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Toyota plug-in hybrid to have lithium-ion battery
Toyota is introducing a plug-in hybrid with next-generation lithium-ion batteries in Japan, the United States and Europe by 2010, under a widespread strategy to be green outlined yesterday.
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HP rolls out touch-screen PCs
Shaun Nichols in California, vnunet.com , Thursday 12 June 2008 at 10:23:00 New desktop and notebook models HP has unveiled 16 new notebook models along with a line of touch-screen PCs. The TouchSmart PCs are designed to function as "post-traditional computers" and multimedia devices....
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Google’s co-founder, Sergey Brin, to fly into space in 2011
One of the founding fathers of internet giant Google, a native of the USSR, Sergey Brin, intends to fly to the International Space Station as a tourist in 2011. Brin has already wired $5 million to Space Adventures.
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Sergey Brin books trip to space
Google co-founder Sergey Brin has made a down payment of $5m to book a trip to the International Space Station.
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HP rolls out touch-screen PCs
HP has unveiled 16 new notebook models along with a line of touch-screen PCs.
VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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Florida man, 46, facing charge of assaulting girl
A 46-year-old Florida man faces charges that he sexually assaulted the 11-year-old daughter of a Ripon woman he met over the Internet.
Fond du Lac Reporter |
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Recent Original Stories
Taiwanese integrator E-Way Technology Systems is shipping a tiny, 200MHz x86-compatible mini PC for USD 99, in single quantities. The TU-40 is passively cooled, comes with 128MB of RAM, and can run lightweight versions of Linux , such as Puppy, the company says.
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Brillion recovers burglary items
BRILLION Police have recovered $2,500 worth of items taken from the high school and two grocery stores, but said several thousand dollars worth of other items were sold at an Internet auction site.
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Microsoft BioIT Alliance Health Editors/Science Editors/Technology Editors
(AP:CAMBRIDGE, England--) (BUSINESS WIRE) _ Jun. 12, 2008--Linguamatics Ltd, a leader in enterprise text mining for the life science and other markets, today announced that it has joined the Microsoft BioIT Alliance, an association of life science organizations and informatics companies whose focus is to enhance collaboration and accelerate the pace of drug discovery and development.
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Microsoft's Surface is the talk of Vegas
According to AP, Microsoft's touch-screen computers are being used to give Sin City punters high-tech tools for flirting and concocting cocktails. Harrah's Entertainment has installed six customised Surface computers at its Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.
The Inquirer |
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AMD suspends several Phenom-family desktop CPUs until 45nm generation
AMD originally planned to launch two 65nm dual-core Phenom-family processors codenamed Kuma for the desktop PC market in May or June this year, however the company has recently suspended the plans and will let its Athlon X2 5600B processor cover the market until the company enters 45nm production, according to sources at motherboard makers.
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China denies hacking U.S. lawmakers' computers
BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Thursday dismissed accusations from two United States lawmakers that it had hacked their office computers as alarmist and unfounded.
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Quanta shipping Portege G810 smartphones to Toshiba
Quanta Computer recently began shipping Portege G810 Windows Mobile-based smartphones to Toshiba, helping Quanta regain its footing as it looks to compete in the global smartphone market with the likes of High Tech Computer (HTC) and Asustek Computer, according to market sources.
Digi Times |
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B&T auction set to run as hopes for MBO fade
An online auction of Butler and Tanner's assets is set to go ahead at the end of the month, according to the company's administrators, as hopes of a counter-bid fade.
PrintWeek |
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Whitehall official suspended for leaving Middle East files on train
Highly classified intelligence documents on al-Qaida and Iraq found on a seat
Guardian Unlimited |
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Library Briefs
Saturday sale includes computer equipment
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C-Media aims to be Eee PC component supplier
C-Media said it expects its digital amplifier and USB speaker solutions will likely be introduced into the Eee PC series in the future, with the company noting Asustek Computer is already implementing C-Media devices into some of its products.,
Digi Times |
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Iranian Simulation
June 12, 2008: Iranian engineers have created a computer simulator for its F-4 fighter pilots. Iran bought 225 F-4 Phantom jets in the 1970s, and several dozen are still operational. Spare parts are obtained via a smuggling network, with some of the less complex parts manufactured inside Iran.
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HP launches new generation touch-feel PCs
BERLIN, GERMANY: Hewlett-Packard, the world's biggest computer maker, launched a new generation of PCs that respond to users tapping or stroking the screen, potentially bringing user-friendly computing to the masses.
CIOL |
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Japan and France Agree to Closer Ties on Cybercrime
Japanese and French government ministers agreed at a meeting in Tokyo on Thursday to work more closely on cybercrime.
PC World via Yahoo! News |
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Top-secret UK papers left on train
The police opened an investigation on Wednesday after secret intelligence assessments of al-Qaida and Iraq's security forces were left on...
Seattle Times |
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Four PS3 bundles for Europe
Sony Computer Entertainment have announced four brand new PlayStation 3 bundles for Europe, following in the wake of the Metal Gear Solid 4 pack, which will no doubt go down a treat.
Ferrago.co.uk |
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Police hunt teens who stole laptop computer
Police from three departments searched on foot and by air Wednesday for two teens who broke into a Palos Park home and stole a laptop computer.
SouthtownStar |
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Autodesk sees growing outsourced design market in RP
MANILA, Philippines -- Software maker Autodesk is counting on the global infrastructure boom in getting more business out of local companies that provide outsourced engineering and design services.
Philippine Daily Inquirer |
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Thank You For Helping Us To Win £150,000 Prize, Diabetes UK
Diabetes UK has won a top prize worth £150,000 by triumphing in the Everyclick.com Charity Challenge - with your help. Everyclick.com is a search engine that gives money to charity every time you search. We raised the most money in our category during the three-month challenge by inspiring all staff and supporters to use Everyclick.
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