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Apple upgrades MacBook Pro laptops

News The 15-inch models also have an energy efficiency boost, with LED-backlit displays. Those laptops received processor and memory upgrades in addition to a hard-drive space boost (which was not part of Tuesday's MacBook Pro boost), but did not come...

6 June 2007, 10:24

Apple divulges product details in effort to get greener

News Apple plans to reduce and eventually eliminate the use of mercury by transitioning to LED backlighting for all displays when technically and economically feasible," he wrote. Apple enthusiast site AppleInsider speculated that the 15-inch MacBook...

3 May 2007, 9:14

Philips unit to unveil rollable-display mobile device

News Due to the LED screen's low power-consumption, claimed Polymer Vision, the device will only need to be charged every ten days on average. The cost of the device remains a secret for now, although van der Zijden insisted that LED displays were...

9 February 2007, 9:46

Is Microsoft finally listening to Web developers?

News But while the news led to vociferous griping on discussion forums around the Net, and to one widely blogged call by Windows IT Pro news editor Paul Thurrott for an IE boycott, the recent detente helps explain why WaSP was surprisingly nonplussed.

5 August 2005, 9:10

Photos: Low-cost tech aids basic needs

News LED light, which it boldly aims to replace kerosene lamps still used by one-third of people in the world, who often pay one-third of their earnings for the fuel. Unlike hand-cranked or solar LED lights that can be found in US hardware stores, this...

27 September 2007, 10:37

Photos: Tech and art combine at Sundance

News However, since the LED boards are in between the viewer and the image, one has to look through a curtain of LED to see the image", according to materials submitted by the artist. A sort of media center 2.0, New Frontier on Main is geared toward...

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22 January 2008, 9:16

Photos: Beauty tech tools

News The LED lights in the DPL Therapy home unit by LED Technologies produce red and infrared wavelengths that the product's maker says will increase circulation and improve the texture and appearance of skin damaged by aging, smoking and weather.

8 October 2007, 10:21

Florida judge puts 'Bully' in detention

News That history, coupled with Take-Two's description of its game, already caused the Miami-Dade School District to pass a resolution condemning Bully, and led Labour MP Keith Vaz to suggest that it be banned.

13 October 2006, 10:26

Nokia reminds you to save electricity

News A mobile industry task force led by Nokia announced on Thursday that it has agreed to do its part for the environment.by reminding you to conserve electricity. The members of the task force, a project of the European Commission (EC), agreed to...

22 September 2006, 9:10

Rock history, available to download

News In 1970, 20-year-old student Bill Sagan had his first real brush with rock and roll history at an early Led Zeppelin concert at Chicago's fabled Aragon Ballroom. Now the entrepreneur owns one of rock's biggest treasure troves of recorded shows by...

20 February 2006, 10:05

News.blog: Can silicon help Blu-ray?

News Shimei Semiconductor has developed a blue LED grown on a silicon substrate, according to EE Times. The prototype LED emits 450-nanometer wavelength blue light. The Blu-ray people face a big problem: those blue lasers are a pain to make.

10 November 2006, 10:02

Internet ad revenue climbs by 26 per cent

News This record spending was once again led by ads linked to Web search results, said the Interactive Advertising Bureau, or IAB, which released the report on Monday in conjunction with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

27 September 2005, 10:05

Soderbergh shakes up DVD release thinking

News In recent months a few powerful Hollywood insiders, led by Disney chief Robert Iger, have been talking about the need for dramatic changes in the windowing system in order to respond to those challenges.

13 January 2006, 10:54

Vista creates a puzzling buzz

News It started with a cryptic ad on an official Internet Explorer blog, and it quickly led curious puzzle players to what may be one of the most ambitious interactive sweepstakes in history. The ad, which appeared on 21 December, showed a small black...

15 January 2007, 10:13

'WoW' patch keeps servers down for hours

News The latest patch to the wildly popular online game World of Warcraft has led to the game's servers being down for hours longer than expected. According to Gil Shif, public relations manager for WoW publisher Blizzard Entertainment, the latest major...

29 March 2006, 9:22