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LCD TV makers see price cut in 2007 Stuff.co.nz - LG Electronics and Sharp have said they expected prices of flat LCD television sets to drop by 20-30 per cent or more in 2007 amid overproduction and cost reductions. Flat screens prices to drop 20 to 30 percent Sharp goes big and boastful with 52-, 46-, 42-inch Aquos LCDs |
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anthemaniac writes “Space.com reports that the American Astronomical Unions Division of Planetary Scientists recognizes the IAU’s authority to make a new planet defintion but expects it to be altered. Separately, 300 astronomers have signed a petition saying they won’t use the definition. All this stems from the discontent over how only 424 astronomers voted on the proposal that demoted Pluto. Looks like this little dog is on the comeback trail.”
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 Earthtimes.org |
Google Offers Free Full PDF Book Downloads DailyTech - Google today began offering downloads for non-copyrighted books in PDF format, which allows readers to read the content on an ebook device and/or print the books out. Google Enabling Free Downloads Of Old Books Update: Google confirms free book download service |
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Lockheed Martin chosen to build lunar vessel Independent Online - Washington – Nasa has picked a group led by United States aerospace giant Lockheed Martin to build a new spacecraft that will take astronauts back to the moon, the space agency said on Thursday. NASA picks Lockheed to build shuttle replacement Lockheed beats Northrop to $3.9 billion NASA contract |
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 Techworld.com |
Nokia N80 Internet Edition In September Gizmodo.com - Nokia plans to release an upgraded version of its N80 smartphone this September that's been christened the N80 Internet Edition. Nokia's answer to the Treo Nokia unveils N80 multimedia phone |
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| Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 Beta 2 Released Redmondmag.com - Try saying this three times quickly: Microsoft is shipping Beta 2 of Virtual Server 2005 Release 2 Service Pack 1. The company made the Beta 2 code available for download on Thursday. Microsoft Adds AMD to Virtual Server Microsoft Updates Virtual Server 2005 |
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Celestial send-off Columbia Daily Tribune - Pluto is dead, at least to a group of local astronomers who held a mock funeral last night for the recently demoted planet. John Winegar examines a makeshift memorial … So long Pluto, we hardly knew ya The planetary name game |
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 Earthtimes.org |
Yahoo launches Go for Mobile on Windows phones Bizjournals.com - Yahoo Inc. on Wednesday launched an expanded Go for Mobile service that can be downloaded onto Windows Mobile-powered phones. Sunnyvale-based Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) said users with phones such as the Motorola Q can now use the service. Yahoo mobile service to be on Windows smartphones Yahoo services available on Windows-based cellphones |
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HOUSTON, TX—Executives attending a special conference in the VIP Room of Ajax Gentleman’s Club responded positively and expressed general…
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Disagreement Continues Over Defining Planet New York Times - More than 300 scientists have signed a petition protesting the definition of “planet” decided by the International Astronomical Union last week. Pluto: Down But Maybe Not Out Pluto in the Cosmic Doghouse |
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| eBay, Amazon take heat on privacy practices CNET News.com - The Net giants incur the wrath of Privacy International, and eBay draws the attention of the UK's Information Commissioner. UK watchdog group Privacy International has sparked an inquiry into eBay's handling … Privacy group challenges eBay over customers' bank details Privacy group says eBay breaches Data Protection Act |
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NASA will try to launch space shuttle next Wednesday Houston Chronicle - After a weakened Ernesto storm system left the Kennedy Space Center undamaged, NASA made plans to launch the shuttle Atlantis on Wednesday on its delayed assembly mission to the international space station. Atlantis launch date named Shuttle launch set for next Wednesday |
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 Pocket-lint.co.uk |
High-definition DVD market facing static Reuters - Hollywood is hoping high-definition DVDs will reignite a slowing market for movies at home, but they have drawn mixed reviews from retailers and analysts due to technical issues and a bitter format war. Blu-ray brings Hollywood to Berlin 20th Century-Fox will finally join Warner, releasing Blu-ray … |
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Lockheed wins huge Nasa contract Bangkok Post - Lockheed Martin Corp won the first major contract Thursday for a new era of US space exploration, kicking off an ambitious effort to return humans to the moon and one day launch them to Mars. Lockheed Martin Wins NASA Moon Contract Lockheed Wins NASA Spacecraft Award, Beating Northrop-Led Team |
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iPod Robot Dances on Sale Red Herring - The iPod obsessed have another toy: Japanese Robot maker ZMP rolled out an iPod-playing robot on wheels to the Tokyo market on Thursday, according to a report. Miuro Turns iPods Into Dancing Robots Robot roams, dances to beat of iPod |
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Toreo asesino writes “There has been lots of debate in the past few days over Microsoft’s plan to make the startup sound in Windows Vista something that can’t be specifically silenced by changing the sound settings in the control panel. Users would be able to avoid hearing it by manually turning down the speaker volume, but then they would have to turn that volume back up to hear anything else.”
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Teams vie for huge spacecraft contract BusinessWeek - AUG. 31 12:05 PM ET The contractor teams vying to build the Orion vehicle, which NASA hopes will take astronauts back to the moon, include a who's who of industry titans, and at least two companies will benefit … More Moon landings a step closer NASA picks Lockheed to build shuttle replacement |
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AP – MTV has managed to find entertainment in Ozzy Osbourne taking out the trash and Mariah Carey touring her house. On Thursday night, they hoped to squeeze a few more drops out of celebrity navel gazing.
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PhysOrg.com |
More Moon landings a step closer Times Online - America’s dream of putting men on the Moon again took a giant leap forward with Lockheed Martin, the US defence contractor, gaining the $8 billion contract to build the Orion space capsule for Nasa. Aerojet part of new space shuttle team NASA picks Lockheed Martin as builder of new spacecraft Orion |
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| Watchdog to investigate eBay over data privacy allegations Guardian Unlimited - Internet auction site eBay is facing an investigation over claims it is breaking data protection laws. Britain's privacy watchdog, the Information Commissioner's Office, is looking into complaints that eBay … eBay, Amazon take heat on privacy practices ICO fires data registration warning |
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Flat screens prices to drop 20 to 30 percent MSNBC - BERLIN – LG Electronics and Sharp Corp. said they expected prices of flat LCD television sets to drop by 20 to 30 percent or more in 2007 amid overproduction and cost reductions. Sharp goes big and boastful with 52-, 46-, 42-inch Aquos LCDs Sharp and Sony to push 52-inch LCD TVs |
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Space Shuttle Atlantis launch reset for Wednesday Monsters and Critics.com - Washington – NASA rescheduled its next space shuttle launch for Wednesday after a delay to wait out a tropical storm, the second time the mission was postponed. Space shuttle Atlantis launch set for Sept. 6 Atlantis launch date named |
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| Microsoft Adds AMD to Virtual Server BetaNews - Microsoft's Virtual Server product is getting support for AMD's virtualization technology with an upcoming service pack, the company announced Thursday. Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 Beta 2 Released Now Playing at Microsoft: Intel And AMD |
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AP – SAN FRANCISCO — Electronic Arts Inc. said Thursday that sales of its latest “Madden” football video game grossed more than $100 million in its first week, the biggest launch in the franchise’s 17-year history and the latest sign of an improving outlook for the industry.
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| Now Playing at Microsoft: Intel And AMD InternetNews.com - Microsoft Corp. (Quote, Chart) today trotted out the second beta of Windows Server Virtual Server 2005 service pack 1 (SP1), a version that supports virtualization features on AMD (Quote, Chart) and Intel processors. Microsoft Updates Virtual Server 2005 Microsoft Adds AMD to Virtual Server |
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NASA picks builder for lunar spacecraft ABC Online - NASA says it has picked a group led by US aerospace giant Lockheed Martin Corporation to build a new spacecraft that will take astronauts back to the moon. Lockheed Martin to build future moonship Lockheed Wins Job of Building Next Spaceship |
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Aerojet part of new space shuttle team Bizjournals.com - Aerojet-General Corp. stands to benefit from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's selection Thursday of Lockheed Martin Corp. Lockheed Wins NASA Spacecraft Award, Beating Northrop-Led Team Teams vie for huge spacecraft contract |
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Japanese robot adds speakers-on-wheels to iPod Mainichi Daily News - President of ZMP Hisashi Taniguchi and Kenwood President Haruo Kawahara hold the Miuro robot at it's launch in Tokyo Aug. 31, 2006. Robot Roams, Dances to Beat of iPod Japanese build robot iPods on wheels |
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Google alliances do not come with 'non-compete' clauses ZDNet - Google CEO Eric Schmidt has become a member of Apple’s Board of Directors to help “guide Apple in the years ahead.”. It is the paramount duty of the Board of Directors to oversee the CEO and other senior … Man from Google joins Apple's board Yet another Apple/Sun merger rumor (and CNN radio mic oopsy) |
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| ICO fires data registration warning VNUNet.com - Firms were warned last year that if they did not register with the information commissioner under the terms of the Data Protection Act, they faced fines and prosecution. Watchdog to investigate eBay over data privacy allegations EBay Faces Accusation Over Data Retention |
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Earlier today Slashdot took a look at a change being implemented on the German version of Wikipedia which raised quite a few eyebrows. Many of the implications, however, led the readers to believe things that just are not necessarily true. Wikipedia founder Jimmy ‘Jimbo’ Wales took a minute to help set the record straight. Jimbo writes: “Recent media reports have been quite confused about the new feature we will be testing in the German Wikipedia. Some explanation is in order. Wikipedia is undergoing change. The fundamental nature of that change, the fundamental trend of that change, is to open up more than before, and to become more of a wiki than ever before. If you have read otherwise in the mainstream media, well, digital culture is hard to understand, and it is no wonder that errors are made so often.”
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AFP – US video game powerhouse Electronic Arts (EA) announced deals to craft updatable advertising into software for games made for personal computers and Xbox 360 consoles.
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PC World – Beta 2 adds support for AMD’s virtualization technology, plus integration with Active Directory.
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Space shuttle Atlantis launch set for Sept. 6 People’s Daily Online - After weathering tropical depression Ernesto at the launch pad, the space shuttle Atlantis is set for launch from the Kennedy Space Center at 12:29 pm EDT on Sept. NaSa Sets Wednesday Launch for atlantis Space shuttle to launch Wednesday |
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Nokia N80 Smart Internet Edition Mobile Phone Laptop Logic - Nokia today announced the N80 Internet Edition 3G handset, which can be used as a cell phone and VoIP phone. The N80 Internet Edition is a quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE slider phone with 802.11g Wi-Fi capability built-in, including Bluetooth. Nokia mobilizes web services with N80 Internet Edition Nokia N80 Series Gets Beefed Up Web Features |
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Citizen Media Beats Big Media, YouTube Blows The Whistle MediPost Publications - THE WHISTLE-BLOWER WHO AIRED ALLEGATIONS on YouTube that Lockheed Martin sold the US Coast Guard $24 billion worth of refurbished Coast Guard patrol boats … Whistleblower takes his case to YouTube US military whistleblower uses Internet |
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Scotsman |
Lockheed beats Northrop to $3.9 billion NASA contract Reuters - Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) has won a five-year, $3.9 billion contract to design and build a capsule-like US spacecraft called Orion to take humans … Lockheed Martin wins moon spaceship bid Lockheed wins NASA's Orion contract |
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Atlantis launch date named Aljazeera.net - Nasa will attempt to launch the space shuttle on September 6 after delays caused by a lightening strike and the threat of bad weather from tropical storm Ernesto. Russia Postpones Space-Station Launch NASA sets space shuttle launch for September 6 |
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Sharp sees solar power costs halving by 2010 Reuters - Japan's Sharp Corp. (6753.T: Quote, NEWS, Research), the world's biggest maker of solar cells, expects the cost of generating solar power to halve by 2010 and to be comparable … LCD TV makers see price cut in 2007 Sharp to launch six new LCD TVs for holiday season |
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 Geekzone |
Philips and NETGEAR Introduce Skype Phones That Won't Need a PC Geekzone - Skype has announced cordless phones that do not require a running computer to be used with the popular VoIP (Voice over IP) service. Skype phone that doesn't need computer? Now you're talking TRENDnet Ships VoIP Speakerphone for Skype |
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