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GSM users to reach two billion mark
June 14, 2006 – 11:34 AM
By the end of June of this year, there were will be two billion subscribers worldwide for the GSM family of technologies-GSM/GPRS/EDGE/UMTS and HSDPA, according to research firm 3G Americas and Informa Telecoms & Media.
The Universe Is 13.73 Billion Years Old
March 7, 2008 – 2:49 PM
NASA's Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) has released new data that shed light on the age of the Universe.
Phishing Cost The U.S. $3.2 Billion In 2007
December 18, 2007 – 2:44 PM
While Gartner projects phishing and malware attacks will to become increasingly piercing through 2009, in 2007 the damage was done. 3.6 million U.S. adults lost $3.2 billion to phishing schemes.
Digital Music Sales Reach Nearly $3 Billion In 2007
January 24, 2008 – 1:42 PM
Consumers spent a reported $2.9 billion on digital music purchases last year, a 40% increase over 2006, but illegal downloads are offsetting that by a rate of 20-to-1.
Samsung to invest 24 billion dollars in new chip lines
December 6, 2004 – 10:51 AM in Business
South Korea's Samsung Electronics, the world's largest memory chipmaker, said it would invest 24 billion dollars in new chip production lines over the next six years.

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A Billion Colors: HP's DreamColor Monitor
June 10, 2008 – 3:50 AM in Display Panels and Monitors
HP's $3,499 monitor is for the creative class: People who don't think color should be subjective. The DreamColor comes packing a 30 bit capability (meaning it can show off a billion colors), an RGB LED backlight, and the promise of accurate colors.