Teen Kiwi scientist’s traffic-light noise-meter can prevent hearing loss in preschoolers

WELLINGTON - A 16-year-old Kiwi student has come up with a gadget that can prevent preschoolers from going deaf at child care, due to exposure to excessive noise.

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LG Cookie KP500 Review

lg-kp500-0The LG KP500 is nicknamed as LG Cookie and is targeted towards consumers who want an affordable touchscreen mobile phone with all other essential features of a good mobile phone. It has a 3.2MP camera, an FM Radio, a media player, bluetooth connectivity, memory card slot and every other thing that most people want but does it lack anything necessary that can be a deal breaker? We have made a review to find the answer. Have a go.
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iPhone app shows models strip as Oz share market slumps!

MELBOURNE - A sportswear company has come up with an iPhone application and a related website where models can be seen peeling off their layers as the Australian share market takes a tumble.

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Aptara teams with ScrollMotion to deliver end-to-end ebook publishing solution

NEW DELHI - Aptara, a pioneer in digital publishing solutions and ScrollMotion, creators of the Iceberg Reader and a leading developer of original iPhone applications, have teamed up to deliver an end-to-end eBook publishing solution that radically streamlines the process of transforming books into interactive content for the iPhone.

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Regulators OK accounting rules change, tech companies freed to report gadget sales up front

Regulators OK accounting rules change, helps Apple

SEATTLE — Regulators are changing accounting rules so technology companies can report sales for certain gadgets all at once.

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Apple’s overseas expansion rolls on as Korean telecom regulator approves sale of the iPhone

South Korea approves sale of Apple’s iPhone

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s telecommunications regulator said Wednesday that Apple Inc. can sell its hit iPhone in the country — potentially shaking up a cell phone market controlled by domestic manufacturers.

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Sheriff embarrassed that drug investigators caught playing video game during Fla. raid

Fla. cops caught playing video game during raid

BARTOW, Fla. — A Florida sheriff says he is embarrassed that investigators from a narcotics task force were caught on camera playing a video game while searching a convicted drug dealer’s house.

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Tata Docomo, Samsung launch Android phone

NEW DELHI - Tata Docomo, the GSM brand of Tata Teleservices, in association with Korean handset maker Samsung Mobile, Wednesday launched India’s first Android-powered mobile phone.

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New system to help hybrid and electric cars keep their cool

WASHINGTON - Researchers at Purdue University have created a new system to cool high-power electronics in electric and hybrid cars, aircraft, computers and other devices.

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Females, black people, children, elderly under-represented in US video games

LONDON - The first ever “virtual census” of the human characters used in US video games has shown that males, adults and white people are over-represented in such games, while females, black people, children and the elderly are under-represented.

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