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Sony opens up e-book Reader to other booksellers

Jul 24, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

(AP) -- With the market for electronic books still relatively sleepy, Sony Corp. is trying a new tack: untethering the latest model of its e-book reading device from its own online bookstore.


Research puts finger on virtual iPhone button

Jul 22, 2008 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 12 vote(s) | pda version

(PhysOrg.com) -- A virtual tactile keyboard could hold the key to making the iPhone easier to use.


Scholars plan to reunite ancient Bible -- online

Jul 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 14 vote(s) | pda version

(AP) -- The oldest surviving copy of the New Testament, a 4th century version that had its Gospels and epistles spread across the world, is being made whole again - online.


Analysis finds TV buyers steered to costlier LCDs

Jul 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | pda version

(AP) -- LCD or plasma? If you've been shopping for a flat-panel TV, that's the big question. According to a mystery-shopper survey, electronics salespeople don't know much about the differences, but still have a ready answer: ...


Ousted AOL chief Miller could guide Yahoo strategy

Jul 21, 2008 | User rating: 1 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

(AP) -- Given that he was ousted from the top job at a struggling AOL, Jonathan F. Miller might not seem a natural candidate to advise its Internet rival Yahoo Inc. But Miller was instrumental in transforming ...


Ancient Egyptian boat to be excavated, reassembled

Jul 20, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | pda version

(AP) -- Archaeologists will excavate hundreds of fragments of an ancient Egyptian wooden boat entombed in an underground chamber next to Giza's Great Pyramid and try to reassemble the craft, Egyptologists ...


Researchers use salmonella to administer vaccines

Jul 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University have made a major step forward in their work to develop a biologically engineered organism that can effectively deliver an ...


Advertisers' dream as Japanese display identifies customers

Jul 18, 2008 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 11 vote(s) | pda version

A new high-tech Japanese electronic display can instantly identify people's sex or age range and target them with advertisements to suit them, maker NEC Corp. said Friday.


GM researches high-tech windshields to aid vision

Jul 17, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 9 vote(s) | pda version

(AP) -- When Coke bottle glasses just won't cut it for safe driving, a futuristic windshield might do the trick. General Motors Corp. researchers are working on a windshield that combines lasers, infrared ...


Scientists create touch-based illusion

Jul 17, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 10 vote(s) | pda version

Anyone who has seen an optical illusion can recall the quirky moment when you realize that the image being perceived is different from objective reality. Now, a team of scientists from MIT, Harvard and McGill has designed ...


Lenovo Launches Complete PC Solution for Small Businesses with New ThinkPad SL Notebooks

Jul 15, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

Lenovo today unveiled a complete computing solution for small-to-medium business (SMB) users that includes the new SL series of ThinkPad notebooks, value-added software and unique new services. The trio of ...


Google-Yahoo tie-up draws fire on Capitol Hill

Jul 15, 2008 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

A proposed online advertising tie-up between Google and Yahoo drew fire at a Senate antitrust hearing Tuesday even as both companies defended the alliance as positive for consumers and businesses.


Freeing light shines promise on energy-efficient lighting

Jul 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 36 vote(s) | pda version

(PhysOrg.com) -- The latest bright idea in energy-efficient lighting for homes and offices uses big science in nano-small packages to dim the future Edison's light bulb.


Japanese team developing palm-held 3D display

Jul 14, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 48 vote(s) | pda version

Researchers in Japan are developing a gadget that could enable people to hold a three-dimensional image of someone in the palm of their hand.


Hospital error blamed for more infant overdoses

Jul 12, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

(AP) -- The case of 14 babies who received accidental overdoses while in intensive care has raised new questions about how a common blood-thinning medication could be given to infants repeatedly in the wrong ...


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