Author Archives: Guanqun
New Wi-Fi technology allows gadgets connect directly
BEIJING, Oct. 15 — The Wi-Fi Alliance, a multinational industry group specilized in wireless connection technology, Wednesday said it had nearly finished working on a specification that enables electronic devices to connect each other directly. Wi-Fi Direct, a set of … Continue reading
Chinese herbs may hold back diabetes: study
BEIJING, Oct. 15 — Traditional Chinese herbal medicines may help prevent the development of diabetes in the early stages, new research suggests. The research, conducted by a research team of Center for Complementary Medicine Research at the University of Western … Continue reading
Arctic ice cap to disappear in summer in years: study
BEIJING, Oct, 15 — The Arctic ice cap will disappear during the summer within a decade, according to findings released Wednesday by a polar research team. The Catlin Arctic Survey team, led by explorer Pen Hadow, trekked through the northern … Continue reading
Nokia netbook to be $300 with AT&T contract
BEIJING, Oct. 14 — Nokia Corp. says its first 3G-capable netbook will cost 300 U.S. dollars in the United States market with a two-year wireless broadband contract from AT&T Inc. Nokia’s netbook, the Booklet 3G, will be on sale at … Continue reading
First vegetarian spider found in Americas
BEIJING, Oct. 13 — A herbivorous jumping spider has been found in Central America and Mexico, according to a newly published research quoted by media Tuesday. Bagheera kiplingi, which is 5-6mm long, is the first-known predominantly vegetarian spider out of … Continue reading
Youths, healthy adults at risk from A/H1N1 flu
BEIJING, Oct. 13 — A/H1N1 influenza critical illness affects mostly the adolescents and relatively healthy adults, according to a Canadian and Mexican study as quoted by news reports Tuesday. The study, published online on the Journal of the American Medical … Continue reading
Apple director leaves Google’s board
BEIJING, Oct.13 — Arthur Levinson, a director at Apple Inc. and Google Inc., resigned from Google’s board, the Internet search leader announced Monday. Levinson’s move averted a regulatory probe into overlapping directors in the two companies. The Federal Trade Commission … Continue reading
Gene therapy for blood disorder patient advances
BEIJING, Sept. 16 — A 21-year-old patient, who needed monthly transfusions to survive since 3, has made “remarkable” progress after receiving treatment to correct faulty DNA, media reports said Thursday. The unnamed patient, suffering from beta-thalassemia, was treated in Paris … Continue reading
Yahoo board member Icahn trims stakes with sale of 12.7m shares
BEIJING, Sept. 1 — Carl Icahn, one of Yahoo Inc.’s largest stockholders, has already sold 12.7 million shares, reducing his holdings to a 4.5 percent stake, according to media reports Tuesday. Icahn made the sale in the stock market’s last … Continue reading
Service outage hits “majority” of Gmail users
BEIJING, Sept. 2 — Gmail, Google’s popular free e-mail service, failed for more than an hour Tuesday in many places, affecting a “majority” of its millions of email users. The outage affected “a majority” of Gmail users, the company said, … Continue reading