University of Florida professor designs plasma-propelled flying saucer June 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 68 vote(s)
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Flying saucers may soon be more fact than mere science fiction. University of Florida mechanical and aerospace engineering associate professor Subrata Roy has submitted a patent application for a circular, spinning aircraft ... | |
 Bill Gates surrendering Microsoft helm June 22, 2008 | User rating: 2.6 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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A Harvard University dropout who ushered in the home computer age and made billions of dollars along the way will have his last official day of work at Microsoft on June 27. | |
Microchip is helping restore vision to the blind June 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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Last year, Wentai Liu watched as surgeons implanted a microchip he had designed into the eye of a blind patient. For Liu, a professor of electrical engineering in the Baskin School of Engineering at the University of California, ... | |
Computer predicts who dies on death row: study June 25, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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A computer programme designed by US researchers can predict with chilling accuracy the very few men among the thousands on America's Death Row who will actually be executed, according to a new study. | |
 Hydrogen cars commercially unavailable until 2020: Mazda June 30, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Hydrogen-powered cars will not be commercially available on a large scale before 2020, a senior official from Japanese auto maker Mazda said Monday in Spain at an international oil conference. | |
Microsoft to sell Office, OneCare for $70 a year July 03, 2008 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. will begin selling its Office programs to consumers on a subscription basis starting mid-July, in a bid to reach thrifty PC buyers who would otherwise pass on productivity software. | |
 Rubber 'snake' could help wave power get a bite of the energy market July 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 33 vote(s)
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A device consisting of a giant rubber tube may hold the key to producing affordable electricity from the energy in sea waves. | |
Intel acknowledges new step in US antitrust probe June 06, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 4
Computer chip titan Intel Corp. said Friday it had received a subpoena this week from US antitrust regulators after a two-year informal review on "competition in the microprocessor market." | |
Chinese company develops 'UFO': report June 17, 2008 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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A Chinese company has developed a prototype flying saucer that can hover in the air and be controlled remotely from afar, state press said Tuesday. | |
 Oh Baby! First photograph of early modern computer June 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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Here is the first known photograph of the great grandfather of modern digital computers – but you couldn’t use it on the train or take it jogging with you. | |
 Review: Strong, innovative Web browsers emerge June 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 40 vote(s)
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(AP) -- With all the recent attention on the new Firefox 3 Internet browser, it's easy to miss two strong, innovative rivals. Add it all up, and Microsoft Corp.'s market-leading Internet Explorer has some ... | |
 Man versus machine poker re-match July 01, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Polaris, the University of Alberta poker playing computer program, is heading to Las Vegas for a re-match against humans. | |
 Solution to high energy costs could lie underground July 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 26 vote(s)
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Sandia National Laboratories researcher Georgianne Peek thinks a possible solution to high energy costs lies underground. And it’s not coal or oil. It’s compressed air energy storage (CAES). | |
 Simple insulation could combat heat, cold and noise July 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Around the world, an estimated one billion people--mostly in rural villages and the shanty towns surrounding developing-world cities--live in houses whose roofs are nothing more than thin sheets of corrugated ... | |
Cable ads attacking Verizon confuse consumers June 20, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Avery Axel was annoyed with his cable company, Comcast, and was considering switching to Verizon's new FiOS fiber-optic TV and Internet service. | |
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