Trent Energy Inc. celebrated the grand opening in Peterborough, Ont., of the Stanley Adamson Powerhouse—a hydroelectric project developed by Trent Energy (a subsidiary of Peterborough Utilities Inc.) together with Trent University. ...
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Nvidia's Shield is complementary to gaming consoles for now, but the company hopes that wide adoption of Android gaming ultimately could make the $349 handheld an alternative to Xbox and PlayStation. Nvidia Shield gaming handheld front ...
BP has become the second oil and gas major in a day to announce it would have a new chief for its Australian operations, following fast on the heels of a similar announcement by ExxonMobil. Andy Holmes has been appointed president of BP ...
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Sony today introduced the VAIO Pro 11, the world's lightest 11.6" Ultrabook laptop, and the VAIO Pro 13, the world's lightest 13.3" touch Ultrabook , perfect for the mobile professional or student on the go who demands premium performance ...
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Ancient use The ancient Egyptians wore wigs to shield their shaved, hairless heads from the sun. They also wore the wigs on top of their hair using beeswax and resin to keep the wigs in place. Other ancient cultures, including the ...
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The trusty old laptop is being kicked to the curb, with PC makers trying to spice up their offerings by pushing a variety of hybrids, tablets and smaller-screen devices at the Computex trade show in Taipei this week. Asustek Computer, ...
Windows 8 is joining the 8-inch tablet bandwagon with a new device from Acer that will launch later this month and come with a price tag between US$400 and $500. Acer unveiled the Iconia W3 on Monday, a day before the start of the ...
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Asustek Computer introduced a new "phablet" device called the Asus Fonepad Note FHD6, which is part Android phone, part tablet. The 6-inch phablet can be used for 3G phone calls, or to watch full-HD movies on its 1920 x 1080 pixel ...
PCs that are cooler, smaller and faster were announced by computer makers Sunday in advance of Computex, with the new machines featuring Intel's speedier fourth-generation Core processors code-named Haswell. Asus, Cyberpower and ...
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MICROSOFT today has launched its long awaited Windows 8 Surface Pro tablet computer in Australia. It will be available from today in two configurations: a 64GB standalone version for $999 and a 128GB standalone version priced at $1,099. ...
Hewlett-Packard has introduced a new wave of Envy and Pavilion thin and light laptops, including an 11.6-inch touchscreen model priced aggressively at $399. The lineup includes three TouchSmart laptops with touchscreens and two non-touch ...
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Amazon.com is expanding the distribution of its tablets in a big way with the Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Fire HD 8.9 now available for preorder in over 170 countries, and its Appstore open in nearly 200 countries. The Kindle Fire HD has ...
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Royal Dutch Philips Electronics Ltd. is scheduled to see a LED lightening application center run into formal operation in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan Province, this September. Frans van Houten, CEO of it, said in an interview recently ...
Fashion first made popular in the glamorous twenties is now making a comeback thanks to Baz Luhrmann's cinema adaptation of The Great Gatsby, says department store Debenhams Ireland. The fashion retailer has seen sales increases of up to ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,12 commodities increased in prices, 34 fell and 54 remained unchanged on 17/05/2013.The largest rises were Dried cocoons (1.69%),Copper (0.87%),HDPE (0.64%),while the ...
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