The dish would send the ISP's data up to one of the satellites (in low earth orbits to minimize signal delay), which would then relay the data back down to a backbone access point.

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And by stacking components so compactly, signal latency (the delay that results when data are moved from one part of a computer to another) would be greatly reduced, further enhancing performance.

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Pfizer has failed to disclose an apparent delay in the approval of a promising new antibiotic, a move that may signal a change in how much the company tells investors about the regulatory status of medicines as they are reviewed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

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On Monday, the U.S. Senate passed the DTV Delay Act, which postpones the deadline to switch from an analog to a digital signal to June 12 from Feb. 17.

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In fact, Gorbachev has already given an unmistakable signal that he is determined not to "ease" the transition to a market economy but to delay -- if not forestall -- it.

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