Smart Home exhibit mixes cool green design with easy high-tech living September 08, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Just inside the first floor of Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry's Smart Home, a 20-year-old re-covered Crate & Barrel sofa flanks a cool-to-the-touch, ethanol-burning fireplace that floats in the middle of the room. ... | |
 Google moves to ease search privacy concerns September 09, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Internet giant Google moved on Tuesday to calm privacy concerns with plans to halve the time it keeps users' web search data on record following pressure from European regulators. | |
 Internet pop-up "scareware purveyors" sued September 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Microsoft and Washington state's top prosecutor have filed a lawsuit to stop "scareware purveyors" that trick people with pop-up messages claiming computers need critical repairs. | |
Microsoft to buy back another 40 billion dollars in stock September 22, 2008 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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US computer software giant Microsoft announced Monday that it would buy back another 40 billion dollars of its shares. | |
Hitachi unveils ultra-fast search of recordings October 06, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Japan's Hitachi Ltd. said Monday it has developed technology that makes it possible to find a single word in 2,000 hours of recorded material through a search of just three seconds. | |
Satellite phone company Iridium bought for 591 mln dlrs September 23, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Satellite phone company Iridium Holdings is being purchased for 591 million dollars by a private equity group, the companies said Tuesday. | |
Metallica fans say 'Guitar Hero' versions of 'Death Magnetic' songs beat those of the CD September 23, 2008 | User rating: 2.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Fans of heavy metal band Metallica have been complaining that the group's new album, "Death Magnetic," suffers from heavy-handed distortion effects. Too bad, right? Well, apparently not, at least if you're a Guitar Hero fan. | |
Linux devotee tries to spread the word September 25, 2008 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Larry Cafiero is sitting in his cluttered office in the Santa Cruz Mountains looking nothing like a revolutionary. Friendly bearded face. Casual blue jeans. Comfy work shirt with the little penguin logo. | |
 Free Adeona service tracks stolen laptops September 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As college students head back to school with gleaming new laptops, some will, unfortunately, see the last of their machine in a library, cafeteria or dorm room. And it's not just college campuses ... | |
SKorea semiconductor exports fall October 05, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
South Korea, the world's top memory chip producer, suffered a drop in semiconductor exports for a third straight month in September amid a market glut and a slow US economy, data showed Sunday. | |
 Review: Lifestreaming sites can organize Web lives September 24, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(AP) -- Slowly but surely, my online life has spiraled out of control. Between posting photos on Flickr, updating my status on Facebook, blogging and commenting on and perusing various other sites, I'm having ... | |
The viability of hydrogen transportation markets: Chicken or egg? September 11, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Hydrogen may well be the new gasoline. But where's the nearest "gas" station where you can pull up and refuel your energy-efficient vehicle? Will hydrogen stations be strategically convenient—located on street corners and ... | |
 Probing Question: Will digital actors replace humans in Hollywood? September 25, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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They look like real actors, they walk like real actors, they talk like real actors. But with these stars there are no contentious contract negotiations or on-set meltdowns. They do exactly what the director ... | |
 Preventing forest fires with tree power: Sensor system runs on electricity generated by trees September 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT researchers and colleagues are working to find out whether energy from trees can power a network of sensors to prevent spreading forest fires. What they learn also could raise the possibility ... | |
 Japan's online social scene isn't so social September 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Like a lot of 20-year-olds, Kae Takahashi has a page on U.S.-based MySpace, and there is no mistaking it for anyone else's. It's got pictures of the funky Tokyoite modeling the clothes she designs ... | |
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