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Review: Asus `kitchen computer' does the job
AsusTek Computer Inc. upended the laptop market when it brought out the tiny, cheap Eee PC a year and a half ago. As a follow-up, the plucky Taiwanese company is trying something harder: conquering the kitchen. Many manufacturers have tried and failed ...
Google pulling plug on radio advertising service
Google Inc. will stop selling ads on broadcast radio stations this spring, marking the Internet search leader's latest flop in off-line media. The retreat announced Thursday is just the latest example of how the recession has caused even highly profita...
Free music download service signs last major label
Qtrax, an Internet company that promises the first free music download service paid for by advertisements, said Wednesday it had signed up the last of the four major recording companies and plans to relaunch next month. The privately held New York firm...
A vibrating hand for the pianist, please
Talk about a helping hand. Georgia Tech researchers are trying to reinvent how students learn to play the piano by developing a glove that vibrates to cue a budding musician which finger needs to be played at a given moment. The goal is to fuse music w...
Inventors Hall 2009 inductees
The 2009 class of the National Inventors Hall of Fame, based in Akron, Ohio: Living class members Martin M. (John) Atalla _ Transistor for integrated circuits and PIN method for security in automated banking machines. Alfred Y. Cho _ A way to layer mat...
Amazon's new Kindle e-book reader gets slimmer
Amazon.com Inc. is releasing a slimmer version of its Kindle electronic reading device, but it still costs $359 _ making it unclear how mainstream even an improved Kindle can be during a brutal recession. Rather than lowering the price, Amazon touted s...
Review: Smart phones a bit smarter with Redfly
You might think your smart phone is pretty brainy, but is it clever enough to essentially replace your laptop while on the go? Salt Lake City-based Celio Corp. is betting you want a bit of both devices at the same time. It has come up with Redfly, whic...
Do you know where your kid is? Check Google's maps
With an upgrade to its mobile maps, Google Inc. hopes to prove it can track people on the go as effectively as it searches for information on the Internet. The new software released Wednesday will enable people with mobile phones and other wireless dev...
Watch out Wikipedia, here comes Britannica 2.0
In a move to take on Wikipedia, the Encyclopedia Britannica is inviting the hoi polloi to edit, enhance and contribute to its online version.
Video games thrash movies and DVDs
The video games industry is now double the size of the box office and more than 40 per cent larger than the movie disc industry in Australia, thanks to explosive growth in social games that allow the whole family to play
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