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Nanosensors Bring Big Guns to Cancer-Detection Battle

The fight against cancer is often lost before it is even waged. Too many patients get the news too late. However, the battle may soon take a turn, as advances on the nano frontier bring more sophisticated firepower to the front lines. ...

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Can Nanotech Cure Breast Cancer?

Winning the fight against cancer may end up being more of a nano-war than a surgical strike. A team led by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has just successfully combined an antibody with single-walled nanotubes to create a precision search-and-destroy weapon that targets aggressive forms of breast cancer. ...

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The Path to a Greener SMB

This story was originally published on Sept. 28, 2009, and is brought to you today as part of our Best of ECT News series. ...

IBM Researchers Go Way Beyond AI With Cat-Like Cognitive Computing

IBM's revelation at SC09 created quite a stir and immediately brought forth visions of Cylons and Hal 9000. ...

New Study Finds Canned Food Laced With Toxic Chemical BPA

Consumer Reports has unleashed its findings on toxic levels of Bisphenol A (BPA) in food packaging on a largely unsuspecting public. Before the report, many felt the BPA danger had passed with the introduction of BPA-free baby bottles and so-called microwave-safe plastics. Not so, says the report: Certain canned foods contain high levels of BPA -- but it may also be present in alternative packaging...

Flu-Related Telecommuting Could Clog Web Traffic, Feds Warn

Talk of a flu pandemic has evolved into a bit of flu panic. Rumors fly as some people die and others deny. Much of this fevered buzz is on and around the Internet. The fear that the Internet itself will crash is growing. ...

Will GE’s Handheld Ultrasound Become the Next Stethoscope?

Although not quite the equivalent of Star Trek's tricorder, GE's Vscan represents a long step forward in mobile medical technology. The handheld device does on-the-go ultrasound readings only, but those readings can give doctors faster, more in-depth info than the best of preliminary doctor exam routines. ...

Health Workers Balk at H1N1 Mandates, Cite Safety Concerns

It seems that no vaccine in recent history has met with as much public suspicion and fear as the new H1N1 vaccine. Commonly referred to as the "swine flu," H1N1 causes a wide range of symptoms, from mild to lethal ...

Wired Culture May Be Setting Youth Up for Internet Addiction

In a modern age paradox, the Internet has become a source of both edification and addiction. Teens are required to spend hours on the Web doing research and homework for school, but constant online activity can affect young minds in seriously bad ways, according to a new study ...

The Cutting Edge of Law Enforcement Technologies

Not so long ago, Motorola was hailed as the bane of criminals. "You might outrun the cop, but you'll never outrun Motorola," went the saying. The Motorola two-way radio was one of the first technologies to tip the scales in favor of law enforcement. However, it was by no means the last. ...

Working Your Way to a Greener SMB

Big businesses often use big bucks to go green. Small businesses, on the other hand, haven't a dollar to spare even for a good cause like saving the environment. Shouldn't they just pass on the whole green scheme -- at least until the economy improves? Not necessarily ...

Intel Wants to Put the Internet Inside Your TV

The dream of taking Internet TV to an actual TV seems a no-brainer to consumers: a screen's a screen, and a monitor's just another screen, after all. However, there's more to the technology than meets the eye or fits the couch potato's view. Even so, Intel made a huge step toward plugging the Internet TV play on Thursday when it unveiled Atom processor CE4100 (code-name "Sodaville") -- its 45nm System-on-Chip for Internet TV.

Groundbreaking Alzheimer’s Gene Therapy Trial Moves Ahead

Tests of a promising new gene therapy to treat Alzheimer's disease are moving to the phase II level, bringing the reversal of dementia damage one step closer to becoming a real medical possibility. ...

LiMo Revs Up for R2 Handset Drive

The LiMo Foundation, a consortium dedicated to creating an open, hardware-independent, Linux-based operating system for mobile devices delivered a one- two- punch to the mobile industry Thursday. First, Morgan Gillis, executive director, announced that consortium members are "moving into full commercialization mode" and all operator members on the LiMo Board have "reaffirmed their intent to bring LiMo R2 devices and associated services to market during 2009/2010." Operators that intend to bring these handsets to market include NTT DoCoMo, Orange, SK Telecom, Telefonica, Verizon Wireless and Vodafone. ...

Speaking the Right Language Online

A rose by any other name can raise quite the stink, making the act of localizing Web sites to fit foreign cultures all the more thorny. Even if the product is as sweet as ice cream, it's possible to leave a bitter taste in consumer's mouths. ...

Piracy, Open Source and the Shrinking Space Between

There's a rumor that honor exists among thieves, but outside of Robin Hood, no one considers them a bunch of do-gooders. Yet there may be a bright side to their shadowy work, at least in terms of enterprise software. It could very well be that they will drive the prices down ...

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Saving the E-Commerce Sale When the Customer’s Drifting Away

This story was originally published on April 24, 2009, and is brought to you today as part of our Best of ECT News series ...

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Business Intelligence: Tools of the Trade for Decision Makers

This story was originally published on March 6, 2009, and is brought to you today as part of our Best of ECT News series. ...

So You Want to Start a Tech Business, Part 2

Part 1 of this two-part series provides some insights on where the money can be found to finance a startup business that has the right stuff ...

So You Want to Start a Tech Business, Part 1

Funny thing about economic disasters: They tend to spawn a bevy of new businesses. It's not that a recession is the best time for pie-in-the-sky thinking; rather, it's when pie-in-the-mouth issues become most pressing. ...

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