Technology

Tue - October 14, 2003

Turn That PC Into a Supercomputer

A small chip-design firm will unveil a new processor Tuesday it says will transform ordinary desktop PCs and laptops into supercomputers.

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Mon - October 13, 2003

Apple to Host Music Media Event Next Week

Rumors are circulating that at the Moscone West Facility in San Francisco on Thursday, October 16th, Apple will unveil the Windows version of it's wildly successful iTunes software .

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Kazaa To Charge For Downloads Soon?

Kazaa has proposed a plan in which it would phase in a payment structure where users would have to pay for the music they download from the service.

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Sharp Debuts 3-D Display Laptop

Sharp Electronics on Monday released the first laptop computer that can display images in three dimensions without those funky glasses.

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Fri - October 10, 2003

CD Protection Shifts to Courtroom

update In an abrupt reversal, SunnComm Technologies said Friday that it will not sue a Princeton University graduate student who published a paper that describes how to bypass CD copy-protection technology simply by pressing the Shift key. (see previews article)

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Tracking Junior With a Microchip

An RFID chip that gets implanted under a child's skin and transmits a radio signal is being marketed in Mexico as a way to foil kidnappers. Critics say the device is far from foolproof and raises civil liberties concerns.

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Wed - October 8, 2003

‘Shift’ key breaks CD copy locks

A Princeton University student has published instructions for disabling the new anti-copying measures being tested on CDs by BMG — and they’re as simple as holding down a computer’s Shift key.

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Fri - October 3, 2003

Oil and gas running out much faster than expected, says study

World oil and gas supplies are heading for a "production crunch" sometime between 2010 and 2020 when they cannot meet supply, because global reserves are 80 per cent smaller than had been thought, new forecasts suggest.

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The weel in the city bus Netherlands

A self-propelled electrically powered wheel, operating at more than 90% energy efficiency, with optional 180° electric or mechanical steering including suspension, ride-height control and shock dampening, delivers up to 120 KW of direct drive traction at the only place where it matters,.....at the wheel.

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Tue - August 19, 2003

NASA is currently constructing an experiemntal anti-gravity machine

that it hopes will allow future spacecraft to cruise through space using nothing more then gravity from heavenly bodies. During a closed-door conference at NASA's Lewis Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, scientists representing major universities, national weapons laboratories, defense contractors and the corporate research and development community gathered to hear a detailed account of the space agency's progress in attempting to build the machine.

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Mon - August 18, 2003

Lemings in your browser!

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Tue - August 12, 2003

Computer games will help soldiers

Soldiers in Singapore may soon be playing computer games at home to keep up their combat skills under a plan published by defence experts.

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Antidepressants 'grow brain cells'

Drugs designed to relieve depression may be working because they stimulate the growth of new nerve cells in a key area of the brain, say researchers.

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Sat - August 9, 2003

buymusic copying apple all the way

The idea, and now the commercials stolen from Apple..

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Thu - August 7, 2003

New gel 'set to revolutionise eye surgery'

A gel that can be implanted into the eye could enable millions of people to throw away their glasses.

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