BBC News Hewlett-Packard profit down 19% on weak sales of PCs, printing … Los Angeles Times Sales in the company's PC business eroded 18% in the second quarter, even as the number of units sold rose 2%. Revenue from printing supplies was down 13%. Hewlett-Packard Co.'s profit dropped 19% in the latest quarter, dragged by ongoing weakness in … Sluggish PC, ink sales hurt Hewlett-Packard The Associated Press Poor HP Earnings Dim Hopes for Tech BusinessWeek HP Reports Q3 Revenue, Earnings Drop, Reaffirms Outlook For Year ChannelWeb New York Times
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BBC News Sluggish PC, ink sales hurt Hewlett-Packard The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Hewlett-Packard Co.'s 19 percent drop in quarterly profit shows that the company still relies heavily on printer ink and the troubled personal computer market, despite the aggressive transformation it's undertaking to branch out and … Poor HP Earnings Dim Hopes for Tech BusinessWeek Hewlett-Packard profit down 19% on weak sales of PCs, printing … Los Angeles Times HP's Hurd Not Ready To Call Turn In Business Conditions CNNMoney.com New York Times
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Los Angeles Times From a Distant Comet, a Clue to Life New York Times For the first time, a building block of proteins — and hence of life as we know it — has been found in a comet. That adds to the prevailing notion that many of the ingredients for the origin of life showered down on the early Earth … Life On Earth May Be Extraterrestrial InformationWeek Comet carries a building block of life ZDNet NASA: Extraterrestrial sample holds ingredient for alien life Register Reuters
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BBC News Speaking of Vaccinations . . . Washington Post All the vaccine buzz is about the H1N1 virus right now, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reminding Americans to make sure all of their vaccinations are up-to-date. The CDC encourages adults to guard against … Swine Flu: the Next Wave Wall Street Journal Second Republic swine flu death BBC News Schools prepare for swine flu Chicago Tribune The Associated Press
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BBC News IBM Develops DNA-Like Microchips ChannelWeb Scientists at IBM Research and the California Institute of Technology have developed a method of manufacturing more powerful microchips by using artificial DNA nanostructure, according to IBM. The new chips would pack more power and speed, … DNA 'organises itself' on silicon BBC News Small circuit boards hang on DNA scaffolds TG Daily IBM uses DNA to make next-gen microchips Reuters Local Tech Wire
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Washington Post Nasa assembles Ares test rocket BBC News The US space agency has completed the assembly of its Ares IX rocket ahead of a test flight scheduled for October. The Ares I rocket is a key component of Nasa's next-generation space transportation system. The agency will use Ares I to launch the … NASA completes Ares 1-X rocket TG Daily Extra fuel tank tests ordered for shuttle launch msnbc.com Space review panel says moon, Mars out of reach Reuters DVICE
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BBC News Video Game Sales Took Another Hit in July, Report Says eWeek Sales of the Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii consoles all saw steep declines for the month of July, NPD Group reports. Industry sales overall dropped 24 percent compared with the same period in 2008, to $848 million, … Video game sales in free fall CNET News NPD: Video Game Sales Not Recession-Proof ChannelWeb US video game sales down 29 pct in July-NPD Reuters Los Angeles Times
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Times Online Your Doctor may Give You Swine Flu This Fall Newsweek The CDC says health-care workers should be among the first in line to receive the swine-flu (H1N1) vaccine, which the government hopes will be available by mid-October. But will your doctors, nurses, and other medical … Distributing H1N1 vaccine: Start slowly or 'full-throttle?' Indianapolis Star Parents are worried about the swine flu vaccine Telegraph.co.uk Glaxo starts testing flu pandemic vaccine Reuters The Associated Press
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TrustedReviews Sony Battles Amazon With Open E-Book Standard InformationWeek Sony is backing EPub, an e-book publishing standard which will allow electronic books to be read on hardware from multiple vendors. By Antone Gonsalves Sony, which is running a distant second behind leader Amazon.com in the market for electronic-book … Sony moves its e-book reader technology in the right direction Macworld Sony to support open ebook format BBC News Why does this e-book cost $14?! CNET News Slashdot
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BBC News Early toolmakers 'harnessed fire' BBC News By Griet Scheldeman Early modern humans in South Africa were heating stones to improve their tools about 72000 years ago, according to new research. This “heat treatment” may bridge a gap between the use of fire to cook food 800000 years ago and the … Study: Fire used to make tools 75000 years ago msnbc.com Ancient Weapons Point to First Use of Fire for Tools? National Geographic Ancient toolmakers discovered fire treatment The Associated Press NPR
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