Devices locate kids, parents find peace of mind
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Oct 05, 2009 |
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(AP) -- With a computer or cell phone and an electronic tracking device, you can locate a missing pet, follow the path of a stolen car, find a skier buried in an avalanche and rescue a hiker lost in the woods.
Probing Question: Where are all the cool robots?
Oct 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For the better part of a century, they’ve promised us robots. From Elektro, the 7-foot metal man of the 1939 World’s Fair, to Rosie the robot maid on "The Jetsons" to the android lieutenant ...
NVIDIA Unveils Next Generation CUDA GPU Architecture -- Codenamed 'Fermi'
Oct 01, 2009 |
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NVIDIA Corp. today introduced its next generation CUDA GPU architecture, codenamed "Fermi". An entirely new ground-up design, the "Fermi" architecture is the foundation for the world’s first computational graphics processing ...
Polaroid PoGo brings instant printing to the digital age
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Oct 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Polaroid, founded in 1937 by American physicist Edwin H. Land, invented instant photographic printing. Its first instant film camera went on sale in November 1948, but in February 2008 the ...
Gadgets: 'Drop-and-go' Duracell pad makes charging some gadgets easier
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Sep 30, 2009 |
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People who regularly visit my house often want to see what's the latest and greatest new cool electronic item on the market today.
Predictive simulation successes on Dawn supercomputer
Sep 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The 500-teraFLOPS Advanced Simulation and Computing program's Sequoia Initial Delivery System (Dawn), an IBM machine of the same lineage as BlueGene/L, has immediately proved itself useful ...
Samsung Announces AMOLED 12M Camera Phone
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Sep 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Samsung Electronics today announced the launch of the ‘Samsung AMOLED 12M’ (Model Name: SCH-W880), the world’s first 12-megapixel camera phone with a 3-times optical zoom lens. The phone will ...
LG Unveils LG GD510 Touchscreen Phone (w/ Video)
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Sep 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- LG Electronics today unveiled the LG GD510, or more simply, "Pop", the most compact 3-inch full touchscreen phone ever made. The LG GD510 is the handset people who want a simple touchscreen ...
NXP Introduces Intelligent Switches Supporting HDMI 1.4
Sep 30, 2009 |
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NXP Semiconductors today unveiled intelligent switches supporting the new HDMI 1.4 specification released in June 2009.
AT&T to sell satellite phone from TerreStar
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Sep 30, 2009 |
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(AP) -- AT&T Inc. plans to sell a satellite phone from TerreStar Corp. that can place calls even in the deep wilderness or at sea, the carrier said Wednesday.
Dell's Latitude Z introduces wireless charging (w/ Video)
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Sep 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Dell has introduced its new ultra-thin Latitude Z laptop with the world's first wireless laptop battery charger.
T-Mobile to sell Motorola Android phone Oct. 19
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Sep 29, 2009 |
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(AP) -- T-Mobile USA plans to start selling the first phone from Motorola that uses Google's software on Oct. 19.
AT&T to start selling Garmin nuvifone in October
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Sep 29, 2009 |
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(AP) -- After more than a year of delays, Garmin Ltd.'s GPS unit/wireless device hybrid nuvifone is finally going on sale in the U.S.
ASUS Unveils First TUF Series Motherboard
Sep 29, 2009 |
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ASUS today unveiled the first motherboard in its newly-developed "TUF" (The Ultimate Force) Series, the SABERTOOTH 55i.
Preparing your iPhone for international travel
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Sep 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- An inventory for a trip to a tropical beach could read like this:
