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3 Cuts Mobile Broadband Prices In Half 30. April 2008

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   It was already the cheapest to begin with…
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Stanford grabs $6m to shape the future of software

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Virtual worlds, robots and huge databases covered

Stanford University has mounted some gun turrets to its Ivory Towers. Just a few weeks after rival UC Berkeley revealed a mega-funding engagement with Microsoft and Intel around multi-threaded software, Stanford has returned fire by grabbing money from just about every other vendor on the planet with interest in improving code for multi-core chips for similar research.

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Dell Latitude XT Tablet PC

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   Is Dell’s attempt at a Tablet PC the definitive example in its niche field?
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IBM launches "green energy" tools for data centers (Reuters)

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<p><a href=”http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080430/tc_nm/ibm_energy_dc”><img src=”http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080501/2008_04_30t193330_450×289_us_ibm_energy.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=7PZ1vIdFX48_lVTFgNvGfA–” align=”left” height=”83″ width=”130″ alt=”A view of an IBM facility outside Boulder, Colorado October 18, 2006. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)” border=”0″ /></a>Reuters - International Business Machines
Corp on Wednesday launched tools to reduce computer
energy consumption as IBM hopes to boost its business of
selling power-saving technologies.</p><br clear=”all”/>
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SugarCRM to Support IPhone, BlackBerry (PC World)

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PC World - SugarCRM is bridging the distance between mobile phones and PCs with a new version of its Web-based customer relationship…
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Review: ‘Iron Man’ a New High for Robert Downey Jr.

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The suit of armor is a heavy draw, but a soulful performance brings Marvel Comics’ Golden Avenger to life in a soaring superhero flick.



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Report: Microsoft board meets over Yahoo bid

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Microsoft’s board is meeting Wednesday to discuss how to proceed in the company’s pursuit of Yahoo, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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AT&T Mobile TV

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AT&T’s mobile TV service is the closest thing you’ll get to a walking cable box.


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LG Vu CU920

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The closest thing so far to a true iPhone competitor, the Vu has many features Apple’s phone lacks but ultimately falls short because it has trouble communicating with PCs.


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Dell XPS 730 H2C

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The behemoth Dell XPS 730 H2C updates the model, but has some issues with 3D games.


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MIT Class Calculates Carbon Footprint of ‘The Man’

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An MIT professor and his students have calculated the minimum energy usage and carbon footprint of Americans, effectively revealing how much energy is required by the current American way of life.



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James Taylor's drumming machine

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Monk, a commenter on a previous post, pointed out this clip of James Taylor’s performing with ‘Slap Leather’ with his drumming machine, Big Foot. Not the most elegant device, but effective - and perhaps not what you’d expect to accompany Mr. Taylor on stage.

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Sapphire PC-AM2RX780

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   With the help of Sapphire, Leo gives AMD’s 770 chipset another chance.
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Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 v2.0

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   We put the new Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 V2 through its paces.
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Chumby

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This cuddly alarm clock is also a Wi-Fi–enabled Linux computer that informs and entertains.


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Scientology Shares Secrets on YouTube … Sort Of

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The notoriously confrontational church launches a channel on the video-sharing site. Just don’t expect to comment on the clips.



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Brangelina and kids in France for 'long duration': report (AFP)

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<p><a href=”http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080430/en_afp/entertainmentfilmpeoplejoliepitt”><img src=”http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080430/capt.cps.naz51.010508004026.photo00.photo.default-313×512.jpg?x=79&y=130&q=85&sig=rC3QFPmYXqlKMItq6dRyfQ–” align=”left” height=”130″ width=”79″ alt=”Actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt arrive at a February 2008 event. The megastar couple and their four children have traveled to the south of France where they will stay for some time, People magazine reported online Wednesday.(AFP/File/Gabriel Bouys)” border=”0″ /></a>AFP - Megastar couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt and their four children have traveled to the south of France where they will stay for some time, People magazine reported online Wednesday.</p><br clear=”all”/>
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Interview: Xerox PARC’s future focus

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IDG News Service sits down with Sophie Vandebroek, Xerox’s chief technology officer and Mark Bernstein, PARC’s president and center director, to talk about the lab’s past inventions and future focus.
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New Prince of Persia Game to Reboot Franchise

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Cell shading, ‘Zelda-like’ gameplay, and no time-altering dagger in sight.
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EBay makes public its complaint against Craigslist (AP)

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AP - EBay says Craigslist believed eBay broke an agreement not to engage in competitive activity and thereby lost rights granted to it as a shareholder.
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