 BMW will test electric Mini models for California market July 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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German luxury carmaker BMW has said it is preparing to launch an electric Mini test series, following similar ventures by its main competitors. | |
Crowd-powered NowPublic news site buys rumor website July 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Virtual news-gathering website NowPublic said Thursday it has bought rumor-backing Truemors to go beyond eye witness accounts to exposing developments "bubbling under the hood." | |
 New Italian museum offers 3D virtual tour of ancient city July 09, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Visitors to Herculaneum, destroyed along with Pompeii in the 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius, can now take a 3D virtual tour recreating life in the ancient Roman town. | |
Yang accuses Microsoft of trying to destabilize Yahoo: report July 09, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Yahoo founder and chief executive Jerry Yang accused Microsoft of trying to destabilize Yahoo with no genuine intent to buy the company, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. | |
 Internet flaw could let hackers take over the Web (Update) July 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 42 vote(s)
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Computer industry heavyweights are hustling to fix a flaw in the foundation of the Internet that would let hackers control traffic on the World Wide Web. | |
 GM to build world's biggest rooftop solar station in Spain July 08, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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US automaker General Motors said Tuesday it will equip the roof of its factory in Zaragoza in northeastern Spain with solar panels to create the world's largest rooftop source of power from the sun. | |
 Matsushita Electric Works says it has developed eco-friendly lamp July 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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Japan's Matsushita Electric Works Ltd. said Tuesday it had developed a fluorescent lamp that does not use mercury or a gas-discharging process. | |
 Wikipedia opens online library on human genes July 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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A group of US researchers laid out the foundations Monday for a new online library on human genetics stored within the existing framework of open-access encyclopedia Wikipedia. | |
 Microsoft would reopen Yahoo talks with new board: Icahn July 07, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Microsoft said Monday it was willing to reopen talks on a "major transaction" with Yahoo if the Internet giant replaces its board of directors. | |
 Toyota to equip Prius with solar panels: report July 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 34 vote(s)
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Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. plans to add solar panels to its popular Prius hybrid early next year to power the vehicle's air conditioning, a newspaper report said on Monday. | |
Swedish appeals court tries Ericsson officials for fraud: report July 06, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Five officials in Sweden from mobile phone operator Ericsson are suspected of defrauding several billion kronor (millions of euros), Swedish agency TT reported on Sunday. | |
IBM buys Platform Solutions, ending dueling lawsuits July 03, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
IBM announced on Wednesday that it has bought Platform Solutions Inc., acquiring its California rival's technology and ending lawsuits which the firms had filed against each other. | |
 New media turn Beijing Olympics into e-Games July 02, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
When Coroebus of Elis won the first Olympic sprint in 776 BC, the result was scratched on to parchment and read out in market places in the following days and weeks. | |
 Japan firms step up mobile security after stabbing rampage July 02, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Japanese mobile telephone content providers are setting up safeguards to protect young people amid shock after a disgruntled young man used his phone to document his plans for a stabbing rampage. | |
Microsoft acquires semantic search firm Powerset July 02, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Microsoft on Tuesday announced it is buying Powerset, a firm which specializes in interpreting the intent of people's Internet searches instead of matching specific words they use. | |
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