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AP: Products of future shown at TechWorld
Oct 7 2005 8:09PM (CT)
WARREN, Mich. (AP) - Imagine a car that will only start with a scan of its owner's fingerprint. Or a vehicle that heats up instantly, even in the dead of winter.
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Robot racers rev processors for $2M purse
Oct 7 2005 8:09PM (CT)
PRIMM, Nev. (AP) - This desert pitstop with a handful of casinos was supposed to be the finish line for a robot race sponsored by the Pentagon last year to spur development of unmanned vehicles for warfare. Problem was, none of the self-driving entries made it this far.
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Court nixes full appeal in Blackberry suit
Oct 7 2005 8:09PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A federal court on Friday denied Research In Motion Ltd.'s request for the full court to rehear its appeal of a long-running patent suit in which the maker of BlackBerry e-mail devices has been found guilty of infringement.
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VeriSign acquires Weblogs.com for $2.3M
Oct 7 2005 5:35PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Internet services company VeriSign Inc. said Friday it has acquired Weblogs.com, a service that automatically alerts people when blogs and other Web sites are updated with new material.
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EU Commission urges more robotics spending
Oct 7 2005 9:37AM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - European development of a cyberhand that feels, and the world's first shape-shifting robot are just some of the projects that could be at risk if the EU fails to keep up research spending in the years ahead, officials warned Friday.
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Singapore jails bloggers for racist speech
Oct 7 2005 7:12AM (CT)
SINGAPORE (AP) - A Singapore court Friday sentenced two ethnic Chinese to prison for posting racist remarks about ethnic Malays on the Internet, in what is considered a landmark case underscoring the government's attempts to crack down on racial intolerance and regulate online expression.
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China to develop its own DVD format
Oct 7 2005 4:50AM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - For the second time in two years, China has announced plans to develop its own next-generation DVD standard to break the monopoly of foreign companies and avoid paying heavy licensing fees.
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