Quoted: We wish we could say that Ubuntu is the best alternative to Windows; sadly, it isn't. It took a LONG time to get all these ...
Quoted: Apple's new operating system includes plenty of sweet new eye candy and brilliant functionality. Get a first look at OS X 10.5 in our hands-on preview and slideshow.
Quoted: Fibromyalgia is a chronic, disabling condition. Prominent fibromyalgia symptoms include fatigue and intense pain at 'tender points' around the body. Fibromyalgia is linked to other illness such as CFS, sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome and myofacial pain
[tags: fms]
Quoted: Dr. Martin Pall, known mainly for his research into the causes of multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS), turns his attention to fibromyaglia, describing the role of excessive nitric oxide/peroxynitrite and excessive NMDA activity in this illness.
"No backlight also means when there's no current, there's no light. Therefore, we're able to achieve unprecedented contrast," Lapointe adds, referring to how black the blacks look on a television (measured in a ratio between black and white). Compared to a flat-panel LCD television with, say, a true contrast ratio of 1,000:1, or a plasma TV with 20,000:1, an OLED TV is said to have a 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio. "And this is a conservative estimate," Lapointe says
Quoted: Samsung's executive vice president, Ho Kyoon Chung, has said that he expects 42-inch OLED televisions to be on the market in three years' time
An organic light-emitting diode (OLED), also Light Emitting Polymer (LEP) and Organic Electro-Luminescence (OEL), is any light-emitting diode (LED) whose emissive electroluminescent layer is comprised of a film of organic compounds. The layer usually contains a polymer substance that allows suitable organic compounds to be deposited. They are deposited in rows and columns onto a flat carrier by a simple "printing" process. The resulting matrix of pixels can emit light of different colors.
Hulu's ambitious and never-ending mission is to help you find and enjoy the world's premium content when, where and how you want it. We hope to provide you with the web's most comprehensive selection of premium programming across all genres and formats – television shows, feature films, clips, and more. Additionally, we want to give you more choices of when and where you can enjoy your favorite programming, while creating innovative experiences that let you watch and participate in online video in new and exciting ways.
FreeRice has two goals:
1. Provide English vocabulary to everyone for free.
2. Help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free.
This is made possible by the sponsors who advertise on this site.
Quoted: Give free rice to hungry people by playing a simple word game.
[tags: free, vocabulary, donation, UN, learning]
In addition to a solar cell-powered hydrogen refueling station, Honda is operating an experimental Home Energy Station that generates hydrogen from natural gas for use in fuel cell vehicles while supplying electricity and hot water to the home as part of its ongoing research into development of hydrogen production and supply systems for a hydrogen-based society of the future.
[tags: SolarEnergy, hydrogen, home, fuel cell, electricity]
October 16, 2007 - Mobile carrier Orange will be the exclusive provider of the iPhone in France, the two companies announced Tuesday.
In addition to the ultra-thin aluminum keyboard Apple unveiled for the iMac last month, a similarly proportioned Bluetooth wireless version was also introduced. Here's a setup and unpacking tour, paired with a look at its features, an operational mystery, and a tantalizing future potential.
Zopa, still (it would appear) the world’s first peer to peer online lending service, has launched Zopa Listings, allowing individual borrowers to post their own specific requests for loans for individual lenders to review and then bid against.
[tags: finance, social lending]
As predicted, the Three Skype phone will have a specific button above the keypad to activate Skype. It looks like Three will not charge extra for Skype so long as the customer has a contract or tops up their prepay account regularly. The Guardian thinks the the phone will feature a 2MB camera and MP3 player as well as video playback, which is pretty safe predication. And assuming the Skype software operates like a normal PC account, it should be possible to use it to get “pushed” RSS feeds to it using something like Zaptxt. That might be useful… if outside the mainstream market the phone is aimed at.
Quoted: Skype's anticipated mobile phone is now official. Britain's mobile carrier 3 will start selling it on November 2 in the UK, and later ...
Fisker's next car is shaping up quite quickly. The announcement that the
Fisker's two first cars, the Tramonto and Latigo are paving the way for the new hybrid. (Photo: Fisker Coachbuild)
brand's next vehicle would be a hybrid showed a new direction, but what will the car look like? What will it be powered by? And what sort of car will it be? These details are now in the open
[tags: automotive, hybrid, EnergyTechnologies]
Gather is a place for you to connect with people who share your passions. It's a place where you can contribute thought, art, commentary, or inspiration. We'll reward you for all the great things you share with others in your communities of interest. And together, we'll continue to build a pretty special place to hang out online.
Quoted: Gather is a place to connect with people who share your passions. Let your unique voice shine through the articles, images, reviews, or audio you publish. We'll even compensate you with Gather PointsTM. Rewarded for something you'd do for free -- now that's a pretty good deal.
Quoted: I had the opportunity to interview Elizabeth Edwards with Gather member questions while she was in Boston on Wednesday, October 24th at the Westin Copley. The questions that came in from Gather members . . .
[tags: interview]
Quoted: Fora.tv, which wants to become the C-SPAN of the Web, closed a $2 million seed round from Adobe Ventures and Will Hearst. The site has about 1,500 hours of public speeches from people like Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker and neurologist and New Yorker contributor Oliver Sacks. It gets its videos through partnerships with organizations like the
[tags: GR]
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