 ZPower claims its silver-zinc batteries last 40% longer than lithium-ion October 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 29 vote(s)
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A company called ZPower has designed batteries with silver- and zinc-based electrodes that it says will offer up to 40% more computer time per charge than today´s lithium-ion batteries. Consumers won´t have ... | |
EU proposes increased rights for Internet shoppers October 08, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- The European Commission wants to give Internet shoppers more rights and better protection, in an effort to boost Internet shopping across the continent and provide consumers with more competitive prices. | |
Google gets into video games -- with ads October 08, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(AP) -- Google Inc., the leader in online search and advertising, is muscling in on video game territory - though it won't exactly be in the form of a shoot 'em up game. | |
YouTube flips switch on new sales channel October 07, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Online video leader YouTube has opened up its version of a home shopping network in its latest effort to wring more revenue from its massive audience and justify the $1.76 billion that Google Inc. paid for the site ... | |
 Gadget sales thrive during economic storm: CEA October 07, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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The Consumer Electronics Association said Tuesday that sales of gadgets are thriving as people hunker down in their homes to weather the brutal economic storm battering world markets. | |
MySpace, HP in deal to encourage photo printing October 07, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Among all the profiles on MySpace, the social networking site's users have uploaded almost 4 billion photos. Now through an agreement with Hewlett-Packard Co., MySpace hopes people will increasingly print these images ... | |
Fabless future: Struggling AMD spins off factories October 07, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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(AP) -- For years, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s scrappy image was best summed up by an insult that founder Jerry Sanders lobbed against rivals: "Real men have fabs." | |
'Mail Goggles' might prevent e-mail regrets October 07, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Here's the scenario: It's Friday night, and what began as an innocent happy-hour margarita morphed into a few pitchers. After all, those tacos were salty. | |
Ads to the rescue as distraction from root canals October 07, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(AP) -- Talk about your captive audience. Advertising is coming to the dentist's chair in the form of personal video goggles that patients wear while getting their cleaning or root canal. | |
Hack-a-vote: Students learn how vulnerable electronic voting really is October 07, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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This week undergraduate and graduate students in an advanced computer security course at Rice University in Houston are learning hands-on just how easy it is to wreak havoc on computer software used in today's voting machines. | |
 Robot suit for rent in Japan to help people walk October 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 31 vote(s)
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(AP) -- A robotic suit that reads brain signals and helps people with mobility problems will be available to rent in Japan for $2,200 a month starting Friday - an invention that may have far-reaching benefits ... | |
 Facebook co-founder leaves for new venture October 07, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The college roommate who helped Mark Zuckerberg start Facebook is leaving the fast-growing social networking website in a matter of weeks to create a new Internet technology firm. | |
AMD to spin off factories in bid to save money October 07, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(AP) -- In a move to dramatically cut costs and better compete with Intel Corp., chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said Tuesday it will spin off its factories into a new joint venture with investors in the Persian Gulf ... | |
Judge orders RealNetworks to pull copying software October 07, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- RealNetworks Inc. said Monday it had temporarily stopped distributing its DVD copying software, RealDVD, at a federal judge's request in a copyright case brought by Hollywood studios. | |
 Ford feature will let parents set limits for teens October 07, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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(AP) -- So you think junior is a little too lead-footed when he drives the family car? Starting next year, Ford Motor Co. will give you the power to do something about it. | |
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