"In December 20, 1951, just outside the tiny town of Arco, Idaho, four 100-watt lightbulbs strung on a single cord flickered to life and then glowed brightly, becoming the first appliances ever powered by nuclear energy. The small group of scientists watching, employees of the Idaho National Laboratory (INL), toasted to a future powered by the splitting of atoms.

It would be a dream deferred. Nuclear power stalled in America amid ...." ~ Excerpt by Elizabeth Svoboda. Read more: New Tech Could Make Nuclear the Best Weapon Against Climate Change

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"Very cool news from Amazon: It's released the source code used by the Kindle device. The code's provided as is, of course. There doesn't appear to be a license file in the distribution, but the folder is named "gplrelease" and they're using Linux 2.6.22, so I suspect it's GPLV2.

This move means that competitors ..." ~ Excerpt by Savio Rodrigues, InfoWorld. Read more: Why Amazon Opened up Kindle.

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"While LED lights have longer lives, generate less heat and use less power than incandescent bulbs, their practical applications are still limited (chances are, you don't know anybody with an LED-lit house). That's because they're expensive, with lots of tiny bulbs racking up large price tags. Furthermore, their sterile white light can make a home feel like a DMV office.

But for flashlights–particularly the tiny drawer-size variety–LEDs are perfect–bright, long-lasting and more durable than shatter-prone incandescent bulbs.

Take the LED Energizer Hard Case Tactical 2AA Second Generation Handheld Light .... ...." by Seth Porges of Popular Mechanic. Learn more:
Energizer's Hard Case Tactical Flashlight.

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Adobe's NEW Acrobat.com web conferencing services are live, now! Acrobat.com is an online service that combines web conferencing, file sharing and storage, collaborative word processing, and more. Coupon code: acrobat50.

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bluCTRL is a free application that allows Windows PC users that have a BlackBerry to control their PC. This application is great for a BlackBerry with a trackball and physical keyboard (all except the Storm). bluCTRL works over Bluetooth, therefore all one has to do is install the application on their BlackBerry and their PC. This appication is a great way to control presentations wirelessly and for controlling media centers from across a room.

Learn more: Introducing bluCTRL

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"Mobile operator 3 UK will allow users to enjoy unlimited Skype-to-Skype calls and messages without ever having to pay, as long as they have a compatible handset and a SIM card from the operator, it said on Thursday." Excerpt by Mikael Ricknäs, IDG News Service. Read the entire article: UK Mobile Operator Offers Free Mobile Skype Calls 'Forever'

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World Tech Update: Intel Develops Long-Life Laptop Batteries, the New Pre and iPhone, & More

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"Wi-Fi (pronounced /ˈwaɪfaɪ/) is a trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance for certified products based on the IEEE 802.11 standards. This certification warrants interoperability between different wireless devices.

The term Wi-Fi is often used by the public as a synonym for wireless LAN (WLAN); but not every wireless LAN product has a Wi-Fi certification, which may be because of certification costs that must be paid for each certified device type.

Wi-Fi is supported by most personal computer operating systems, many game consoles, laptops, smartphones, printers, and other peripherals." - Wikipedia

"The Alliance promotes standards with the aim of improving the interoperability of wireless local area network products based on the IEEE 802.11 standards. The Wi-Fi Alliance, a consortium of separate and independent companies, agrees on a set of common interoperable products based on the family of IEEE 802.11 standards. The Wi-Fi Alliance certifies products via a set of defined test-procedures to establish interoperability. Those manufacturers with membership of Wi-Fi Alliance and whose products pass these interoperability tests can mark their products and product packaging with the Wi-Fi logo." - Wikipedia

Learn much more about: The Wi-Fi Alliance and Wi-Fi at Wikipedia.org . Topics covered by Wikipedia are:

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Advantages and challenges
~ Operational advantages
~ Limitations
~ Reach
~ Mobility
~ Threats to security
~ Population
~ Channel pollution
Hardware
~ Standard devices
~ Distance records
~ Embedded systems
Network security
~ Securing methods
~ Piggybacking
City-wide Wi-Fi
Origin and meaning of the term Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi Alliance
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