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...over the Internet, [via] affordable, cell-phone-like products that are Skype- and Internet-enabled," predicts Skype ceo Niklas Zennström. In these early days of mobile VoIP, analysts find it difficult to quantify its potential impact. But many expect a shakeup. "Can carriers, either wireless or wireline, prevent its spread? The answer is no,'' says Allen Nogee of research firm In-Stat. The company forecasts that global shipments of mobile phones with wi-fi will hit 13.5 million in 2007, leap to 52.8 million in 2008, and surge to 136 million by 2010 - probably a conservative estimate...
...have entered unhealthy game time, please go offline immediately to rest." WARNING MESSAGE, introduced by Internet companies in China, to prevent online-gaming addiction. The message appears on screen every 15 minutes after gamers have played for five hours
...started out as a painkiller and fever reducer, but in recent decades we have learned that aspirin can also reduce the risk of heart attacks and help prevent strokes. Last week I was surprised to read in the Journal of the American Medical Association that high doses of aspirin taken for long periods of time can prevent colorectal cancer...
...risk of developing cancer as adults. But again there are drawbacks. MRI scans are much more expensive than CT scans, and generating and interpreting them require lots of training. Furthermore, the magnet exerts a powerful attractive force on any iron-containing metals, so special precautions must be taken to prevent accidents...
...Artesunate is easier to use than quinine and has fewer side effects. (Quinine can be toxic if incorrectly administered.) The drug's main advantage is its ability to prevent malaria-infected red blood cells from sticking together in a process called sequestration. When this occurs in the brain it can cause cerebral malaria, one of the most deadly forms of the disease. "It's just like Bangkok traffic in the mornings," says professor Nick White of Mahidol University in Bangkok, who led the study. "[Artesunate] reduces the traffic jam, which is what kills people." The study's results still need...