Microsoft launches its new browser

Microsoft launches its new browser
Web developers showed off sites at a Microsoft event Wednesday that map 90,000 travel photos, a 360-degree panorama site for the rock band The Killers and a visual timeline of news stories from The Associated Press.
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Mind-reading phones? The tech’s evolving there
How smart do you want your smart phone to actually be? Do you want it to read your mind, even a little bit? Smartphone – Shopping – Communications – Consumer Electronics – United States
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Mind-reading phones? The tech’s evolving there
How smart do you want your smart phone to actually be? Do you want it to read your mind, even a little bit? Intel Corp.’s research chief, Justin Rattner, says that technology has advanced to the point that “context-aware computing,” an idea that’s been around for two decades, is becoming more of a reality with the rise of mobile devices.
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AIST’s HRP4: Sci-Fi-Like Household Helper Robots Have Arrived
You’ve seen plenty of robots and androids in the news, but you’ve probably never seen anything as astonishing as HRP4, which promises to be cheap, powerful, and the most sci-fi-like bot built to date. AIST and Kawada Industries just revealed the new humanoid machine, and by making it look “athletic” they’ve also turned HRP4 into a real-world version of the fictional life-assisting robots you’ve …
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