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Firefox 4 launched !

Mozilla launches Firefox 4 Web browser free BEIJING, March 23 (Xinhuanet) -- Mozilla on Tuesday launched Firefox 4, the latest version of its free and open-source Web browser to the public, in...


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Groundbreaking eye operation

  Mar 23, 2011 Patient regains sight after groundbreaking operation By Yuen Sin A Taiwanese patient recently had her sight restored after undergoing a highly complex operation by...


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Capitalism ended life on Mars

  (Reuters) - Capitalism may be to blame for the lack of life on the planet Mars, Venezuela's socialist President Hugo Chavez said on Tuesday. "I have always said, heard, that it would not b...


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Playbook by Blackberry

MONTREAL: Blackberry maker Research In Motion (RIM) announced Tuesday that its iPad rival, the PlayBook, would go on sale next month at a price identical to that of the hot-selling Apple tablet comp...


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Taipei cycle show statistics

Biggest cycling exhibition in Asia was just over last Saturday 19th 2011 27,000 meter sq of floor space 240 overseas exhibitors 708 local Taiwanese exhibitors Total 948 exhibitors Ou...


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Biggest full moon ever

The moon will move closer to Earth than it has been in more than 18 years Saturday night, space. com reported on Friday. On Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (1900 MGT) , the "su...


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No fuel, got bicycles..

TONO (Japan) - MORE than a week after an earthquake and tsunami smashed much of Japan's north-east coast to pulp, a small tourist town tucked safely between mountains has ground nearly to a halt. ...


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Japan shifted 2.4 meters after quake !

The massive earthquake that devastated northeastern Japan has shifted the country more than 2 meters away from the neighboring Korean Peninsula, scientists said. The Korea Astronomy and Space Sci...


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Taipei International Cycle Show 2011

Located in Nangang Exhibition Hall there are 948 exhibitors and 3060 booths.   All the big names are there, like SRAM, Giant, Colnago, Shimano, Argon and Kuota MRT take you straight right to th...


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Solar panel for backpackers and cyclists?

Are we seeing more of such GREEN gadgets in the market soon ? Cheap and lighweight solar panels that you can carry on your backpack while you walk or ride or you can stick in your car panel?...


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World’s Largest Solar Plant

  China Announces the World’s Largest Solar Plant From the Three Gorges Dam to the Great Wall, China is known for its monumental projects that count among the biggest and grandest in ...


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Cities getting very crowded

CANNES (France) - THE world's big cities are already bursting at the seams but are set to grow even larger, with experts predicting that some 70 per cent of the world's population will be urban by 2...


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Google's Android has surged past Blackberry

WASHINGTON - Google's Android has surged past Blackberry maker Research in Motion to become the leading smartphone platform in the United States, market tracking firm comScore said Monday. Google...


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Alien microbes found

  ORIGINAL POST: Fossilized alien microbes have been discovered in a sample extracted from a meteorite, according to research carried out by a NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center astrobiologist. W...


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Bikepacking in Thailand?

Now in traditional backpcking you carry a backpack but in bikepcking you carry a foldable bicycle and a pannier bag. No additional bags unless you want to ...


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Penang top 10 islands in the world

Yahoo! lists Penang among world's top 10 Penang is listed as one of the top 10 islands in the world "you must see before you die."   An online travel guide has picke...


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Tiniest Computer in the World

See it now, folks! Between the Bearded Lady and the Monster Spider –- the World's Smallest Computer! Seriously, the world's smallest computer. It barely covers the “N” on a penny. The pro...


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Shanghai phone booths given WiFi

SHANGHAI - A TOTAL of 500 public telephone booths in downtown Shanghai have been equipped with WiFi hotspots to enable the city to go wireless, bringing new life to the almost abandoned public phone...


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Xoom tablet computer

SAN FRANCISCO: US telecom titan Verizon on Thursday will begin selling Motorola Mobility's hotly awaited "Xoom" tablet computer at a price close to that of a top-of-the-line iPad. Xoom will be th...


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China Mobile, Xinhua launch Internet search engine

SHANGHAI - CHINA Mobile Ltd, the world's biggest mobile operator, and state-run Xinhua News Agency have jointly launched an Internet search engine, the companies said on Tuesday. The search engine...


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Huawei announces new smartphone, updated tablet in Barcelona

Chinese mobile company Huawei has announced the launch of a new smartphone and an updated tablet. Both products are based on Android as the company looks to step up its presence in the high-end ma...


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Why a foldable bike?

Basically, a folding bike (or called foldie) makes it easier to go bicycling more often to a wider variety of places and with fewer worries about storage or theft. Your Passport To More Places ...


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'Air trains' could speed up travel: Futurists

MONTREAL - 'SHALL we take the eight o'clock air train to Paris?' It may sound strange to say now, but such jargon is likely to become commonplace someday - if aviation futurists are right in their p...


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Eating more fibre could mean longer life: Study

CHICAGO - EAT more fibre and you just may live longer. That's the message from the largest study of its kind to find a link between high-fibre diets and lower risks of death not only from heart di...


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HTC launches social smartphones with Facebook

BARCELONA - FACEBOOK users will be able to show friends their exact GPS location as well as sharing text and photos with new smartphones launched on Tuesday by top Taiwan device maker HTC. The sma...


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Linux group hopes to gain from Nokia-Microsoft pact

  Wireless Linux group LiMo hopes to benefit from a tie-up between Microsoft and Nokia as this should push smaller phone makers to seek alternative software platforms, its head said on Monday. ...


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Gene tests inadvertently exposing cases of incest

  New gene-based tests that map out a person's entire genetic code can help explain why a child has birth defects or developmental delays, but they are also exposing some dark family secrets. R...


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Nokia and Microsoft join forces in smartphone war

Nokia and Microsoft teamed up on Friday to build an iPhone killer in a desperate attempt to take on Google and Apple in the fast-growing smartphone market. ...


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How a Remote Town in Romania Has Become Cybercrime Central

Three hours outside Bucharest, Romanian National Road 7 begins a gentle ascent into the foothills of the Transylvanian Alps. Meadowlands give way to crumbling houses with chickens in the front ya...


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Junk food diet linked to lower IQ: Study

PARIS - TODDLERS who have a diet high in processed foods may have a slightly lower IQ in later life, according to a British study described as the biggest research of its kind. The conclusion, ...


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