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Best Buy for 3D TV promotion
The maker of Viera flat-panel TVs said it expects a 50-inch model to retail for $2,500, and aims to sell 500,000 3D TVs in the United States in the first year of their launch, half its annual global sales target. Under the joint promotion, Best Buy will set up special sections at its retail outlets,... »
Microsoft Office 2010: You Must have it!
When Microsoft releases Office 2010 later this year, will it be an upgrade worth pursuing, or will it, like Office 2007, be one that you can easily let pass? That’s a question that’s no doubt on the minds of many existing Office users – as well as more than a few executives at Microsoft. Office... »
Cisco CRS-3 Router Buy for FREE
Cisco CRS-3 Router a $90,000 Change to Computing. Cisco owns Linksys, and chances are if you have wireless internet connections you have one of their routers. For the most part, a router costs $50 or less. Well, the Cisco CRS-3 is the newest router from the company, and it costs a wee... »
Bloom Box natural gas-fuelled cell box
An India-born rocket scientist is all set to unveil a natural gas-fuelled cell box that promises to provide abundant, cheap, clean electricity to light up most American households within the next 10 years. K.R. Sridhar, 49, founder of the Silicon Valley clean tech start-up Bloom Energy, will bring out his invention at a big press... »
Apple technology versus microsoft
Bill Gates on Apple “To create a new standard, it takes something that’s not just a little bit different; it takes something that’s really new, and really captures people’s imagination. And the Macintosh – of all the machines I’ve seen – is the only one that meets that standard.” (1984) “Whether it’s Google or Apple... »
Advances in flow and level measurements enhance process knowledge
Jobs in research, process development, process design, process technology, automation, operations, or maintenance depend upon the ability to see, trend, analyze, diagnose, and collect the information from measurements. Ultimately, what you want to know as an engineer or technician is “why.” Modern instruments have made great progress in not only answering “why” but... »
High-performance expansion module
Flow Line Options Corp. has developed a new process display lineup that will allow users to locally and remotely monitor process applications through an industrial Ethernet connection. This innovative technology brings to the user the ability to data log and monitor application measurements for a fraction of the cost of a convention... »
held up the iPad
The device? Not out yet. The capabilities? Still, partly, hopeful fantasy. The people who are going to buy the thing? Hypothetical. Source: Yahoo But mere days after Apple honcho Steve Jobs stood in front of a monolithic logo and held up the iPad, and months before anyone actually puts a hand on the tablet, Mike Berg’s... »
Brain scanners to read our minds
What nightmare could be worse than being buried alive? Conscious, terrified, but unable to communicate through the impenetrable barrier of a coffin lid and a metre of earth. In the past few days, this ultimate horror has been transformed from the stuff of bad dreams and B movies to two very different front page... »
Office 2010
Last week, I wrote two columns about Office 2010, one on Microsoft releasing the requirements for the new suite, and the other on a report detailing the pros and cons of upgrading. Well, my timing was pretty good because Microsoft (News – Alert) just announced that Office 2010 is moving from mere beta status... »
Future Belongs to Smart Valves
This issue is the driving force behind the development of smart valves – the biggest prospect in manufacturing control valves and shutoff valves, required by the modern automatic process control systems. The use of smart valves (i.e. the use of valves with a wide range of electronic control and diagnostics functions) will ensure extensive... »
Cell phone radiation is good for you?
Yay! Maybe cell phones aren’t going to kill us after all. Source: Wikipedia In fact, the opposite may be true: Florida researchers say that experiments performed on mice indicate that cell phone radiation may actually have a beneficial effect on the brain, protecting subjects from Alzheimer’s. Well, in mice, anyway. The mice in the experiment were genetically altered... »
HDD (hard disk drive)
Seagate was given a bloody brusing at the hands of the dismal economy last year. In Q1 2009, the HDD (hard disk drive) market took a steep nosedive and plunged almost 35 per cent. It sent the industry into shock, and Seagate was badly affected. Not surprising, since most of the hard disks in the... »
Automatic wudhu washer
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 28 (Bernama) — Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak on Thursday night launched the world’s first and only automatic wudhu washer (pre-prayer ablution device), an innovative Malaysian invention for the global Muslim ummah. The Prime Minister signed a plaque symbolising the launching of the device, at a hotel here. The Prime Minister later watched... »
iPad also is an e-book reader
SAN FRANCISCO (Hollywood Reporter) – After months of hype that reached a fever pitch in the past few weeks, Apple’s new iPad is likely to underwhelm executives in Hollywood who had their fingers crossed that the sexy new tablet could be a game changer for film and TV studios. Entertainment | Film Instead, the... »
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