A deep freeze expected soon in the U.S. Midwest, northeastern New England states and even the South will be one to remember, with potential record-low temperatures heightening fears of frostbite and hypothermia. It hasn't been this cold ...
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Two years ago,the U.S.Congress mandated that the Federal Aviation Administration integrate robotic aircraft into national airspace by 2015.The FAA has since taken only baby steps toward that goal,but the topic has already sparked much ...
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Frank Polich/Bloomberg News Construction spending rose 1% in November to the highest pace in more than four years, the Commerce Department reported Jan. 2. The increase brought spending to an annual $934.4 billion annual rate, the ...
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Taiwan’s China Steel Corp. (CSC)'s said the demand for AP plate is increasing. Currently, local distributors' re-selling price for AP plates was NT$17,800~18,000/ton, but the price has jumped to over NT$18,000/ton and it helps ...
Details of the new additions to Lotus Australia’s showroom in 2014. Lotus Exige S Roadster (March) Sharing its coupe twin’s mid-transverse-mounted 3.5 litre V6 engine, complete with Harrop HTV 1320 (Eaton-type) supercharger, ...
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Samsung said a 110-inch TV that has four times the resolution of standard high-definition TVs is going on sale for about $150,000 in South Korea. The launch Monday of the giant television set reflects global TV makers' move toward ultra ...
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This combination of Associated Press file photos shows, left, a Cingular "Fast Forward" cradle and Motorola mobile phone in New York on Tuesday Nov. 4, 2003, and an Apple ultracompact USB Power Adapter, on Friday, Sept. 19, 2008, in New ...
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New Hampshire has become the latest state to adopt a law that prohibits commercial drivers from sending text messages from behind the wheel, the Associated Press reported. Effective Jan. 1, drivers caught texting while operating a moving ...
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Two tech companies have launched rival ventures to build Android tablets in Haiti, a country with little recent experience in electronics manufacturing. Startups Surtab SA and Handxom SA began production last month and plan to sell the ...
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Full-bodied cameras known as SLRs have long been able to shoot high-definition video besides still images. But when budding filmmakers use them, production results vary. It's not just the level of talent, but the additional gear available ...
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Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. said their curved TVs will get bigger and sport the sharpness four times the regular HD television sets. The world's two largest TV makers will display ultra-HD TVs with curved screens that ...
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Preliminary research shows that gene therapy might one day be a powerful weapon against leukemia and other blood cancers. The experimental treatment coaxed certain blood cells into targeting and destroying cancer cells, according to ...
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This may be remembered as the year smartphones became boring. Although high-definition displays on smartphones have gotten bigger and their cameras have gotten better, the pace of gee-whiz innovation has dawdled. Smartphone and software ...
I find giant phones hard to carry and use, but I'm well aware that many people like the bigger images and text they offer. These so-called phablets, with screens measuring about 6 inches (15.24 centimeters) diagonally, are nearly as big ...
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Engineers who used to work for Nokia are hoping to grab a share of the lucrative and highly competitive smartphone market with a new handset, which is based on the former world No. 1 cellphone maker's old software and is faintly reminiscent ...
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