3,200-year-old bronze tablet identified as battle chariot linchpin
3,200-year-old bronze tablet is part of a linchpin that held the wheel of a battle chariot in place.
Archaeology
Jul 1, 2010
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Amazon.com offers new lower-priced Kindle DX
(AP) -- Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. said Thursday it is introducing a new version of its higher-end Kindle at a lower price as competition among electronic-book readers intensifies.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 1, 2010
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Yahoo board approves up to $3 billion of buybacks
(AP) -- The board of Yahoo Inc. has approved plans to repurchase up to $3 billion in stock over the next three years.
Business
Jul 1, 2010
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Infrared camera provides a better view
Infrared cameras see more than the naked eye and can make road traffic safer. Cameras for the long-wave infrared range, however, have the disadvantage that the sensor requires constant cooling, which adds to the cost and ...
Engineering
Jul 1, 2010
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LEDs bringing good things to light
Forecasting the future of technology is anything but an exact science. In late 2006, for instance, my colleagues and I put together an article outlining our predictions for the top 10 tech trends for 2007. My record was, ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 1, 2010
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India gets tough with Blackberry, Skype: report
India has given Internet telephony pioneer Skype and the makers of BlackBerry handsets a deadline to fall into line with strict security-monitoring regulations or be blocked, a report said Thursday.
Telecom
Jul 1, 2010
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Smart meters help to save money
How can domestic electricity customers be motivated to use energy more efficiently, let alone make more efficient use of renewable sources? One possibility is to install electronic meters to measure the electricity consumed. ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 1, 2010
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Nanopores make sterile filtration more reliable
Irregular pores, low flow rates: The plastic membrane filters used in sterile filtration do not always ensure that conditions are really sterile. Filter membranes of aluminum oxide are more reliable - the size of the nanopores ...
Nanomaterials
Jul 1, 2010
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Toshiba, Intel to Launch Tablet PC for Education
Toshiba and Intel announced today that they will jointly commercialize an educational-use tablet PC designed to facilitate learning in compulsory education. Toshiba will launch the new CM1 tablet PC for educational use in ...
Hardware
Jul 1, 2010
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How 'spooky' quantum mechanical laws may affect everyday objects (Update)
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a study published in the July 1 issue of the journal Nature, Dartmouth researchers describe one example of the microscopic quantum world influencing--even dominating, they say--the behavior of something ...
Quantum Physics
Jul 1, 2010
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