Archive: 05/20/2009
Not an easy time to pick a computer
If you're shopping for a computer now, it may feel like purgatory.
May 20, 2009 |
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Ford's last-minute cold feet put emissions deal at risk
It had taken weeks of hardball negotiations, but by Sunday afternoon White House officials thought everything was falling into place. In less than 48 hours they would unveil a landmark deal with U.S. automakers to impose ...
May 20, 2009 |
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Microsoft ordered to pay $200 mln in patent case
A jury in the US state of Texas ordered US computer software giant Microsoft on Wednesday to pay 200 million dollars to a Canadian company for patent infringement.
May 20, 2009 |
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Old fashioned bartering in a high tech world
I'm curious to see how something like this works out. TheSmarterBarter.com is launching a new Web-based bartering system that pledges to help people who want to trade things find other like-minded people.
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Can a mop fight swine flu? Docs say probably not
(AP) -- In scores of schools across the United States, the mop has been the weapon of choice in the fight against swine flu. Schools from New York to California have spent days disinfecting desks and tables after cases of ...
May 20, 2009 |
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Will Twitter boost users' taste for coffee brand?
The 150-year-old coffee brand has tapped into new technology to market itself.
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Smart phones become tiny boom boxes
If you've visited a major city during the past decade, you've surely seen the people riding the train or walking the streets with a content but glazed look on their faces, seemingly oblivious to everything around them.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
May 20, 2009 |
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Googlefail! The Web reacts to virtual traffic jam
What would life be like without Google? Last week 83 million people found out.
May 20, 2009 |
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New memory material may hold data for one billion years
(PhysOrg.com) -- Packing more digital images, music, and other data onto silicon chips in USB drives and smart phones is like squeezing more strawberries into the same size supermarket carton. The denser you ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 20, 2009 |
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Long-sought way to make 'nano-raspberries' may fight foggy windows, eyeglasses
In an advance toward preventing car windshields and eyeglasses from fogging up, researchers in China are reporting development of a new way to make raspberry-shaped nanoparticles that can give glass a permanent ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 20, 2009 |
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Stronger material for filling dental cavities has ingredients from human body
Scientists in Canada and China are reporting development of a new dental filling material that substitutes natural ingredients from the human body for controversial ingredients in existing “composite,” or ...
May 20, 2009 |
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An advance in solving the mysterious machine-workers' disease
Scientists in Ohio are reporting a long-awaited advance toward making the workplace safer for more than one million machinists in the United States who may be exposed to disease-causing bacteria in contaminated ...
May 20, 2009 |
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Craigslist strikes back, files suit
Craigslist announced Wednesday that it had filed suit against a state attorney general who has threatened criminal charges against the online classifieds site in a dispute over "erotic services" ads.
May 20, 2009 |
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Police look for mom, son who fled to avoid chemo
(AP) -- A courtroom clash between medicine and faith took a criminal turn, with police around the country on the lookout Wednesday for a Minnesota mother who fled with her cancer-stricken 13-year-old son ...
May 20, 2009 |
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NebuAd closing doors after Internet privacy woes
(AP) -- NebuAd Inc., a company that sought to target ads to consumers based on their online behavior, is going out of business after facing scrutiny over whether its technology infringed on the privacy of Internet surfers.
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