Archive for فبراير, 2010

Top-rated reviews of the week (photos)

الأحد, فبراير 28th, 2010

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BeBionic hand easy on eggs, tough on Coke cans

الأحد, فبراير 28th, 2010

British prosthesis maker RSLSteeper is readying a myoelectric bionic hand that will let users perform detailed movements such as picking up wooden tiles in the game Jenga or grasping objects with a “power grip” feature.

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Live tsunami viewing? Ustream’s the place

الأحد, فبراير 28th, 2010

Typically, natural disasters come with little advance notice. But after a massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck Chile early Saturday, much of the Pacific coast, including Hawaii, came under tsunami watch over the course of the day

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Intel to introduce faster Atom chip Monday

الأحد, فبراير 28th, 2010

Intel plans to release a faster version of its “Pine Trail” Atom processor for Netbooks on Monday, bringing a little extra performance to this popular segment of the laptop market. Intel 'Pine Trail' Atom processor integrates graphics chip function. Intel ‘Pine Trail’ Atom processor integrates graphics chip function

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Pentagon OKs social media access

الأحد, فبراير 28th, 2010

The Defense Department has made its peace with social media. Long skittish about forums such as Facebook and Twitter, the U.S

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Olympic notebook: Canon, Nikon get in the picture

الأحد, فبراير 28th, 2010

WHISTLER, B.C.–With snow backdrops and with subjects moving at upwards of 80 miles an hour, Canon figured that the Olympic would be a perfect testing ground for one of its new lenses. The lens, an updated version of its 70-200mm L-series lens, is slated to ship in a few weeks. But Canon made about 300 just

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U.K. bill would ‘outlaw open Wi-Fi’ would

الأحد, فبراير 28th, 2010

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Apple cites suppliers for violations

الأحد, فبراير 28th, 2010

Apple last year found a number of workplace violations, including use of underage workers, among its suppliers, even as those companies are coming more in line with Apple’s standards. In 2009, according to its 2010 Progress Report (PDF), Apple’s audits of suppliers turned up 17 core violations, those that it considers to be the most serious

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Bloom Energy tech ‘not unique,’ analyst says

الأحد, فبراير 28th, 2010

One energy analyst is taking a pessimistic view of Bloom Energy’s highly touted fuel cell, saying that there’s “nothing that unique” about the technology. Bloom Energy’s CEO K.R Sridhar Bloom Energy’s CEO K.R Sridhar (Credit: Josh Lowensohn/CNET) On Wednesday, the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based start-up introduced the Bloom Energy fuel cell, which is designed to be stacked into small blocks and

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New music acts to labels: ‘We won’t tweet’

السبت, فبراير 27th, 2010

NEW YORK–The music industry is in a major state of crisis and some up and coming acts are reluctant to dirty their hands with social networking. Some new artists signing at both major and indie labels are telling execs there that they’ll make music, but don’t expect them to do Facebook or Twitter.

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