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Plastic Bag Paraglider…Scary!

Sunday, September 30, 2007

Cyril Mazibuko grew up in the shadows of the mountains. Born in a small kraal at the foot of the Drakensberg range in the southern part of the KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa, Cyril would often look up at the 3,000-meter basalt peaks, a playground for African paragliders. Enthralled, Cyril made a decision: He would [...]

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Asus: We’re Going to Hold Our Eee to Make It Betterer

Sunday, September 30, 2007

Asustek Computer will not release its already well-known Eee sub-notebooks this month, as previously planned, as the computer maker decided to improve functionality of the pre-installed software. Still, the world’s largest mainboard manufacturer intends to commercially launch the product no later than in November. More

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Oops! We Blew It Again!

Sunday, September 30, 2007

Springtails, mites, worms and plant life could help solve the mystery of Antarctica’s glacial history according to new research published in the journal Science. Scientists from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and Massey University New Zealand report that of the evolutionary history of Antarctica’s terrestrial plant and animal life does not reconcile with current reconstructions of [...]

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Graffiti Under Water

Sunday, September 30, 2007

More than 1,600 old New York City subway cars are destined for the deep where they will make up new artificial reefs off the Atlantic Coast. The MTA this week approved a $6.3 million contract to farm out the aging cars to reef projects off New Jersey, Delaware and other states, Newsday reported Saturday. More [...]

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Switch On No Contact Payments

Sunday, September 30, 2007

Contactless payments are one of those ideas that make instant sense—in theory. Instead of forcing people to stand in line, waiting to talk to/deal with a cashier, businesses can use a scanner that can read whatever card or phone is waved in front of it, and allow the customer to go on his or her [...]

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The Life and Times of Email

Sunday, September 30, 2007

10% of US employees say their company has used email to fire or lay off employees. And 17% indicated their boss used emails to avoid other difficult face-to-face conversations. 5% of respondents had been the recipient of a humiliating email that was copied to other individuals. More Yo mama is so low she could walk [...]

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LED Notebook Panel Production Getting Into Gear

Sunday, September 30, 2007

LCD panel makers in Taiwan and Korea are aggressively competing in the LED notebook panel market with the companies now eyeing 14.1-, 15.4- and even 17-inch widescreen notebook panel development using LED as backlighting sources, according to sources. The move of the panel makers is preparation in line with a push by downstream vendors. Taiwan [...]

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Gap Laptop Theft Exposed

Sunday, September 30, 2007

Gap Inc. said on Friday that a laptop storing personal information on 800,000 job applicants was “recently” stolen from the offices of a third-party vendor that manages job applicant data for the retailer. In a statement issued on Friday, GAP said that the third-party vendor, which was not identified, violated an agreement between the two [...]

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Nailing Down the Origins of the KGB

Sunday, September 30, 2007

DNA extracted from skeletal remains has shown that Neanderthals roamed some 2000 kilometres further east than previously thought. Researchers say the genetic sequence of an adolescent Neanderthal found in southern Siberia closely matches that of Neanderthals found in western Europe, suggesting that this close relative of modern humans migrated very long distances. More

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Shrinking Problems in the Xbox 360

Sunday, September 30, 2007

When it comes to computer processors, the advantages of a die-shrink are undeniable. For chip makers – and overclockers – a processor manufactured at a smaller process can open up more headroom for faster clock speeds, or decrease power consumption and cooling requirements. A die-shrink is a much-lauded happening in the computer world. For consoles, [...]

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Wishful Thinking

Sunday, September 30, 2007

Microsoft’s decision to let OEMs sell Windows XP for six additional months is the right move. But continued XP demand isn’t a knock against Windows Vista. Vista has gotten a bad rap, and Microsoft is partly to blame. In late 2003, Microsoft touted all the great—and, yes, truly innovative—features coming in Windows XP’s successor. Later, [...]

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Google: We Go Down More on US Users

Sunday, September 30, 2007

When it comes to global downtime, Google doesn’t seem to play favorites. Among 32 key countries Google plays in locally, its home country of the United States came in near the bottom, in position 26, with 31 minutes of downtime from Sept. 1, 2006, to Sept. 1, 2007, according to Web performance survey results released [...]

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And, Of Course, They Didn’t Factor in the BS Charge

Sunday, September 30, 2007

Apple Inc’s new iPod Nano portable music and video player boasts lower component costs than the previous version, market research firm iSuppli said on Wednesday. The bill of materials for the iPod Nano was $58.85 for the version with 4 gigabytes of flash memory and $82.85 for the model with 8 gigabytes of memory, iSuppli [...]

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Why Is This Surprising?

Sunday, September 30, 2007

Are male video game enthusiasts actually outnumbered by their female counterparts in the U.S.? Do most of the Xboxes, Wii’s and PlayStations in this country actually belong to women? Conventional wisdom would say no–but a new survey from JWT suggests otherwise. Of the more than 1,000 respondents to the Denizens of Digitivity survey, released last [...]

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