its patents to a standards body. As a result, the patents are unenforceable against products practicin</description>
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         <title>Rednano&amp;apos;s Proximity Search Goes &amp;apos;LIVE&amp;apos; Enabled by Acision an</title>
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         <description>SINGAPORE, December 4 /PRNewswire/ -- - Rednano Launches Singapore's First Mobile Location-Based Directory Search for the Mass Market Acision, the world's leading messaging company and Seeker Wireless, one of the leading location-based service (LBS)</description>
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         <description>NEW YORK - MySpace users with mobile phones are about to find out if they can walk and watch TV at the same time. On Wednesday, News Corp's online social network will make video clips from its members' pages available for viewing on mobile devices</description>
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         <link>http://hdlns.com/g108zf356za29665696/SMS+to+remind+people+to+vote%2C+avoid+fine</link>
         <description>A new email and text service has been launched in NSW in a bid to save people from $55 fines for forgetting to vote at state and local government elections. The NSW Electoral Commission (NSWEC) has launched the initiative to remind the state's 4.5</description>
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         <description>Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced that it has been selected by China Telecom, China?s leading telecom operator, to provide end-to-end communication solution for China Telecom and increase the capacity and coverage of its</description>
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