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Macworld

As is customary with Apple Events these days, the company has posted a streaming QuickTime video of its September event, where CEO Steve Jobs revealed new iPod nanos, updated iTunes, updated iPod touch and updated iPhone software.

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Technology Review

A new digital-camera imaging system--a semiconductor sensor and associated electronics--is the first with 60 megapixels. (Cost: $39,900)

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Technology Review

Philips's new 3-D displays create the illusion of depth by overlaying an LCD screen with tiny lenses that direct slightly different images to the viewer's eyes. The illusion persists within a 120º viewing area.

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Popular Science

Engineers at MIT have figured out a way to deal with virus that is better than just killing them: they're putting them to work. The researchers have developed a key component of a microscopic battery is assembled by viruses, allowing for the chea

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LewRockwell

"Augmented Reality is all about added a layer (or multiple layers) of real-time data on top of what’s happening all around us. You can look at a building or a car in front of you. With augmented reality, your phone (or another device) will have

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NewsFactor

Apple CEO Steve Jobs confirmed the iPhone 3G has a kill switch to remove potentially malicious applications. Jobs said Apple would be "irresponsible" not to have the switch. The issue isn't the switch, but that Apple didn't disclose

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USA Today

Emotiv's elegant, lightweight EPOC headset is a piece of cutting-edge technology that grants Yoda-like telepathic powers, allowing players of computer games to move items on screen with merely their thoughts. Due for release by year's end, th

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Reuters

In the latest twist on electronics, Japanese scientists said on Thursday they have developed a rubbery material that conducts electricity, a finding that could be used to make devices that bend and stretch.

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USA Today

Customers and police agencies across the USA are dealing with another pain at the pump — thieves who install hard-to-detect electronic devices at stations to steal credit and debit card data. The skimmed data are used to create cards used at the v

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Kansas City Star

In the spy movie “Get Smart,” agents use a variety of crazy gizmos, including the Cone of Silence and a Swiss army knife that doubles as a flamethrower. Pure Hollywood fantasy? Don’t be so sure.

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AP

You may never have heard of YMax, but you may have noticed the TV ads for its product, the MagicJack, which works with a broadband connection. After plugging a regular phone into the MagicJack, the user can make and receive calls much like using a re

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Babba Zee

Using modern technology to serve Muslims better perform their religious rituals, a fourth-year PhD computer science student has designed a high-tech prayer rug equipped with sensors, lights and a Qur’an display screen.

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London Times

Scientists at IBM say they have developed a new type of digital storage which would enable a device such as an MP3 player to store about half a million songs or 3,500 films, runs on a single battery charge for weeks and cost far less to produce.

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ThinkGeek

The play mechanics are simple. Prepare yourself by strapping on the included belt harness and jacking in your Wiimote. A series of toilets are presented on screen and the challenge is to tilt your body to control a never-ending stream of pee. Get as

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By NICK WINGFIELD for The Wall Street Journal

In a letter posted on Apple's Web site Wednesday morning, Mr. Jobs said the company will release early next year a software development kit, or SDK, a necessary set of tools that will enable programmers to make iPhone applications.

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USA Today

Air France says it will begin testing technology that permits registered travlers to bypass general boarding on shuttle flight between Paris Charles de Gaulle and Amesterdam Schiphol. Frequent customers wishing to participate will have to provide

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