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Samsung Unveils Dual T-DMB Mobile Phone at IFA
Good news for mobile TV users! Up to now, the Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) standard was restricted to just four TV channels in Germany. Soon, however, avid viewers could in theory be spoiled for choice with as many as 20 different channels. In hall 20 at the IFA trade show, Samsung's SGH-P900D dual-band handset clearly shows that the DMB standard still offers considerable upside potential.

More tropical fish sighted in R.I. water
(AP) -- An unusually large number of tropical fish have been spotted this summer in Rhode Island waters by divers, fishermen and environmentalists.

Investors cheer iPod decision but Creative's woes far from over
Investors have cheered Creative Technology's 100 million US dollar settlement from rival Apple Computer but analysts warned the Singapore company's troubles are from over.

Worst red tide in years hits Puget Sound
(AP) -- The worst red tide in perhaps a decade has shut down shellfish beds all along Puget Sound and prompted serious public health worries, state officials said Wednesday.

Astronomers use supercomputers to study atoms linked to black holes
Super-hot atoms in space hold the key to an astronomical mystery, and an Ohio State University astronomer is leading an effort to study those atoms here on Earth.

Samsung Launches 8GB Music Phone
Samsung Electronics, a leading provider and innovator of mobile phones, today announced its launch of the �Super music phone� in Korea.

Mathematicians Solve the 'Cocktail Party Problem'
Officials at the CIA and scientists around the world have pondered the "cocktail party problem" for decades. How could they separate one sound - perhaps a voice - from a group of other recorded sounds, perhaps a multitude of voices at a cocktail party? Now, two researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia have found a mathematical solution to this problem.

Psycho killer raccoons terrorize Olympia
(AP) -- A fierce group of raccoons has killed 10 cats, attacked a small dog and bitten at least one pet owner who had to get rabies shots, residents of Olympia say.

New ultrasonic technology could help prevent train derailments
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have developed a new technique they said is better able than currently used technology to find defects in steel railroad tracks, including hard-to-find internal cracks that can break under the weight of passing trains. Track defects account for about one-third of the 2,200 annual train derailments in the U.S., according to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), the federal agency charged with enforcing rail safety regulations.

Report: China to announce digital TV standard soon
Chinese regulators will soon announce a digital TV standard for the world's biggest television market, a state news agency reported Monday.