NASA tests scientific balloon 21 miles above Earth
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NASA and the National Science Foundation have jointly launched a super-pressure balloon prototype they hope can keep 1-ton instruments miles above the Earth for at least 100 days.
Via displays netbooks, PCs with rival chip to Intel Atom
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Via Technologies on Thursday showed off several new products armed with its new Nano microprocessor, the chip it hopes will compete with the Intel Atom in netbooks and other devices.
Expect Office 2007's 'Ribbon' UI to permeate Windows 7, Microsoft says
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The controversial 'Ribbon' user interface that Microsoft introduced in Office 2007 is being used for some of Windows 7's built-in applications, such as WordPad and Paint.
Dell shows its new ultraslim Adamo laptop at CES
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Dell unveiled its upcoming Adamo computer, revealing it to be a lightweight laptop, which could make it a possible competitor to Apple's MacBook Air.
Microsoft testing a better rival to Google Docs
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Microsoft is testing new capabilities for Office Live Workspace that will make it a closer rival to online application suites such as Google Docs.
Microsoft postpones Windows 7 public beta
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Microsoft postponed the rollout of the Windows 7 beta today, citing "very heavy traffic" on its Web site, but it did not offer a new schedule for delivering the beta of its newest operating system.
Google: Chrome in 'never-ending' beta
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Google on Thursday announced that its Chrome browser would be in a 'never-ending' beta test, and that it plans to give users three options to update their copies at varying intervals.
Elgan: Palm and Sony out-Apple Apple
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Turns out an 'iPhone Elite' and a 'MacBook Nano' were both announced -- but the news didn't happen at Macworld and it was not by Apple.
Memory card standard could provide up to 2TB on an SD card
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The SD Association announced at the International CES this week that a new specification called SDXC will soon offer up to 2TB of capacity on SD cards along with superfast read/write speeds.
CES: Despite speed promises, USB 3.0 unlikely to become the next VGA
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Many technologies are being touted to replace VGA and DVI. The two leading candidates are HDMI and DisplayPort, while USB remains the underdog.
