Systems Exist to Find Liquid Explosives This undated handout photo released by Rapiscan Systems shows the Rapiscan Secure 1000 Explosives and Weapons Detection People Screening System. This system inspects passengers for metallic and non-metallic weapons, solid explosives, liquids, and other contraband using low energy X-rays. Rapiscan is developing four kinds of devices _ some based on technologies more than 10 years old _ that can detect liquid or gel-based explosives. Two that would work on carry-on bags already have been tested by the Transportation Security Administration and "could be deployed this afternoon," said Peter Kant, the company's vice president for government affairs.

Ex-Samsung chairman guilty of tax evasion
SEOUL, July 16 (UPI) -- Lee Kun-hee, former chairman of the global electronics giant Samsung, was found guilty Wednesday of tax evasion in a South Korean court.

Poll: gas is No. 1 inflation concern
PRINCETON, N.J., July 15 (UPI) -- A majority of U.S. adults in a Gallup poll pointed to gasoline first and food second when assessing the negative impact of recent price hikes, researchers said.

Microsoft: Xbox changes home entertainment
REDMOND, Wash., July 14 (UPI) -- Microsoft Corp. predicted at the E3 Media and Business Summit in Los Angeles that its new Xbox Experience will reinvent home entertainment.

Ontario signs in electronics recycling fee
TORONTO, July 10 (UPI) -- The Canadian province of Ontario Thursday signed in a regulation that imposes recycling fees on televisions and computers and by next year, all electronics.

Microchip to aid lung cancer treatments
BOSTON, July 8 (UPI) -- U.S. medical scientists say they've found circulating tumor cells reveal genetic signatures of dangerous lung cancers, possibly leading to targeted therapy.

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Microsoft's Bill Gates talks tech, Web in South Korea Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, left, shakes hands with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, right, during their meeting in the presidential Blue House in Seoul Tuesday, May 6, 2008. Gates and Lee held talks Tuesday, discussing information technology for vehicles and games and the future of the Internet.

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