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Nokia's N96 Now Official, Quad-Band and WCDMA

Nokia's N96 Now Official, Quad-Band and WCDMA

After much leaking of information, Nokia's N96 slider cellphone is now official. It's a quad-band, US 3G-enabled (WCDMA) phone with a 2.8-inch screen, 16GB of built-in memory, a 5-megapixel Carl-Zeiss Tessar lens, A-GPS and 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi. The media-player functions of the phone get their own dedi

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Sun Java Runtime Environment 6.0 Update 14

Java software allows you to run applications called "applets" that are written in the Java programming language. These applets allow you to have a much richer experience online than simply interacting with static HTML pages. Java Plug-in technology, included as part of the Java 2 Runtime Environm

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Firefox 3.7 Theme Makes Your Browser Look Awesome

Firefox 3.7 Theme Makes Your Browser Look Awesome

Windows only: Mozilla released their version 3.7 theme mockups only a few days ago, but you don't have to wait for the 3.7 release to enjoy them—a motivated user already created a lookalike theme that you can install now. (Click the image above for a closer look.) Installing this theme isn't q

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New Treatment Filters Bacteria From the Bloodstream with an Electromagnet

New Treatment Filters Bacteria From the Bloodstream with an Electromagnet

This may sound like something out of Iron Man, but it's very real. Don Ingber has developed a machine that uses an electromagnet to suck sepsis-causing bacteria out of the blood. In lab tests, Ingber's team mixed donor blood with the fungus Candida albicans, a common cause of sepsis, and added plast

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Intel Big on 32nm Westmere Processors for Consumers in 2010

Intel Big on 32nm Westmere Processors for Consumers in 2010

At today's San Francisco event, Intel mostly discussed what we know about the upcoming Westmere processor, but revealed they're scrapping the next dual-core 45nm processors, in favor of 32nm Westmere chips in early 2010. The first Westmere chips will be the dual-core Clarkdale and Annendale pr

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New Method of Writing Hard Drives Could Yield 1TB Per Inch Density

New Method of Writing Hard Drives Could Yield 1TB Per Inch Density

Current hard disk drives are up against their ceiling: a few hundred GB per inch. But a combination of two unique writing methods could lead to new HDDs that pack ten times as much data in the same space. A new paper in the journal Nature Photonics outlines the process, which combines TAR (th

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Batteries That Last 10 Years Developed By Hitachi

Doubling the Li-Ion battery life from 5 years, Hitachi reckons its new technology which extends the life of batteries will also cost less too—thanks to reducing the amount of cobalt used. Hitachi hopes to get them onto the production line in the next year. [Akihabara News]

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Canon’s SX20 and SX120 Powershots Are Zoomy Enough to Settle For

While others are investing in thousands in their dSLRs and Micro Four Thirds cameras, many normal folk pick up still-hefty point and shoots like the Canon SX120 ($250) and SX20 ($400)—both available this September.(…)

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South Korea Building Self-Sufficient Super-City at What Cost?

Designed by Foster + Partners, the Incheon “super-city” will incorporate biomass generation, hydrogen fuel cells, and hydroponic roofs in order to be the greener city on the other side. No word on how much pollution the construction will cause.

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World’s Smallest Laser Paves Way for 100 Terahertz CPUs


Technically, it’s not a , but something called spaser. Instead of photons, it uses plasmons, a particle only 44 nanometers across. It could push CPUs’ speeds to hundreds of terahertz, according to Mark Stockman, professor of at Georgia State:

The spaser works about a thousand times

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Phone That Shames The Weather Bureau

The Window Phone Concept by Seunghan Song

I don’t know about your city, but the weather bureau of my hometown is often sniggered at, for their in-accurate predictions. When they say it will rain (like they predicted a couple of days ago) you can be sure it will be bright and sunny. I would like to gift them this “Window ”, that makes accurate predictions and even changes its display to reflect the climatic conditions outdoors. Maybe I should keep the for myself and bug the bureau with my updates.

Designer: Seunghan Song

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Casio’s New 12.1Mp EX-Z450, EX-Z90 Cameras Go Beyond Face Detection


Both budget point-and-shoots include an intelligent auto focus feature to pick the best focus and exposure settings, and have Casio’s Dynamic Mode: Shoot video of a moving subject, and replace the background with anything you like. Green-screen fun!

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