Handheld windmills serve as electric generators

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Small-scale windmill that can power a wireless sensor network. Credit: Myers, et al.

It’s not quite nanotechnology, but these inches-long windmills can generate small amounts of electric energy to power a variety of low-voltage applications. Since they’re made entirely of plastic, they cost just dollars to manufacture, offering potential for many uses including battery recharging, lighting in remote areas, and wireless sensors.

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Terra gets Olympic Internet rights

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(AP) -- Internet company Terra says it has been awarded Internet and mobile rights to transmit the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Latin America.

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(AP) -- Two teenagers who drove to Oniontown after a series of YouTube videos portrayed the hamlet as a run-down, backwoods dump were pelted with rocks by an angry group of young residents, authorities said.

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European researchers have developed affordable test suites that businesses can use to check whether their software will work with the next-generation internet.

Internet addressing agency loses its own addresses

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(AP) -- This doesn't sound good: The nonprofit agency in charge of the Internet's addresses recently lost track of its own.

Court orders YouTube to give Viacom video logs

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(AP) -- Dismissing privacy concerns, a federal judge overseeing a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit against YouTube has ordered the popular online video-sharing service to disclose who watches which ...

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