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Internet group buying

BEIJING - Like millions of Chinese, Liu Wen has fallen in love with group buying, which has electrified e-commerce in a country where getting the best possible discount is virtually a national pasti...


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Wi-Fi cars hitting the information superhighway

WASHINGTON - MORE cars are hitting the information superhighway thanks to new automotive Wi-Fi technology that allows vehicles to become rolling 'hot spots.' Analysts say consumers are warming to ...


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How Would You Kill These Dogs?

How Would You Kill These Dogs? China Vs. The West Photo: swisseduc.ch How would you kill these dogs? This question may seem gratuitous, even cruel, but it's posed with purpose for those of us ...


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Liquid Air Stores Renewable Energy

Renewable sources of energy such as wind and solar power are intermittent. The wind doesn't always blow; the sun doesn't always shine. But power grids need uninterrupted, reliable flows of energy in...


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Radiation Worrying You? Take a Vitamin

To mitigate the effects of radiation on astronauts, doctors advise a simple measure: Take a vitamin pill. Along with the anti-radiation drug potassium iodide, scientists recommend a vitamin pill t...


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Quantum physics explanation for smell gains traction

The theory that our sense of smell has its basis in quantum physics events is gaining traction, say researchers. The idea remains controversial, but scientists reporting at the American Physical S...


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Incentives for installing greenery on buildings

SINGAPORE : It will soon be cheaper for owners of skyscraper buildings to install more greenery. This was announced by Senior Minister of State for National Development, Grace Fu, at the official...


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Firefox 4 launched !

Mozilla launches Firefox 4 Web browser free BEIJING, March 23 (Xinhuanet) -- Mozilla on Tuesday launched Firefox 4, the latest version of its free and open-source Web browser to the public, in...


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Groundbreaking eye operation

  Mar 23, 2011 Patient regains sight after groundbreaking operation By Yuen Sin A Taiwanese patient recently had her sight restored after undergoing a highly complex operation by...


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Capitalism ended life on Mars

  (Reuters) - Capitalism may be to blame for the lack of life on the planet Mars, Venezuela's socialist President Hugo Chavez said on Tuesday. "I have always said, heard, that it would not b...


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Playbook by Blackberry

MONTREAL: Blackberry maker Research In Motion (RIM) announced Tuesday that its iPad rival, the PlayBook, would go on sale next month at a price identical to that of the hot-selling Apple tablet comp...


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Taipei cycle show statistics

Biggest cycling exhibition in Asia was just over last Saturday 19th 2011 27,000 meter sq of floor space 240 overseas exhibitors 708 local Taiwanese exhibitors Total 948 exhibitors Ou...


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Biggest full moon ever

The moon will move closer to Earth than it has been in more than 18 years Saturday night, space. com reported on Friday. On Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (1900 MGT) , the "su...


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No fuel, got bicycles..

TONO (Japan) - MORE than a week after an earthquake and tsunami smashed much of Japan's north-east coast to pulp, a small tourist town tucked safely between mountains has ground nearly to a halt. ...


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Japan shifted 2.4 meters after quake !

The massive earthquake that devastated northeastern Japan has shifted the country more than 2 meters away from the neighboring Korean Peninsula, scientists said. The Korea Astronomy and Space Sci...


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Taipei International Cycle Show 2011

Located in Nangang Exhibition Hall there are 948 exhibitors and 3060 booths.   All the big names are there, like SRAM, Giant, Colnago, Shimano, Argon and Kuota MRT take you straight right to th...


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Solar panel for backpackers and cyclists?

Are we seeing more of such GREEN gadgets in the market soon ? Cheap and lighweight solar panels that you can carry on your backpack while you walk or ride or you can stick in your car panel?...


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World’s Largest Solar Plant

  China Announces the World’s Largest Solar Plant From the Three Gorges Dam to the Great Wall, China is known for its monumental projects that count among the biggest and grandest in ...


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Cities getting very crowded

CANNES (France) - THE world's big cities are already bursting at the seams but are set to grow even larger, with experts predicting that some 70 per cent of the world's population will be urban by 2...


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Google's Android has surged past Blackberry

WASHINGTON - Google's Android has surged past Blackberry maker Research in Motion to become the leading smartphone platform in the United States, market tracking firm comScore said Monday. Google...


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Alien microbes found

  ORIGINAL POST: Fossilized alien microbes have been discovered in a sample extracted from a meteorite, according to research carried out by a NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center astrobiologist. W...


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Bikepacking in Thailand?

Now in traditional backpcking you carry a backpack but in bikepcking you carry a foldable bicycle and a pannier bag. No additional bags unless you want to ...


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Penang top 10 islands in the world

Yahoo! lists Penang among world's top 10 Penang is listed as one of the top 10 islands in the world "you must see before you die."   An online travel guide has picke...


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Tiniest Computer in the World

See it now, folks! Between the Bearded Lady and the Monster Spider –- the World's Smallest Computer! Seriously, the world's smallest computer. It barely covers the “N” on a penny. The pro...


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Shanghai phone booths given WiFi

SHANGHAI - A TOTAL of 500 public telephone booths in downtown Shanghai have been equipped with WiFi hotspots to enable the city to go wireless, bringing new life to the almost abandoned public phone...


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Xoom tablet computer

SAN FRANCISCO: US telecom titan Verizon on Thursday will begin selling Motorola Mobility's hotly awaited "Xoom" tablet computer at a price close to that of a top-of-the-line iPad. Xoom will be th...


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China Mobile, Xinhua launch Internet search engine

SHANGHAI - CHINA Mobile Ltd, the world's biggest mobile operator, and state-run Xinhua News Agency have jointly launched an Internet search engine, the companies said on Tuesday. The search engine...


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Huawei announces new smartphone, updated tablet in Barcelona

Chinese mobile company Huawei has announced the launch of a new smartphone and an updated tablet. Both products are based on Android as the company looks to step up its presence in the high-end ma...


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Why a foldable bike?

Basically, a folding bike (or called foldie) makes it easier to go bicycling more often to a wider variety of places and with fewer worries about storage or theft. Your Passport To More Places ...


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'Air trains' could speed up travel: Futurists

MONTREAL - 'SHALL we take the eight o'clock air train to Paris?' It may sound strange to say now, but such jargon is likely to become commonplace someday - if aviation futurists are right in their p...


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