Automobile
I was interested to see that Ferrari briefly considered rebuilding Michael Schumacher’s car after the Saturday practice accident at the Brazilian Grand Prix. In the end due to damage they used the spare car, incurring a 10-place engine change penalty, but I’ve got some idea of the task
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An airliner or ship is easily powered by turbine engines but imagine your Laptop, PDA, cell phone or house running on tiny chip sized turbine generators. Maybe fuel cells aren't the future! Technology Review: Power on a Chip Batteries are heavy and inconvenient. Their successors could be tiny
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The whole Tablet PC thing has me perplexed and an article from JKOnTheRun has pointed out why. I like the concept of a Tablet PC and they seem to work OK (from what I’ve seen). I have times when pen & paper just frustrate the hell out of me
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More on tthe new Sony portables from www.newswireless.net News - Sony aims at the iPod - but not with MP3 despite rumours
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According to Engadet Sony the U50 and U70 have been taken off the few markets they were sold in. Is there something better coming or is this yet another blow to the tablet platform? Sony drops the U50 and U70? - Engadget - www.engadget.com
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I was talking to a friend who just got a Panasonic DVD/Hard Disk recorder and thought that this would be the answer to my current problem. I have 3 VCR's (2 Hifi VHS + Video 8 VCR) that are worn out, literally, and the thought of replacing them
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Note added 03-09-2007: See the update at the end of this post for news about Sony dropping SonicStage for new Walkman models. 17 years ago my father gave me a Sony Walkman for my birthday. It was a WM-F202 recording Walkman. Although a little beaten up its still going strong,
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If PDA's are under attack from Smart phones will “Handtop PC's” threaten existing Notebooks and Tablets? If you can get away with working on a small format high-resolution screen when mobile why carry a large one around like you do with a Notebook? If you can
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I found this review of a new Sony Tablet PC. Looks fantastic, 1GHz processor, a 20GB hard drive, 512mb ram and it runs normal XP Pro, not XP Tablet. There is a link to a great video demo/review. CAD on a tiny tablet...? Sony unveils tiny wireless pen PC
