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Wednesday, scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research
(CERN) laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland,
will be switching on the Large Hadron Collider, which is a particle accelerator
that will send beams of protons around a
17-mile underground ring. The LHC, which cost $6 billion, is aimed at recreating
Big Bang’s effects by crashing protons into each other. Thus, hopes are high
that the Universe’s mysteries will be no
harder to solve than a corny 100-piece puzzle.
Nevertheless,
opponents to the LHC fear that the experiment will create a black hole, putting...
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With just one day since Google Chrome opened its tabs to the
world, the new browser is causing a momentum among users, experts, journalists –
pretty much anyone using the Web really. Why? The answer is very simple: the
browser promised to deliver a different experience from what we see in today’s
browsers, and even though it is still a beta release, with a lot of polishing
needed, it does seem to put Internet Explorer and Firefox in trouble.
The first time I opened Google Chrome I just knew I’d love
this browser, since it generously offered to import all my data from my...
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Microsoft announced that the company’s low-end model of Xbox
360 will be subject to a price cut from $279 to $199, this rendering it the
cheapest of the new generation of consoles.
This is not the first time the company has made such a move. Last year, the
Xbox consoles’ prices were decreased in order to enable the expansion of the
user base. Although when it first came out, the gadget hit the leading
position, in July, the registered sales rates were lower than the ones for Sony’s
PlayStation3 and for Nintendo’s Wii’s, also. During that month, 205,000
units were sold, according to...
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Sony VAIO owners should be on high alert, as the electronics
maker announced significant product recalls due to overheating problems at the
laptops’ wiring system. The issue is said to affect the VGN-TZ100 series,
VGN-TZ200 series, VGN-TZ300 series and VGN-TZ2000 series models, and customers
have been notified to check their laptops for any potential problems.
According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission,
Sony will recall approximately 73,000 VAIO TZ-series notebooks in the United
States. Overall, the estimated number of recalled laptops reaches approximately
440,000...
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In spite of last minute attempts to stop its activation, the
Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the highest-energy particle accelerator in the
world is set to be fired up for the first time on September 10. Built at the
border between Switzerland and France, this gargantuan machine, with a
circumference of 27 kilometers, which has been in development since the
early 1980s, is finally ready to rumble, much to the joy of over 8000
physicists form 85 countries plus staff that have worked together to make the
device a reality.
But what does it do precisely? The machine, built between 50
and...
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Steve Jobs was more than able to obtain a collective Wow last year but this time around reactions...
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The Serial ATA (Advanced Technology Attachment) International
Organization announced on Wednesday...
AT&T Inc is replacing 17,000 backup batteries used as backup power sources in its outdoor...
At MacWorld, Microsoft unveiled its Microsoft Office 2008
for Mac software suite. Although the PC...
Sun Microsystems Inc. announced that it is to acquire open-source software maker MySQL AB for $1...
Microsoft issued today an advisory saying that the company
is investigating new reports about a...
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