Grad student invents gravity lamp

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A U.S. graduate student won second place in a "Greener Gadgets Conference" competition inventing a floor lamp powered by gravity.


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Grids get down to business

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(PhysOrg.com) -- New technology developed by European researchers allows companies to deploy their business processes using grid computing and, even better, it validates a platform that gives easy access to grid resources. ...

UK university holds artificial intelligence test

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(AP) -- Computers argued, cracked jokes and parried trick questions, all part of an annual test of artificial intelligence carried out at the University of Reading.

Qimonda sells Inotera stake, cutting 3,000 jobs

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(AP) -- German memory-chip maker Qimonda AG is cutting 3,000 jobs and selling its stake in Inotera - a joint venture with Taiwan's Nanya Technology Corp. - to Micron Technology Inc. for $400 million.

MySpace gives little guys online ad muscle

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MySpace on Monday unleashed a tool to let small operators with tight budgets easily target online advertising to preferred demographics on the world's leading social networking website.

India's humble rickshaw goes solar

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A state-of-the-art, solar powered version of the humble cycle-rickshaw promises to offer a solution to urban India's traffic woes, chronic pollution and fossil fuel dependence, as well as an escape from backbreaking ...