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Graphene: thin as paper, stronger than steel
Sat, 23/04/2011 - 16:07 by Anupreet Kaur
 Researchers at the University of Technology Sydney on Friday unveiled a super-material as thin as paper, but stronger than steel. |
Windows 7 becomes the fastest selling OS; 350mn licenses sold
Sat, 23/04/2011 - 13:16 by Anupreet Kaur
 Windows 7, a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft, has become the fastest selling operating system after Microsoft sold more than 350 million licenses of Windows 7 in 18 months of its release. |
Seagate woos tech-world with an ultra-slim external HDD
Wed, 06/04/2011 - 18:14 by Ann Tyler
 Are you on the watch out for an external drive that you can haul around with? Seagate brings you the latest GoFlex Slim Performance Drive, projected as the world’s ‘slimmest’ external hard disk drives. These drives slip right into your pocket and provide you with a storage capacity of 320GB. |
Workers abandon Japan nuclear plant as radiation surges
Wed, 16/03/2011 - 14:49 by Yasser Ali
 Workers working tirelessly at a tsunami-affected nuclear plant in Japan were asked to leave for a while when radiation levels began to peak. The circumstances suggest that the nuclear crisis in Japan is getting more serious with time. |
Turn off gadgets for a good night's sleep
Mon, 07/03/2011 - 17:53 by Jaspreet Virk
 Unable to get a sound sleep at night? The reason could be your electronic gadgets, as a new survey report finds that heavy use of technology before bedtime interferes with sleep. |
Intel's Thunderbolt hits market; peripheral devices unavailable
Wed, 02/03/2011 - 13:01 by Abhijit Chakraborty
 Apple may have introduced the world to the futuristic new data transfer technology, Intel’s Thunderbolt, it is still far from being a hit, as peripheral makers would have to design a compatible peripheral device that could match this new high-speed data transfer technology. |
Mass. company making fuel from bacteria
Mon, 28/02/2011 - 16:52 by Jaspreet Virk
 At a time when scientists are looking for alternatives to non-renewable sources like diesel and petrol, a biotechnology company in Massachusetts is claiming that they have discovered a fuel source. |
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5 Essential Books for Tech Investors
Sat, 01/01/2011 - 12:28 by Eric Bleeker
 New Year's is upon us, and with that comes goals and aspirations for the year ahead. So what's stopping you from becoming a better tech investor in 2011? Here are five suggested readings for the year ahead. |
Here's That Dreaded Reverse Split!
Sat, 01/01/2011 - 10:54 by Anders Bylund
 Attempts to lift Evergreen Solar (Nasdaq: ESLR) out of the penny-stock swamp by natural means aren't working. Here comes the reverse split! Evergreen will trade under the new symbol ESLRD for 20 days starting tomorrow (yes, the split happens on a Saturday). The market is taking this in stride as the plan was approved months ago and largely finalized this month. Monday morning, Evergreen's shares should be worth about $3 per share, reflecting a 1-for-6 reverse split. |
Don't Buy This Buffett Pick
Fri, 31/12/2010 - 14:43 by Tim Hanson
 Odds are that if you heard about a Warren Buffett pick trading near its 52-week low that had "amazed" Bill Gates, you'd be pretty interested in picking up shares for yourself. You might even rush out to do so once you got wind of the rumor that Buffett was looking to increase the size of his investment in the company. Tack onto that the fact that it's a fast-growing company in China, and this could be a stock you'd hold and profit from for the next decade or more. |
25 Historic Technology Predictions
Wed, 29/12/2010 - 11:52 by Wolffgang Gruener
 It's the end of the year and you won't be able to escape a wave of technology predictions for next year. Most of them seem to fairly reasonable, but they aren't quite as aggressive and entertaining anymore as they were in the past. Here are our 25 favorite technology predictions that were not exactly true. |