Once Weinberger perfects his any-language chip, other developers could piggyback on it to program the devices for an even better consumer feature--the ability not only to adapt to any wireless format, but also to pick the network that is less jammed with other callers, avoiding dropped calls.

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The scientists, who reported their findings at a recent meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, have discovered that a certain type of neurodegenerative disease may chip away at the ability to understand the social, physical and verbal cues that help people recognize indirect language, such as sarcasm, and even deceit.

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