Web News Aggregators rise despite papers woes

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 By Robert MacMillan

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Local newspapers may be faced with hard times, but the ability to get news on a mobile device is flourishing, with several outlets providing context that helps explain particular stories' places in the larger universe of world events.
The need for this becomes more apparent when you consider the thousands of newspapers, broadcasters, wires, and blogs around the globe. Until recently, few sites tried to make it easier for you to negotiate through the thicket.
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Posted on Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Toyota to make 100,000 units of hybrid Car: Paper

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TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp plans to produce 100,000 units a year of a new hybrid-only model slated for release in 2009 at a subsidiary in southern Japan, the Nikkei business daily reported on Saturday.
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Posted on Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:34:20 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Yahoo readied Plan to reject Microsoft Bid: Papers

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By Eric Auchard

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc CEO Jerry Yang ordered up a draft press release rejecting a Microsoft Corp takeover bid months before January's unsolicited bid, company documents unsealed on Monday show.
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Posted on Mon, 2 Jun 2008 22:49:46 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

VW, Sanyo to develop Lithium-ion Battery: Paper

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TOKYO (Reuters) - German carmaker Volkswagen and Japan's Sanyo Electric Co will jointly develop a lithium-ion battery to be used in hybrid and electric cars, the Nikkei financial daily reported on Sunday.
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Posted on Sun, 11 May 2008 00:25:22 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Paper is passe for tech-savvy South Koreans

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SEOUL (Reuters) - Young, tech-savvy South Koreans are making coupon clipping a thing of the past and turning to their mobile phones instead.
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Posted on Fri, 9 May 2008 06:59:53 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Japan's high-tech Displays give Paper a cutting Edge

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By Toshi Maeda

TOKYO (Reuters) - Bend it, write on it, read it -- just don't try to fold it into a paper plane. Electronic paper is Japan's answer to rising raw material costs, depleted resources and booming demand for printed matter from emerging markets such as China and India.
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Posted on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 06:57:19 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Darwin's private Papers get Internet Launch

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By Jeremy Lovell

LONDON (Reuters) - The first draft of Charles Darwin's "On The Origin Of Species" is among a wealth of papers belonging to the intensely private man who changed science being published on the Internet on Thursday for the first time.
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Posted on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:43:14 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

ThinkGeek Offers Paper E-Mail

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If your digital home or office is really getting you down and you are looking for a new way to un-green your environment you might consider the switch from real email to paper e-mail. This little pad of paper from ThinkGeek looks sort of like the email we send and receive every day.

You get a to field, date, time, cc, bcc and subject field along with a place for your message and your signature. For those attachments you like to send I suggest you get a stapler or some good ol’ paper clips. Each pad has 50 pages and sells for $3.99. Read more

Posted on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:14:19 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Hot Asus Eee PC Gadget Model Dorothy, Free Eee PC Wallpaper

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The I4U Gadget Model for April is here. This month we celebrate the Asus Eee PC with a great I4U Gadget Model photo shoot featuring very sexy Hungarian born model Dorothy and a free Asus Eee PC Wallpaper.

Asus defined with the Eee PC a new category of low cost notebooks and landed a huge hit.
Every other notebook maker now wants in on this hot new trend and releases similar products this year.
See the Asus Eee Girl Photos Now
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Posted on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

How to install Desktop Wallpaper on Asus Eee PC

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We just released our Asus Eee Gadget Model, where we also feature a free Wallpaper for download. Because it is not as easy to install a Wallpaper on the Asus Eee PC as it is on Windows or Apple computers here is a quick guide on how to do it. Read more

Posted on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:54:11 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Nokia Court Papers claim $1 bln Qualcomm Payments

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HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia has paid Qualcomm around $1 billion over 15 years for full access to the U.S. chip maker's early mobile technology patents, the world's top handset maker said in court documents.
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Posted on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:14:54 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Ziszor Handheld Paper Shredder Review

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Today we are looking at the Ziszor handheld shredder. This small shredder allows you to shred all those junk mails you get that could be used to steal your identity if they fell into the wrong hands.

The only problem with the Ziszor shredder is that the device cuts the documents into strips leaving clearly legible information. This could be a big issue if you are shredding documents with visible personal data. Read more

Posted on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:37:31 CST | by Shane McGlaun

China State Newspaper lambastes Spielberg on Darfur

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By Chris Buckley

BEIJING (Reuters) - A top Chinese state newspaper has lambasted Hollywood director Steven Spielberg for quitting the Beijing Olympic Games over Darfur, saying "childish" vanity politics lies behind Western criticism of Beijing policy. Read more

Posted on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 02:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Four big Newspaper Companies set online Ad Network

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Four of the largest newspaper companies in the United States are teaming up to create an online advertising sales network focused on premium advertisers seeking a national audiences. Read more

Posted on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:33:03 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Nortel CEO to consider Takeover Opportunities: Paper

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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Nortel Networks' chief executive will examine potential takeover opportunities when they arise, he told a German newspaper, but he declined to comment on media reports of a unit merger with Motorola . Read more

Posted on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:04:53 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Readius ePaper Phone comes mid 2008

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Polymer Vision, the ePaper spin out from Philips is promising the Readius mobile phone again. Sounds like this year’s Mobile World Congress must start soon in Barcelona.

About one year ago Polymer Vision and the Telekom Italia was supposed to offer the Cellular-Book dubbed Readius in 2007. Looks like that did not work out and the new release of an improved Readius phone is now scheduled for mid 2008. Read more

Posted on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

LG.Philips LCD shows highest resolution flexible e-Paper at CES 2008

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LG.Philips LCD will debut the world’s highest resolution 14.3-inch flexible color e-paper at the CES 2008.

The 14.3-inch E-paper display, which is equivalent in size to an A4 sheet of paper has a resolution of 1,280x800px and can display 16.7m colors. These e-paper displays are extremely energy efficient, only using power when the image changes. Additionally, the displays are extremely thin, at less than 300 micrometers. Read more

Posted on Thu, 3 Jan 2008 09:48:32 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Phosphor E Ink ePaper Watches

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Our watch news site Wrist Dreams reports about the new Phosphor watches that use E Ink ePaper as display.

The Spectrum gives Seiko an E Ink watch on the market, but it's availability is limited and price tag is high. Read more

Posted on Sun, 9 Dec 2007 03:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

MediaNews uses Topix for online Newspaper Comments

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By Robert MacMillan

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. newspaper publisher MediaNews Group Inc has enlisted Topix.com to run the online forums and comments sections that people use to discuss articles they read in its papers, Topix said on Tuesday. Read more

Posted on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 07:55:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

PVI supplies e-Paper Display for Amazon Kindle

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Amazon launched their e-book reader Kindle on Monday. PVI is the supplier of the display in Kindle. PVI (Prime View International) also supplies the e-paper display for the Sony Reader.

The 6 inch PVI display the Amazon Kindle uses has a resolution of 600×800px at 167ppi and 4-level gray scale. Read more

Posted on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 06:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Singapore lifts Ban on Microsoft Video Game: Paper

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SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore has lifted a ban on a Microsoft Corp. video game that contains a scene showing a human woman and an alien woman kissing and caressing, a local newspaper reported on Saturday. Read more

Posted on Sat, 17 Nov 2007 00:05:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr