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28 April 2007

My Dots for Friday, April 27, 2007

Is Linux finally ready to take on Windows as a desktop OS? We tried out both Vista and Ubuntu on individual PCs to see which works better. Here's who won.

[tags: vista, linux]

Quoted: No matter who wins the presidency of France on May 6, life in the grand, presidential Élysée Palace is destined to change.

[tags: France, Election]

Quoted: The ability to use solar power to generate liquid carbon-based fuels has the potential to generate energy for transportation much more efficiently than biomass, without ...

[tags: solar, batteries, EnergyTechnologies]

Quoted: PhysOrg news: Nanoscale 'Coaxial Cables' for Solar Energy Harvesting

[tags: solar, EnergyTechnologies, nanotech]

Quoted: The brightest minds in tech are still trying to come up with the ideal pint-size portable PC. An affordable contraption you won't mind schlepping on a trip. Yet one that will not burden you with a Tom Thumb keyboard, puny screen and paltry battery.

[tags: FlipStart]

Quoted: Not to be outdone by laptop rival Sony, Dell yesterday announced the availability of SSD (solid-state drive) technology for its Latitude D420 and D620 notebooks.

[tags: dell, SSD]

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26 April 2007

My Dots for Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Quoted: A wi-fi ‘big bang’ in the City of London shows hotspots are spreading so fast they could soon cover all British cities

[tags: future, mobile]

Quoted: Election day was the warmest of the year, with Paris looking its best with absolutely no feeling of tension. Young people lolled in the squares ...

[tags: france, election]

Quoted: Toyota surpassed General Motors in worldwide vehicle sales during the first three months of this year, marking the end of one of the longest runs ...

[tags: automotive]

Quoted: Frustrations with Wolfowitz boil over at World Bank meeting

[tags: World Bank]

A plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) is a vehicle powered by an internal combustion engine or hydrogen fuel cell, as well as an electric motor with onboard energy via storage batteries or capacitors that can be recharged by connecting a plug to an electrical power source. Plug-in hybrids have characteristics of both conventional hybrid electric vehicles and of battery electric vehicles.

[tags: hybrid, batteries, technology, automotive]

Quoted: The X1 prototype is just the beginning. It meets its design specs of 0-60 in 3 seconds, 170 mpg equivalent; and at 1536 lbs, is ...

[tags: automotive, electric car, batteries, future]

Quoted: Christine spent some time with the UC Davis professor who, along with his students, came up with the idea of the

[tags: automotive, hybrid, electric car, future]

Quoted: Vehicles of the future are heading our way and promising a cleaner ride and a commute with little or no gasoline.

[tags: automotive, EnergyTechnologies, future, hydrogen, electric car]

Quoted: The return of the electric car...

[tags: automotive, electric car, batteries]

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25 April 2007

My Dots for Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Yapta is very different from other travel sites. It is not hooked up directly to airlines’ systems (as Expedia and Oribitz are), nor is it essentially a search engine for low fares like Farecast. Instead, they’re using some of the ideas behind del.icio.us and bookmarking to create a potentially compelling new way for people to search for cheap flights.

[tags: travel, tickets, airline]

Quoted: Microsoft's latest operating system has landed, but what does it mean for you? We have your complete guide to Vista: software and system reviews, download windows vista, buy windows vista, Windows system upgrade, Windows vista videos, the latest vista news, and a test to check whether your system's ready for the Vista upgrade.

[tags: vista, microsoft]

Quoted: The Good Morning Silicon Valley blog looks askance at the technology news of the day with an authoritative eye and irreverent wit

[tags: blogs, Fon, sharing]

Quoted: Despite some recent assertions, the battery-electric car will not make a dent in our carbon emissions. Even in New Zealand, with our large share of hydro electricity, the marginal…

[tags: automotive, hybrid, batteries]

Quoted: Remaining French candidates seek votes in the center

[tags: France, election]

Boris Yeltsin has died. He symbolised post-communist Russia’s greatest strengths—and its weaknesses

[tags: politics, Russia]

Quoted: On the heels of a burst of successful fund-raising, Democratic 2008 presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama has pulled even with frontrunner Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, a new poll released on Monday found.

[tags: election]

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23 April 2007

My Dots for Sunday, April 22, 2007

Nicolas Sarkozy et Ségolène Royal en tête d'une élection à la participation historique

Quoted: LE MONDE, Journal Le Monde, quotidien d'information francophone / Le Monde, the french quality newspaper of record

[tags: France, election]

Feel free to use SuTree to learn everything: how to fix stuff at home, how to solve math problems, how to improve your golf or basketball skills, how to prepare quality recipes, how to speak foreign languages, how to maintain you car, how to choose your next holiday destination . or anything else you'd like to know.

Quoted: SuTree - social bookmarking and index of free video lessons, how to, tutorials, lectures and Do It Yourself

[tags: learning, DIY]

Quoted: Shoutmouth.com is the most comprehensive music news community on the Internet, covering over 1,000 popular music artists and offering more than 500 news articles every week.

[tags: music, artists, community, news]

WifiTastic puts you in control of your hotspot.

* You set the rates!

* Charge by the hour, day or by the month.

* Customers can pay by credit card and connect instantly.

* We'll help you to set up your hotspot.

* We handle the billing.

* We pay you 60% of the proceeds.

[tags: charge]

Our YouTube bots just pulled down the 5,000th music video from YouTube last night, so we’re right on course for our launch date on May 5th. The bots just finished indexing music videos from two of the major recording studios — Universal and Warner Bros — which constitute the majority of the music videos on YouTube.

We’re not done yet, though — we’re expecting over 10,000 videos by launch date, plus a few hundred added each week after Middio goes public.

Stay tuned for more progress updates!

Quoted: Uniting music videos

[tags: music, video, blogs]

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22 April 2007

My Dots for Saturday, April 21, 2007

Quoted: GoGOOROO is a user-generated online guide for broadband channels and videos. Think of it as your personal Internet TV guide that helps you navigate the ...

[tags: TV, community, guide]

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation's Archive of American Television makes many of its 500 exclusive interviews available online. This site helps you navigate through TV history -- as told by those who were there. Plus, it's your forum to voice your opinions on this exciting online experience. Enjoy!

[tags: tv, history]

A British engineer builds a half-ton, 1,000-horse drag-racing bike with the power of a monster truck

[tags: automotive, motorcycle]

Russia introduced a plan Wednesday to build a tunnel between Siberia and Alaska under the Bering Strait, saying the $65 billion project could be used to export Russian oil, natural gas and electricity to the United States.

[tags: news, Russia, USA]

Answer Rating:

Answer by waytron 64% (Post 99)

Answer by Watzman 21% (Post 5)

Answer by bkspeck 4%

Answer by Wolfie2k5 3%

Answer by gwhicks 3%

Answer by Paul Kimelman 3%

Answer by MOSFET2288 1%

Answer by hudgybear 1%

[tags: hardware, PC, replacement]

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