Tablet + Laptop - Asus Eee Pad Transformer

This Android 3.0 Honeycomb Tablet has a dual core 1 GHz Tegra 2 CPU. The keyboard has USB slots and flash card reader slots.It’s priced at $399 (tablet only) for the 16-GB versi...

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Hands free video camera

Looxcie ear-mounted head cam is smaller and sleeker than it’s predecessor. It is compatible with iPhone and the iPad as well as Android-based tablets and smartphones. The video camera can capture 480p at 30 fps (4000 kbps) for either 5 hours or 10 hours of recording time. It also functions as a bluetooth headset with 6 hours of talk tim...

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Titanic being devoured by steel-munching bacteria

Microorganisms collected from a “rusticle” ” a structure that looks like an icicle but consists of rust ” are slowly destroying the iron hull of the liner on the seabed 3.8km below the Atlantic waves where it plummeted, killing 1,517 people, in April 1912.The newly identified species, while potentially dangerous to vital underwater installations...

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Acer unveils dual screen laptop

Acer has launched the Iconia, a laptop-cum-tablet computer with two touch screens. The new dual-screen laptop has two 14 inch displays, including one in place of a traditional keyboard.The Iconia, which was unveiled at a press conference in New York, features two touch-screens protected by ultra-tough Gorilla Glass.The device can be...

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Using moon to trap elusive cosmic particles

A team of astronomers used the Moon as part of an innovative telescope system to detect mysterious, ultra-high-energy neutrinos from distant regions of space. Their work gave new insight on the possible origin of the elusive subatomic particles and points the way to opening a new view of the Universe in the future.Neutrinos are fast-moving...

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Launch of Falcon 9 rocket delayed after engine damage

A crack in the engine nozzle of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket delayed its test launch until later this week, NASA said Monday.The privately owned Falcon 9 is operated by SpaceX, a California— based company that hopes to compete for future NASA contracts to ferry astronauts into space.The rocket was to carry the Dragon space capsule, and the...

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In India, 3G adoption likely to be tardy

The 3G mobile services, already available from BSNL and set to be rolled out by private operators, will take a long time to gain large-scale adoption, says a study conducted by Nielsen, an international marketing and advertising research firm. A recent post on the Nielsenwire blog (blog.nielsen.com), which quoted the company's study on...

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School bus in Japan

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