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30.08.2007
An Indian origin scientist at Purdue University has demonstrated a new technology to dramatically improve computer chip cooling.
The technology uses tiny "ionic wind engines" to increase the "heat-transfer coefficient," or the cooling rate, in chips by as much as 250 percent.
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[India]
[United States]
[policy initiatives in ICT]
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30.08.2007
Nokia, the world's largest cell phone maker, unveiled an online music store, a gaming service and four new multimedia handsets in a move to take a greater share of consumer spending from mobile operators.
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[media technologies]
[policy initiatives in ICT]
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30.08.2007
German's LEFT-WING members of the ruling coalition have objected strongly to plans by the German interior ministry to enlist email spy software to monitor terror suspects.A ministry spokesman confirmed that the proposed plank of new anti-terror legislation vetted the use of "Trojans" which smuggle themselves into a suspect's computer disguised as a harmless email.
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[media technologies]
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29.08.2007
UNESCO has launched a book titled, Building National Information Policies: Experiences in Latin America in Kingston. The book emphasizes the importance for Latin American and Caribbean countries to adopt National Information Policies (NIP) to preserve their peoples right to access information.
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[capacity building]
[civil society & ICT]
[knowledge & ICT]
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