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“collecting about four terabytes of data (equivalent to what 1,000 DVDs can hold).”
“The 1.8m (60-inch) diameter telescope on Haleakala will also spot many small, faint bodies in the outer Solar System that hid from previous surveys.”
“PS1 is the experimental prototype for a larger telescope to be built called PS4, which will have four times the power of PS1”
“The Labour government had extended the engineering firm an £80m loan for a 15,000 tonne press to supply specialist components for the nuclear industry. Company's nuclear parts loan axed”
“Announcing the loan in March, the former Business Secretary Lord Mandelson said it would make Forgemasters one of two plants in the world able to make large forgings for the nuclear energy industry.”
“Only one person, a student living in Tallinn, was ever charged over the 2007 Estonia cyber attacks.”
“He was fined £1000.”
“Experts from nearly 40 countries gathered in the Estonian capital Tallinn to discuss the latest issues in the fight against virtual attackers.”
“The computers used in the (Estonia) attacks were distributed worldwide, in more than 100 countries.”
“Skilled hackers at the conference said malware designed to be used in attacks could be purchased for a few hundred dollars online, or even downloaded for free.”
“One expert said his government network is attacked 60,000 times per second.”
“In less than 10 seconds, Dr Miller, who once worked for the US National Security Agency, took complete control of a machine remotely.”
“He said that with a budget of $100m (£67m) he could train a team to carry out a major cyber attack on an industrialised nation, with targets including military systems, critical infrastructure and banks.”
“Sheffield Forgemasters was told in March it would receive the £80m loan to build a world-leading 15,000 tonne press to supply specialist components for the nuclear industry.”
“The game is due for release in the US on 21 September and three days later in the rest of the world.”
“Users pick one of 16 different nations, choose a ruler and then, starting off with a single settler in the year 4000BC, build a settlement and then expand across the globe.”
“Created by gaming legend Sid Meier and first released in 1991, Civilization gives players the task of leading their fledgling nation to a position of world domination or being the first to reach distant stars.”
“We've also removed the ability to stack units”
“"We've radically changed the way a player fights a battle," he said. "Artillery units now have a ranged attack, units can now automatically transport across water and the space race has been given an overhaul."”
“A total of 218 cameras - some of them hidden - were put up in various locations across the areas.”
“Of those, 106 were Automatic Number Plate Recognition devices which were able to record car registrations as they moved around the areas.”
“The partnership said it would not be placing bags on the 72 hidden cameras because it does not want to reveal their location.”
“Figures from Ofcom published in August 2009 showed Wales had 58% take-up of broadband, a figure which had risen by 13 percentage points on the previous year and was the largest increase in the UK proportionally.”
“Used only six centralisers to make sure the casing ran down the centre of the well bore, rather than the 21 recommended by sub-contractor Halliburton”
“On 9 May 2010, the Chevron-led consortium established a new record in Canada when it started drilling in the Orphan Basin at a water depth of 2,600 metres.”
“That is much deeper than the leaking BP well, which was drilled at depths of 1,500 metres.”
“The Lona O-55 well is set to run deeper into the seabed too. The oil is expected to be found 4,150 metres below the water's surface, compared with 4,000 metres in the Gulf.”
“The Great Barasway F-66 well on the Orphan Basin, where drilling started in 2006, was abandoned in spring 2007 before any test runs had been undertaken...”
“we agreed their request to provide a certificate to West Midlands Police stating that CCTV in the premises is in working order”
“The South West Regional Development Agency (RDA) is also having to consider multimillion-pound savings. ... including the £42m Wave Hub which is to help deliver energy generated from the sea. It is expected to start delivering power to the…”
“Evidence can be given to the inquiry by emailing [email protected], phoning 08456 048 810 or textphoning 08456 048 820.”
“has two screens”
“scheduled to be on shop shelves in late 2010”
“bring it into the 21st Century”
“has two camera lenses”
“after a 13-year gap”
“Nintendo said the novel handheld is designed to replace the existing DS and is scheduled to be on shop shelves in late 2010.”
“This is a second LCD screen that sits over the main viewing panel that creates a series of fine lines across the screen that allows the user to see a different set of pixels, creating the appearance of a 3D view.”
“Consequently on the 3DS only the top screen displays 3D while the lower screen is a functional touch screen.”
“The 3DS handheld has two camera lenses which enables owners to take and view photographs in 3D.”
“Nintendo has added a slider which can increase or decrease the depth of 3D view, or can be taken right down, disabling the parallax barrier view and turning it into a 2D image.”
“At its briefing Nintendo showed the first game that will be released for the 3DS called Kid Icarus Uprising.”
“Nintendo said the net service behind the always-on updates will be free to use.”
“Nintendo said several 3DS titles were in development including DJ Hero 3D, Saints Row: Drive-By, Resident Evil Revelations, Batman, Assassin's Creed Lost Legacy and Metal Gear Solid.”
“At the event Nintendo also showcased a number of new titles that included Donkey Kong Country Returns, a new Legend of Zelda called Skyward Sword, Mario Sports and, after a 13-year gap, Goldeneye 007 for the Wii.”
“Mr Spector has developed a number of classic gaming titles in the past such as Deus Ex and System Shock.”
“The biofuel is made from used chip fat from two local hotels”
“She added that the equipment had been manufactured and installed to European standards.”
“Educated guesswork leads me to believe that given the will this could be done within one to two weeks.”
“It is noteworthy that, as reported on CNN on 10 June, the Lawrence Livermore National Lab (LLNL) has modelled interactions of interest using different devices in the past and this data can be used to guide to new models.”
“This is based entirely on the following assumptions, that 1) MOABs exist, 2) a pressure vessel can be found, converted, and/or constructed easily. 3) The easy accessibility of several tons of liquid oxygen canisters and several tons of sea…”
“Thames Valley officers will also be sending text messages via Bluetooth equipment at the course.”
“In addition to communicating via our police website, community messaging, and local media, we will be using Twitter for the very first time for this event.”
“Eminem, Rihanna, Soundgarden, Jane's Addiction and Nerd all played a live set in front of 5,000 invited guests.”
“The event was dedicated to entertaining the crowd, with a mixture of performing musicians and artists (including a pole dance performed at 75 feet)”
“Microsoft said it expected the Home and Student version to sell for about £109 and the Professional edition for £429.”
“Microsoft said those that have been using the trial, or beta, version of Office 2010 can continue to use it until 31 October.”
“Microsoft said ad-supported versions of these programs will be free to use for anyone with a Windows Live ID.”
“Police were able to track down Mr Onyancha through the mobile phone Samuel Muiruri had transferred money to electronically.”
“The school said it was the FBI who raised the alarm after internet scanning software picked up a suspicious combination of words.”
“Neil van Schalkwyk of Masincedane Sport - a vuvuzela-maker - says his firm has now produced an instrument that is 20 decibels lower than the older version.”
“According to its website, they have had 750,000 downloads of the application.”
“Thames Water (TW) wants to build the facility, which would hold 100 million tonnes of water, on land near Abingdon.”
“Up to 2,000 articles, including a page about former US President George W Bush, will have their strict editing restrictions relaxed.”
“Pending Changes will be introduced at 11pm GMT on 15 June.”
“For the duration of the two month trial, Wikipedia users will notice a small magnifying glass, in place of a padlock, on included articles.”
“At present, only about 0.1% of the 3.3 million articles on the English Wikipedia are under edit protection.”
“Mr Wales called for a similar change in 2009, after Wikipedia articles wrongly suggested for a short time that two US senators had died.”
“Wikipedia said the decision about which articles to include in the new trial, up to an initial limit of 2,000, will be taken by the Wikipedia community.”
“Later, the inquiry was told that the Zodiac rescue boat which was dispatched from Renfrew had no lights, no global positioning system and no sonar.”
“He was told his internet use breached of company policy after being accused of clocking up 27,500 website hits.”
“He was equipped with Osprey body armour and a Mark 7 helmet, but was awaiting new Osprey Assault body armour.”
“Mr Hepper said the Osprey Assault body armour did not differ in protection but in its coverings and distribution of weight.”
“which Mr Negroponte said could cost as little as $75.”
“It could be launched as early as 2011.”
“He added that there was a "huge awareness" of Annie among the public, and future plans included graphic novels, film, TV, games - maybe even a home on a mobile phone.”
“by last week, it was collecting about 15,000 barrels of oil a day”
“A transmission problem temporarily affected ITV1's HD service during the England/USA match. ITV standard definition service continued uninterrupted.”
“Peter Wise from Abergele, Conwy, and Coleg Llandrillo Cymru won a gold medal at the Geneva Inventors' Fair.”
“He then turned his attention to creating a novel 80mm (3.5 in) refracting telescope weighing under 1kg (2lb) that he said would on average cost 50% less than the market leaders.”
“Although 80% of one-off phone and internet transfers do clear on the same day, the amount allowed varies widely.”
“Only half of all standing orders can be sent as fast payments and the limits range from £25 with Clydesdale to £100,000 with Northern Rock.”
“Many bank and credit card customers are still waiting three to four days for money to clear, even though the Faster Payments scheme began two years ago.”
“''It is disappointing that faster payments with higher limits have not been available from all banks and building societies with higher limits from day one, but often they have been restricted due to security reasons,''”
“all 22 service areas”
“Five other firms also won spectrum in some areas”
“117 rounds of bidding”
“Bharti, Tikona, Aircel, Augere and US chipmaker Qualcomm”
“Vodafone and Reliance Communications”
“The results of the broadband wireless spectrum auction - effectively a sale of slices of the available airwaves - were announced by the Department of Telecommunications after 117 rounds of bidding.”
“He has a strong reputation for working closely with industry and in the commercialisation of research - a partnership which he forged with Intel has been widely acclaimed.”
“The 360-degree screen is 60m (197ft) in circumference”
“The screen - made up of more than half a million lights - will display messages like "Come on England" in addition to live scores.”
“The updates, displayed on the screen which stands 170m (550ft) above the ground, will be visible from South Bank and Primrose Hill.”
“England's scores will be displayed on a red background with 3.6m (12ft) long white lettering, while for updates for the US will be in blue.”
“I just thought it would be interesting to place it in a completely different context and decided on a gangsters theme in the 1920s,”
“Although the actual filming took just one afternoon, during the Christmas holiday, the real work was in the editing.”
“The carbon filtration system is expected to take up to 18 weeks to be built and installed.”
“its prototype AWS-III on Loch Ness had evolved from 'forgotten' technology first seen in 1985.”
“The technology was also tested on Loch Ness in the 1980s.”
