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Nokia Stalks Apple, Shares Rise

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:35:39 GMT

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Finnish mobile communications company Nokia got the thumbs up from analysts and investors on Thursday following the launch of its internet portal Ovi, which includes a music store that hopes to take a bite out of Apple's iTunes. But the high growth strategy could also lead to high risk as different competitors move onto the horizon.

Shares in Nokia (nyse: NOK - news - people ) rose 3.0% on Thursday, up 69 eurocents (94 cents) to 24.00 euros ($32.73) in Helsinki. The stock has risen over 41% in the past six months alone, and investors looked ready to embrace the company's latest attempt to diversify from regular handset technology. (See "Nokia's Online Play")

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'Spider-man' suit secret revealed

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 20:09:37 GMT

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Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

A "Spider-man" suit that enables its wearer to scale vertical walls like the comic and movie superhero could one day be a reality, according to a study.

Natural technology used by spiders and geckos could help a human climb the side of a building or hang upside down from a roof, the analysis suggests.

The findings are published in the Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter.

Both spiders and geckos possess tiny "hairs" that allow them to stick to surfaces.

Some studies suggest that geckos can hold hundreds of times their own body weight.

Geckos and spiders provide a natural demonstration that this can be done

Nicola Pugno, Polytechnic of Turin

In 2002, US research suggested this adhesion in geckos was due to very weak intermolecular forces.

These are produced by billions of hair-like structures of different sizes that are arranged in a hierarchical structure on each gecko foot.

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A New Alien Technology Intrusion

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:13:35 GMT

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Clip Source: www.ufodigest.com

I have studied the phenomenon of the UFOs since the year 1969, in France. During this long period, I have have discovered the complexity of the phenomenon. I have learned that a number of things about UFOs including their relationship with the salt. I have determinde also that UFOs precede our own technology. I have discovered that for a very long time, they were able to emitate broken beam of light.

These UFOs are able also to practice imitation and thus I realized that they could imitate the moon, the planes, the lasers, etc.

On top of that, I have discovered UFOs are capable to become invisible.

It is by either by way of their own very advanced technology, or it is possible they use "Other Dimensions".

Many people discover that they have taken photos of UFOs when their film is develped or when they see their images on their computers! Whereas they did not see anything of their own eyes when they took the photos!

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