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| TechNews World |
Jillian Cohan
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MySpace's notoriety could be a turnoff for young people who are looking for an online community of their own, said Amanda Lenhart, a senior researcher for the Pew Internet and American Life Project. Lenhart has studied teens' online behavior since the late 1990s. "Teens will go where their friends go," she said. |
| TechNY |
Peter Spier
Driving Into The Future |
Hybrid automobiles that have thus far reached the consumer market include, among a growing variety, the popular Toyota Prius and Honda Insight, which are propelled by a combination of gasoline and batteries. Though touted for their fuel efficiency they are lambasted for their lack of power and differential maintenance costs across the life of the vehicle, and despite budding public embrace, they have proven little affect on SUV sales. |
| Technology Review |
Kate Greene
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A new process using lasers instead of high temperatures to remove hydrogen from silicon during the chip-manufacturing process could lead to faster semiconductors, by replacing the current technique, which often causes damage to silicon that inhibits chip speed. |
| Tech Web |
David Haskin
Cellular Industry Calls For National Regulations |
The current mix of state and federal regulations covering the cellular industry should be replaced by a single federal regulatory framework, the trade organization representing U.S. cellular operators said Thursday. |
| TidBITS |
Joe Kissell
Four iLife Apps Receive Updates |
Apple released minor updates to four of the iLife '06 applications today - iWeb, iPhoto, iMovie HD, and iDVD - both via Software Update and as stand-alone downloads. As usual, the updates all include unspecified minor bug fixes and stability improvements. |
| Tom's Hardware |
Bert Topelt, Daniel Schuhmann, Frank Volkel
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The news, for those who just can't stand the wait any more, is this: Intel has offered a budget Pentium as part of its processor line-up for a little while now. With a simple modification, however, this CPU can outperform every top-of-the-line processor around. |
