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Designer organisms could be world's next fuel source

News The raw genetic material for these synthetic micro-organisms will come from a diverse set of genes from a variety of species, according to the company. The scientist who cracked the human genome now hopes to exploit the properties of DNA to solve...

8 November 2005, 9:58

Microsoft tries to make Vista iPod-friendly

News Microsoft posted several other updates, including one aimed at fixing a problem that could have resulted in Canon EOS-1D users losing images if metadata was added to RAW files. Microsoft released several patches for Windows Vista on Tuesday...

28 March 2007, 9:42

Photos: Google goes green

News Listings include the Las Vegas Natural History Museum and the Go Raw Cafe. The main page for Google's new 'green' mashup Web site with information about earth-friendly locations in five of the US's top travel destinations.

31 May 2006, 9:39

Photos: Up close with Saturn's icy geysers

News We brightened the photo with Photoshop; a sample of the raw image is below. NASA's Cassini probe has successfully flown through the plume of a geyser and took its closest approach to the surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus, according to first...

Tags: space, mission, science, surface

14 March 2008, 9:46

Canon develops its camera and printer lineup

News It can shoot up to 3 frames per second and up to 60 full-resolution JPEGs and 17 RAW images in a single burst, Canon said. Canon on Monday announced a clutch of new digital cameras -- with resolutions ranging up to 12.8 megapixels -- along with an...

23 August 2005, 8:41

Nokia reminds you to save electricity

News Groups from various industries looked at everything from raw materials to manufacturing processes to the effects of product decomposition. A mobile industry task force led by Nokia announced on Thursday that it has agreed to do its part for the...

22 September 2006, 9:10

Apple unveils photo software and Power Mac Quad

News Its features include speedy manipulation of higher-quality RAW files. Apple on Wednesday introduced new high-end photo-processing software and upgraded its Power Mac desktop and PowerBook laptops. The new Power Mac G5 Quad has two 2.5GHz dual-core...

20 October 2005, 9:39

China to trump US in broadband subscribers

News It should come as little surprise that China will soon pull ahead of the United States in terms of raw numbers of subscribers, especially considering that China's population of 1 billion is more than three times that of the U.S.

5 May 2005, 9:23

Microsoft taps Canon to bring Vista into colour

News The company already announced plans to support the uncompressed RAW files used by high-end digital cameras. As part of its effort to boost the graphics abilities in Windows Vista, Microsoft is expected to announce that it has partnered with Canon...

14 September 2005, 9:33

Adobe Lightroom ready for launch

News Lightroom supports more than 150 raw file formats, including those for the new Nikon D40 and D80 and Pentax K10D, as well as JPEG and TIFF files, according to Adobe. Photoshop Lightroom, the photo file manager from Adobe, is now available for...

30 January 2007, 10:03

PS3 could lose next-gen war, says analyst

News Sony has done very little to justify why the system is worth a premium price for consumers that don't care about raw hardware performance and are not hard-core audio/visual consumers," DFC said. In the next-gen console race, there are three main...

5 July 2006, 10:05

Online private eyes draw privacy complaints

News In addition, there should be limits on providing raw data to clients, he said. Want to find a long-lost school friend? Think your spouse is cheating on you? Numerous Web sites make being a private investigator as easy as double clicking.

19 July 2005, 8:54

Open-source rival takes on Google Maps

News Once the raw GPS data is uploaded it can also be edited wiki-style by others, who can add information such as street names. Volunteer 'citizen cartographers' are aiming to take on the likes of Google Maps and Britain's Ordnance Survey by creating a...

14 November 2006, 11:31

One in 10 Brits recycle old mobile phones

News Terho, director of environmental affairs, markets at Nokia, said in a statement: "If all of the three billion people that own mobile phones globally brought back just one unused device we could save 240,000 tonnes of raw materials and reduce...

Tags: nokia, mobiles, cent, mobile phones

10 July 2008, 9:21

Solar energy firms get big-money boost

News It also cuts costs because CIS cells can be manufactured much more rapidly than silicon solar cells, require less in terms of raw materials and don't need independent support structures. Two unusual solar energy companies have announced major...

21 June 2005, 9:21