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Google launches OneBox music service
Google is getting into the online music business with a service allowing people to find and hear tracks by searching on song titles, artists or snatches of lyrics.

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Universal phone chargers won't save the planet
The UN's International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has rubber stamped the spec for a new mobile phone charger that will work with any handset.

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Windows 7 launches in London hospital
Microsoft launched the very latest version of its operating system - Windows 7 today. The most interesting thing is that people will have to perform a 'clean' installation in order to upgrade from Windows XP.

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Oracle, Linux, Sun to blame for Sidekick Danger data loss
Well, blow me down. After days of sanctimonious posturing by the world, his dog and his blogger, it turns out that the problems at Microsoft subsidiary Danger, which threatened the data integrity of Sidekick users, was all down to Oracle, Sun and Linux. No Microsoft products were involved.

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Wi-Fi Alliance promotes peer to peer Wi-Fi Direct
The Wi-Fi Alliance said it is close to releasing the final spec for wi-fi devices to connect directly to each other.

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Going offline stresses people out
Being cut off from the internet or losing mobile phone coverage can cause high levels of anxiety, according to a survey carried out for Virgin Media.

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Scientists demonstrate telepathy, well, sort of
Researchers at the University of Southampton claim they have been able to communicate person-to-person through the power of thought alone.

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Nvidia: Fermi demo board was "engineering" prototype
Nvidia has clarified that its next-generation Fermi board showcased at the GPU conference keynote and subsequent Q A session was an "engineering prototype." The official clarification came just hours after various websites claimed that the board had been faked.

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Nissan copies fish schools to avoid robot collision
It's probably true that fish have more intelligence than robots but they know which way is up and down, and Nissan has copied the activity of shoals with its Eporo robot car.

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World’s largest windfarm breezes into Texas
German power company E.ON Climate and Renewables (EC R) has completed what it claims to be the world's largest wind farm near Roscoe, Texas. The Roscoe wind complex has an installed capacity of 781.5 megawatts (MW), generating enough electricity to power more than 230,000 homes.

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Toshiba introduces ultra-thin laptop line
Toshiba has introduced a reasonably priced line of ultra-thin laptops. The Satellite T100 series - which measures less than one inch thick - has a starting weight of 3.49 pounds and delivers up to 9 hours of battery life.

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LucidLogix boosts GPU gaming with Hydra 200 parallel processor
LucidLogix has redefined multi-GPU gaming with the introduction of its Hydra 200 parallel processor. The second generation SoC works with any GPU, CPU or chipset to provide scalable 3D graphics performance in a multi-GPU computing environment.

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Windows 7 won't help PC sales until next summer
Windows 7 is unlikely to have any significant effect on PC sales until the middle of next year at the earliest, warn notebook makers.

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Jetpack ride for sale on Ebay
It might not be everybody's idea of the perfect Christmas present, but if you've already given your partner a flight in a glider and a paintballing session, it's got to be worth considering.

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