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HP recalls laptop batteries over fire hazard

Electronics / Hardware

created May 14, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Hewlett-Packard (HP) is recalling some 70,000 batteries for notebook computers because of a fire hazard, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said on Thursday.





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Financial instruments could be spiked with unfindable risks

Financial instruments could be spiked with unfindable risks

Other Sciences / Economics

created 11 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a result that may have implications for financial regulation, researchers from computer science and economics have revealed potentially impenetrable problems with the pricing of financial ...


Physicists propose quantum entanglement for motion of microscopic objects

Physics / Quantum Physics

created 14 hours ago | popularity 4.1 / 5 (9) | comments 8

Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have proposed a new paradigm that should allow scientists to observe quantum behavior in small mechanical systems.


How could Santa know if you've been good or bad?

How could Santa know if you've been good or bad?

Technology / Computer Sciences

created 15 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- By using technology to detect guilty expressions, of course. CSIRO is using automated expression recognition technology to tell whether someone is in pain and, according to computer scientist, ...


Silicon technology offers extended X-ray vision of high-energy cosmos

Silicon technology offers extended X-ray vision of high-energy cosmos

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created 16 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- As elements of the integrated circuits running our computers, phones and electronics, silicon wafers are everywhere. An ESA-led effort is establishing an out-of-this-world use for these ...


Putting the squeeze on data

Putting the squeeze on data

Technology / Computer Sciences

created 16 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Data compression is one of the fundamental research areas in computer science, letting information systems do more with less. It’s the reason the iPod nano can hold thousands of songs instead ...


Web retailers extend shipping deadlines (AP)

Christmas Web sales spike after snowstorm

Technology / Business

created 18 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Stores in the snow-battered East Coast may have been sparse this weekend, but shoppers kept spending online. Retailers spurred sales with new discounts and shipping offers to make sure gifts arrive ...


Nokia Booklet 3G

Netbooks start raising the stakes

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The standard desktop computer is about as popular as swine flu these days, with all the major innovations happening in the laptop and netbook segment.


Panasonic Starts Mass-Production of High-Capacity 3.1 Ah Lithium-ion Battery

Technology / Energy

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Panasonic Corporation developed a 18650-type high-capacity 3.1 Ah lithium-ion battery and began mass production of the battery this December. The new 3.1 Ah battery has a nickel positive electrode and an energy density of ...


Analysts warn that FTC suit could damage Intel

Technology / Business

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

The Federal Trade Commission's lawsuit against Intel Wednesday -- the most far-reaching in a string of recent regulatory actions -- poses a huge threat to the Santa Clara, Calif., chip giant and could reshape the semiconductor ...


New Intel products to be launched in January

Next-generation Intel products to be launched in January; Include first 32-nm Core i3, i5 processors

Electronics / Hardware

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (12) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Intel has announced it will launch over two dozen new products next month, including new processors, chipsets, and a number of wireless components.



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