Topic: NEWS english - on November 11, 2006 at 11:40:00 AM CET
Cheap, Superefficient Solar
Technologies collectively known as concentrating photovoltaics are starting to enjoy their day in the sun, thanks to advances in solar cells, which absorb light and convert it into electricity, and the mirror- or lens-based concentrator systems that focus light on them. The technology could soon make solar power as cheap as electricity from the grid.
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Topic: NEWS english - on November 10, 2006 at 6:08:00 PM CET
'Aliens could attack at any time' warns former MoD chief
UFO sightings and alien visitors tend to be solely the reserve of sci-fi movies.
So when a former MoD chief warns that the country could be attacked by extraterrestrials at any time, you may be forgiven for feeling a little alarmed.
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Topic: NEWS english - on November 8, 2006 at 12:25:00 PM CET
Lucas killed Indiana Jones 4
If you wanna blame anyone for the tardiness of the fourth “Indiana Jones” film – a film many predict may never happen, if only because its been off and on more times than a kettle – you can probably take aim at George Lucas.
According to Screenwriter Frank Darabont (“The Green Mile”), the fourth film was ready to go two years ago – until Lucas decided he didn’t like his script. Considering Steven Spielberg thought the script was the best Jaunt Indy had had since ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’, it sounds like Uncle George needs his head read.
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Topic: NEWS english - on November 4, 2006 at 6:49:00 PM CET
Chinese Theft o' the Day: Silicon Valley
The FBI reports that the Chinese Communist government has set up some 3,000 FAKE COMPANIES in the United States -- most of them in Silicon Valley -- whose sole purpose is to STEAL AMERICAN TECHNOLOGY and intellectual property.
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Topic: NEWS english - on October 27, 2006 at 1:43:00 PM CEST
Columbia Exporting More Than Cocaine
The study by the US Treasury Department, Federal Reserve and Secret Service said that one in every 10,000 greenbacks was a fake.
It said more affordable equipment meant counterfeiting was getting easier.
In Bulgaria, previously one of the biggest producers of fake dollars, fraudsters have turned to copying the euro, said the study.
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Topic: NEWS english - on October 19, 2006 at 2:23:00 PM CEST
Red Bull 2005 with record gain
The Salzburger Energy drink manufacturer talk bulletin 2005 in a record gain brought, reports the news magazine "format" in his current expenditure. Talks bulletin GmbH with seat in Fuschl concretely obtained according to end-of-year procedure in the previous year 412.8 millions euro balance profit.
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Topic: NEWS english - on October 19, 2006 at 1:38:00 PM CEST
To Make $4 Million A Year In Sales With An Ugly Website
Joel Boblit parlayed nostalgia for his childhood toys into big-time business when he discovered how much Transformers–robot action figures whose popularity has continued since the 1980s–were being sold for online. He launched BigBadToyStore.com in 1999 shortly after graduating college, while he was reliving fond memories of trading his favorite childhood toys–GI Joe, Masters of the Universe and Transformers. The biggest challenge in those early days? Boblit admits: "Being teased by my friends."
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Topic: NEWS english - on October 16, 2006 at 1:47:00 PM CEST
Wal-Mart to RIAA: We're not gonna take it!
I don't know about you, but I got my ~$12 check from the RIAA last year as part of the massive price fixing settlement between the music industry and the states. As a quick recap, the music industry was running a "minimum advertised pricing" scheme (MAPS), under which they'd withold valuable in-store promotional materials (i.e. giant cardboard cut-outs of Outkast, posters of Britney, and the like) from large retail chains that advertised CDs at low prices as a way of drawing people into the store. Wal-Mart is one of the chains that uses CDs as a loss leader, so when the feds found that MAPS was another just word for "illegal price fixing" Wal-Mart went right back to its loss-leading ways.
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Topic: NEWS english - on October 10, 2006 at 4:23:00 PM CEST
Huge African diamond sells for over $12 million
The biggest diamond to be found in 13 years, the "Lesotho Promise," was sold on Monday at auction for more than $12 million and is expected to fetch in excess of $20 million once it is cut up.
The 603-carat (120 gram) diamond, named after the tiny African mountain kingdom where it was found, went under the hammer at the Antwerp Diamond Centre and was sold to the South African Diamond Corporation, owner of luxury jewellers Graff.
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Topic: NEWS english - on June 19, 2005 at 9:47:00 AM CEST
Hydrogen-Powered Motorcycles Just Around the Corner
While attention has been focused on developing pollution-free hydrogen-powered cars, Intelligent Energy and some others have turned instead to two-wheeled transportation. The firm, which is relocating to Los Angeles from London, says the motorcycle’s fuel cell develops the equivalent of eight horsepower, good for speeds up to 50 miles an hour. The cycle has a range of about 100 miles on a tank of fuel. Currently, a hydrogen fill-up would cost about $3, says the cycle’s project director, Andy Eggleston.
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Topic: NEWS english - on June 19, 2005 at 9:43:00 AM CEST
Button-Battery Sized, Propane Fuel Cell for MP3 Players and Beyond
Engineers have created a propane-burning fuel cell that's almost as small as a watch battery, yet many times higher in power density. Led by Sossina Haile of the California Institute of Technology, the team reports in the June 9 issue of the journal Nature that two of the cells have sufficient power to drive an MP3 player. If commercialized, such a fuel cell would have the advantage of driving the MP3 player for far longer than the best lithium batteries available".
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Topic: NEWS english - on March 30, 2005 at 11:06:00 AM CEST
Toshiba's 'NanoBattery' Recharges In Only One Minute
The new battery fuses Toshiba's latest advances in nano-material technology for the electric devices sector with cumulative know-how in manufacturing lithium-ion battery cells. A breakthrough technology applied to the negative electrode uses new nano-particles to prevent organic liquid electrolytes from reducing during battery recharging. The nano-particles quickly absorb and store vast amount of lithium ions, without causing any deterioration in the electrode.
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