 China to launch controversial maglev extension in 2010 August 18, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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China plans to launch a controversial project to extend Shanghai's magnetic levitation train in 2010 after deferring it for years amid radiation concerns, reports by state media said. | |
 Energy Storage For Hybrid Vehicles August 14, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Hybrid technology combines the advantages of combustion engines and electric motors. Scientists are developing high-performance energy storage units, a prerequisite for effective hybrid motors. | |
 Wikipedia founder aims to break Google stranglehold August 14, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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Watch out Google -- Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales hopes that Wikia Search, a project he spearheads, will break Google's domination as the world's most widely used Internet search engine. | |
Some eBay sellers frustrated with rule changes 8 hours ago | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Some people who sell things on eBay are fed up with new rules the company has been imposing in hopes of making the auction site more attractive to online shoppers. Now even more changes are coming in the next few ... | |
 Swiss companies to build world's highest solar power station August 15, 2008 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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Swiss companies are planning to build the world's highest solar power station in the country's southern Alpine region, one of the project developers, electricity group BKW FMB, said on Friday. | |
Analog TV shutdown kills free cell-phone TV August 18, 2008 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Picture whipping out your cell phone and catching up with "Lost" or "Jeopardy," or watching the local 11 o'clock news, all for free. You can do this with an imported Chinese phone, but you can't with any phone sold ... | |
Microsoft file format approved as ISO standard August 16, 2008 | User rating: 2.8 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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(AP) -- The format used by Microsoft Corp.'s Office 2007 programs to save documents will become an international standard after appeals against the move failed to gather sufficient support, the International Organization ... | |
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