EE Times: Plastic, not glass, to spawn new breed of thin, flexible displays. Display R&D efforts at Royal Philips Electronics are "no longer on glass-based displays," which are breakable and expensive to manufacture, said Peter Wierenga, a senior vice president with Philips Research. Instead, the company is pursuing "plastic-based and cheap manufacturing technology..." [Tomalak's Realm]

 

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Could Patriot unjam US garage doors?. Letters Plus, universe theory gets butt kicked By Lucy Sherriff . [The Register]

 

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Belgacom to launch DSL interactive TV. Alcatel on board for VDSL service By Jan Libbenga . [The Register]

 

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Biometric ID card trial kicks off in Glasgow. Smile better for the nice databank, dearie By Lucy Sherriff . [The Register]

 

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Wi-Fi provider Cometa shutting down. Cometa Networks Inc., which had hoped to bring nationwide wireless access in the U.S., plans to shut down because it hasn't been able to attract enough capital to continue operations. [Computerworld News]

 

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If you are trying to work with databases this is big news...Oracle and Microsoft Cut a Software Deal. Two longtime rivals, Oracle and Microsoft, announced a partnership intended to help Oracle's databases work better with Microsoft's Windows operating system. By The New York Times. [New York Times: Technology]

 

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Narrow Path for New Biotech Food Crops. The time and money involved in clearing regulatory hurdles make it uneconomical to apply biotechnology to any but the most widely grown crops. By Andrew Pollack. [New York Times: Technology]

 

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Just in case you had not yet thought of it...With a Digital Slide Show, You May Upstage the Bride. You can easily create a slide show that can be displayed on the computer screen, projected onto a wall or large screen, or shown on a TV. By Larry Magid. [New York Times: Technology]

 

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Things That Go Bump in a Console. Forget cheesy B-movie plots and zombie moans. This year's crop of horror adventure games will creep you out and keep you awake at night like a good ghost story should. By Chris Kohler. [Wired News]

 

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Smart homes offer a helping hand. The homes of the future could be filled with clever technology designed to help you live your life. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]

 

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Web veteran turns to world of work. Small firms are being encouraged to join a club of net-connected companies. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]

 

3:21:36 PM    

 

Gates backs blogs for businesses. Microsoft boss Bill Gates highlights the benefits of blogs in a speech to top business leaders. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]

 

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This whole RSS thing might be another way that landscape architects might be able to be desktop updates on materials and supplies that we use on our projects...RSSQuotes "allows you to create and save a list of stocks, then delivers the quotes to your favorite RSS Reader during market hours." [Scripting News]

 

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