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Gallery: San Francisco Cable Cars Still Humming on 19th-Century Tech : Photo: Emily Lang/Wired.comSAN FRANCISCO -- More than a century after their invention, cable cars still carry passengers up and over this city's hills. The picturesque mode of transport narrowly escaped extinction after the 1906 earthquake, which devastated the city as well as the cab Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Gallery: San Francisco Cable Cars Still Humming on 19th-Century Tech : Photo: Emily Lang/Wired.comSAN FRANCISCO -- More than a century after their invention, cable cars still carry passengers up and over this city's hills. The picturesque mode of transport narrowly escaped extinction after the 1906 earthquake, which devastated the city as well as the cab Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Gallery: Concept Cars of Past Visit Pebble Beach : Photo: Casey Cramer/Wired.comPEBBLE BEACH, California -- Nowhere is the old saying "there's nothing new under the sun" more true than in the auto industry, where "innovations" often are updated takes on old ideas. From the wind-cheating aerodynamics that make today's cars more efficient to the Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Gallery: Concept Cars of Past Visit Pebble Beach : Photo: Casey Cramer/Wired.comPEBBLE BEACH, California -- Nowhere is the old saying "there's nothing new under the sun" more true than in the auto industry, where "innovations" often are updated takes on old ideas. From the wind-cheating aerodynamics that make today's cars more efficient to the Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Gear Gallery: Flip-Top Cams, RC Cars and Pocket Printers : Forty-percent smaller and 100 percent slicker than its predecessor, the pocket-friendly Mino (pronounced like the SS Minnow) is the newer, trimmer, quicker-on-the-draw feel and decidedly more fun version of the Flip Ultra. Despite the smaller body, USB 1.0 compatibility and mo Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Gear Gallery: Flip-Top Cams, RC Cars and Pocket Printers : Forty-percent smaller and 100 percent slicker than its predecessor, the pocket-friendly Mino (pronounced like the SS Minnow) is the newer, trimmer, quicker-on-the-draw feel and decidedly more fun version of the Flip Ultra. Despite the smaller body, USB 1.0 compatibility and mo Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Designing a User Interface on a Mobile Device This article introduces a set of sophisticated and versatile Visual Studio controls for designing a user interface on a mobile device. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > CodeProject |
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Low-cost laptops and new chips on tap for Computex Computex 2008 could be the most exciting IT hardware show in years, complete with the launch of several ultra-low-cost laptops armed with Intel's new Atom microprocessor, a new iMac lookalike from Asustek, and reportedly a new processor from Nvidia code-named Tegra. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Renault to develop electric cars for Israel - Reuters Turkish PressRenault to develop electric cars for IsraelReuters - 2 hours agoBy Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Renault-Nissan alliance on Monday signed a deal to begin mass producing electric cars as part of an Israeli-led project to develop alternative energy Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Microsoft eases hardware terms for Windows XP on low-cost PCs Microsoft has loosened the hardware restrictions that PC makers must adhere to in order to install Windows XP on ultra-low-cost PCs, according to documents seen by IDG News Service.While June 30 marked the last Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Designing Application Using Test Driven Development In this article we will take a look at designing application using test driven development. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > CodeProject |
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Samsung: Market for SSDs in low-cost PCs exploding The popularity of low-cost PCs around the world is driving "explosive growth" for SSDs (solid-state drives), Samsung said Wednesday as it announced three new models of the device.SSDs are made from NAND flash me Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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New Northwest Avalanche Traps Cars on I-90, Shuts Down Lanes - FOXNews KIMA CBS 29New Northwest Avalanche Traps Cars on I-90, Shuts Down LanesFOXNews - 2 hours agoSPOKANE, Wash. - An avalanche Wednesday afternoon briefly trapped two cars and once again shut down Interstate 90 westbound near Snoqualmie Summit.Two cars caught in I-90 av Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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California cuts future quotas for clean-air cars - Reuters PhysOrg.comCalifornia cuts future quotas for clean-air carsReuters - 1 hour agoBy Nichola Groom SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - California's influential Air Resources Board on Thursday cut by 70 percent the number of electric cars and other zero-emission vehicles automakers wil Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Tornado deaths underscore risks of taking shelter in cars - The Associated Press XPRESSTornado deaths underscore risks of taking shelter in carsThe Associated Press - 50 minutes agoSENECA, Mo. (AP) - More than a third of the 22 people killed by a tornado that smashed parts of Oklahoma and Missouri over the weekend died in cars, troubling experts who Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Derailed Train Cars Spew Toxic Fumes - CBS News Boston GlobeDerailed Train Cars Spew Toxic FumesCBS News - 4 hours agoA train derailment in Lafayette, La. Toxic fumes were released prompting evacuation of the area. (KLFY) Notable US train wrecks of the past 150 years and statistics about recent track-caused train acc Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Acer aims for Japan, plans low-cost PC push Acer, the world's third largest PC vendor, is taking aim at Japan this year as a key place to grow its booming business, the company chairman said.The Taiwanese company plans to extend its business model of work Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft to increase focus on handsets for poor Microsoft will increase its focus on making mobile phones part of its strategy to spread IT to people in developing nations, based partly on a prototype already developed for the purpose called Fone+ .It's a sub Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Hydrogen Cars Won't Make a Difference for 40 Years President Bush, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the big automakers agree on this much: They love hydrogen-powered fuel cell technology and its promise of a zero-emission, petroleum-free future. Unfortunately, experts say it will be 40 years or more before hydrogen has any meaningful im Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Hydrogen Cars Won't Make a Difference for 40 Years President Bush, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the big automakers agree on this much: They love hydrogen-powered fuel cell technology and its promise of a zero-emission, petroleum-free future. Unfortunately, experts say it will be 40 years or more before hydrogen has any meaningful im Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |