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17 Aug 2009 11:09

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Tech: The future of silicon chips: DNA. We’re scared.

Now that research has proven that chips made out of silicon can be made smaller and faster, how long until the chips get a mind of their own? source
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17 Aug 2009 10:20

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Tech: Are you a journalist/hacker? Y Combinator wants you

  • What would a content site look like if you started from how to make money—as print media once did—instead of taking a particular form of journalism as a given and treating how to make money from it as an afterthought?
  • Y Combinator • Making a request for startups related to journalism. The site makes the argument that the reason that newspapers and magazines are unsuccessful in this economy is that their business model “is too far from their current model for them to reach it in time.” The opportunity sounds like just the kind of thing for just-out-of-college types. If they pick you, you get a limited amount of money, with the idea being the the best ideas come from freedom, and less money means more freedom. If you’re fresh out of college and have a couple of smart buddies, why even try for newspapers right now? Go for this. • source
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13 Aug 2009 10:52

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Tech: (Don’t) Admit it, you’re excited about Zune HD. Pre-order it today.

Zune HD
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12 Aug 2009 23:17

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Tech: That company that beat Microsoft in court: Really, we’re not bad

  • We’re not seeking to stop Microsoft’s business and we’re not seeking to interfere with all the users of Word out there.
  • I4i Chairman Loudon Owen • In an interview with CNet. Owen says his company, which has 30 employees and database products in use by big companies, hopes that the injunction against Microsoft Word gets his company’s technology removed – but doesn’t kill Word entirely. “The injunction is not saying there is no more Word for the world,” he said. “That is not our intention and that would not be a sensible remedy.” • source
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12 Aug 2009 11:28

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Offbeat, Tech: Two nerds figured out a way to get nerds to exercise more

  • You pedal the bike, the Internet goes faster. It’s a total carrot on a stick thing. Or at least a really entertaining viral video of a technology we’d never use. Just think, though, if this showed up in gyms, people would use it.source
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08 Aug 2009 11:43

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Biz: Tesla Motors is looking kinda profitable these days

After spending years as a company where its ambitions meant big losses, Tesla Motors finally turned a $1 million profit. Modest, but a good start. source
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02 Aug 2009 02:43

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Biz, Tech: Nissan: Your car has low emissions? Well OUR car has none!

The Nissan Leaf, the company’s first all-electric car, goes 160 km on a charge, goes as fast as 140 km and will use a lithium-ion battery pack. source
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31 Jul 2009 19:16

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Tech: Apple finally starts listening to hackers, patches the iPhone

  • After trying for weeks to convince Apple to fix their iPhone software, two security researchers revealed a scary method for hacking the iPhone using SMS. source
  • After feeling the wrath of negative PR contained in that message, Apple hurried and fixed the vulnerability, but you have to hook up to iTunes to fix it. source
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29 Jul 2009 10:28

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Tech: Scientists say they’ve invented transparent aluminum. Kickin’ rad!

It was talked about in Star Trek, and now Oxford University geniuses have done it. X-ray lasers were used to create it – though it was fleeting. source
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28 Jul 2009 10:39

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Tech: Old scanning hotness: Barcode. New scanning hotness: Bokode?

They’re smaller and can be detected from long distances. The easier to tag things with. Just don’t tell the Cuecat about this. source
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