Dutch Club to Recycle Dancers' Energy

"Wind power is great. But what about all that energy you expend on the dance floor on Saturday night? A next-generation nightclub wants to use that energy to keep the strobes lit and the bass bumping.""Soon you...

Toyota to sell solar panel-equipped Prius next year

"The Nikkei, Japan’s biggest business newspaper, reports today [JP] Toyota will use solar panels in its next-generation Prius hybrid cars to be sold starting 2009. The company’s Japanese website doesn’t...

Blizzard/Activision Merges With Vivendi In $18 Billion Deal

And another era of gaming is born. The world's biggest publisher/distributor joined up with one of the world's biggest software companies in a deal worth almost $19 billion. What impact this will have on the...

Verizon Business customers access next-gen solutions in China

"Verizon Business has been working with China Telecom on MPLS VPN since 2004, enabling full interconnectivity between the Verizon Private IP global network and China Telecom's national MPLS network. Hundreds of multinational customers in China already use more than 600...

Next-generation Wi-Fi a reality with over 95 products certified

""Wi-Fi is a pervasive wireless technology used by more than 350 million people at more than 200,000 public hotspots, millions of homes and businesses worldwide," said Wi-Fi Alliance Senior Director Karen Hanley. "Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 802.11n draft 2.0 products are transforming...

Verizon Business Customers Access Next-Generation Convergence Solutions Throu...

"Verizon Business has been working with China Telecom on MPLS VPN since2004, enabling full interconnectivity between the Verizon Private IP global network and China Telecom's national MPLS network. Hundreds of multinational customers in China already use more than 600...

Paramount and DreamWorks Drop Blu-ray

"In unexpected news today, Paramount and DramWorks Animation have announced that both studios will drop their support of the Blu-ray format in the next-generation DVD format war and will now exclusively publish content on HD-DVD. As such, major upcoming home releases of...

Straight to the Moon, Neil: The 36th Anniversary of the Lunar Landing

On July 20, 1969, two American men landed on the moon. Today is the 36th anniversary of that landing (at least, if you believe it happened...see below). My favourite piece of random trivia about the lunar...

Columbia University licenses next-generation DNA sequencing technology

Columbia University announces today that it recently executed an exclusive license agreement for a next generation DNA sequencing technology to Intelligent Bio-Systems (IBS), Inc. This innovative DNA-sequencing...

Wii's a way to work up sweat

MORE than 30,000 Australians have pre-ordered Nintendo's next-generation games console, which goes on sale at midnight on Wednesday."The Japanese games giant -- the dark horse of the $40 billion global gaming wars -- unveiled its secret weapon, Wii, to US audiences last...

50 Coolest Websites

"How do we select our finalists? We evaluate hundreds of candidates—some suggested by readers, colleagues and friends, others discovered during countless hours of surfing. Many of this year's choices are shining examples of Web 2.0: next-generation sites offering dynamic...

Tokyo Game Show packed amid next-generation console hype

"CHIBA, Japan (AP) - Japan's biggest gaming event, the Tokyo Game Show, was packed this weekend, a sure sign the battle among Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo to woo fans to their games consoles is heating up."

Next-Generation AMD Opteron Paves The Way For Quad-Core

"Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday made the first major upgrade to its successful Opteron server processor. The change will include a shift to a new socket the company says will carry it through next year's...

AMD seeks to maintain server-chip momentum

"SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is rolling out the next-generation of its Opteron server-chip, the processor that helped spur the company's revival from an also-ran to a more serious threat to Intel Corp.The release of the processor that powers big...

Next-gen DVD war could be messy--or not

"BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.--Will the much-hyped next-generation DVD format war be a bloody battle, a bloodless coup or simply a stalemate? Depends on who you ask. At the fourth annual DisplaySearch HDTV: The Future of Television conference here, analysts, HD DVD and Blu-ray...

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