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“For instance, Yahoo has struck a deal with social game giant Zynga which will see hugely popular titles such as Farmville and Mafia Wars work with its network. The games are due to be available in late 2010.”
“Four rural communities that struggle to get broadband - called "notspots" - are to get faster online access by the end of summer.”
“So far about 8,500 premises in Wales have since gone from notspot to broadband.”
“Fry, whose musings on micro-blogging site Twitter have attracted 1.5 million followers, announced the winner at the Hay Festival.”
“Organisers of the festival said the definition of the most beautiful tweet - a message no longer than 140 characters - fell into a number of different categories...”
“The Fermi nuclear power plant on the shore of Lake Erie was shut down after high winds tore a side from one of the buildings.”
“In Michigan, the Fermi nuclear power plant on the shore of Lake Erie was shut down after high winds tore a side from one of the buildings.”
“The county council project has seen 50 direction signs installed on 62 miles (100km) of paths.”
“Fifty stiles have also been replaced by gates to make paths more accessible for wheelchair and mobility scooter users.”
“Generators will partly run on bio-diesel”
“solar power will be used”
“Mariposa was made up of about 12.7 million computers.”
“The last 12 months have seen significant success in combating one of the main forms of cybercrime - botnets.”
“The first phase of the project is expected to take at least three years.”
“Ms Seymour estimated the cost to HP was in the tens of thousands but said it was a project that was worth being involved in.”
“Laura Seymour, from Hewlett-Packard, said her company contacted Bletchley Park in September 2009 after learning of its plight. The company donated a number of scanners and people to provide technical expertise to the charity.”
“American Airlines had just three such vehicles at Heathrow and the modifications would have taken seven hours and cost £1,000, the court heard.”
“Cambridge University Library said it wants to be a "digital library for the world" by putting its collection of more than seven million books online.”
“The first collections to be digitised will be entitled The Foundations of Faith and The Foundations of Science.”
“If successful, and following further funding, the collections of Charles Darwin, James Clerk Maxwell, and Stephen Hawking could also be digitised, along with other major collections in the fields of humanities and social sciences.”
“Dr Hammel's team used the Hubble telescope's Wide Field Camera 3 to zoom in on the blemish near the Jupiter's southern pole and captured several sharp ultraviolet images.”
“This also shows that amateur astronomers now have the necessary high quality technology to capture such events that only last a few seconds.”
“Infosys meanwhile announced that it was setting up a "new facility" in Bangalore which would provide employment to nearly 20,000 engineers.”
“Digitisation of the records cost almost 4m euros and was carried out by the National Archives in partnership with Library and Archives Canada over the past five years.”
“up to 250 million global players logging on to various games each month.”
“Previous console Fifa games have retailed at around £30”
“The footballers making up each player's team are purchased in packs at a cost of £1 - £2 per pack.”
“the prototype garments were shown at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences held in Montreal from 28 May - 3 June.”
“Hand-held computers are the latest tool being used by police to fight crime in Wiltshire in a £1m investment.”
“The force is the first in the UK to give the Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) to all operational officers.”
“And her 1.5 million followers on Twitter helped out again after her recent comments about touring.”
“160 wind turbines”
“The new building will be three times larger than the old theatre”
“Almost three times the size of the old theatre, the new building will have a 390 seat auditorium, a 150 seat studio theatre, a rehearsal room, extensive riverfront foyers and bar, backstage facilities and office accommodation.”
“Oxford-based businessman David Beesley has been driving one for six months.”
“Mr Beesley took delivery of his Mini-E in December 2009 as one of the so-called 'pioneers' who pay just over £300 per month to take part in BMW Group's electric motoring trial.”
“During sub-zero temperatures, the battery capacity dropped to a range of just 40 miles, compared with almost 100 miles during summer, he recalls.”
“BMW says it takes about three hours to charge the battery with a 30-amp fast-charger, which uses the same type of electric cable that electric cookers use, or eight hours when using an ordinary 13-amp socket.”
“I'm told it's about £3 for a full charge, but it never is a full charge because the battery is never actually empty, he says.”
“I now reckon my average journey is five to 10 miles.”
“Clearly, if you do 90 miles per day, then this is probably not the car for you, but how often do you drive more than 90 miles in one stretch?”
“I come home, I get out of the car and I plug it straight in. It takes about two or three seconds and it charges on low tariffs overnight.”
“Rather, he is furious because he will have to hand it back when the first part of the Mini-E trial comes to an end next week, on 11 June.”
“Mr Beesley took delivery of his Mini-E in December 2009”
“During sub-zero temperatures, the battery capacity dropped to a range of just 40 miles, compared with almost 100 miles during summer”
“BMW says it takes about three hours to charge the battery with a 30-amp fast-charger”
“or eight hours when using an ordinary 13-amp socket.”
“Clearly, if you do 90 miles per day, then this is probably not the car for you”
“I come home, I get out of the car and I plug it straight in. It takes about two or three seconds”
“80% of the skills at the Caithness site "overlapped" with those needed in the oil sector.”
“[Crowdsourcing] is an acknowledgment that 99 times out of a 100 the best person to solve a problem is an expert.”
“But one time out of a hundred the problem seems intractable.”
“Google had until the early hours of 27 May to hand over the data to Dr Caspar from the Hamburg Information Commissioner's office.”
“Google answered many of the Information Commissioner's questions in time for the 27 May deadline.”
“A consortium has unveiled plans to install a network of 700 electric car charging points across Yorkshire.”
“Electric cars have a range of around 100 miles - enough for most routine journeys to work, school and the shops.”
“Charging an electric car can take up to four hours, but the Yorkshire plan includes rapid-charge technology on main roads which cuts the time to 90 minutes.”
“CO2Sense said if its bid was successful it could start work by the end of 2010 and have much of the network operational within the year, when the first mass market electric cars are expected to be available.”
“and 'there have been two million hits on Twitter', the popular social network.”
“Facebook currently has nearly 500 million users.”
“Four students in New York have raised $200,000 (£136,000) to build an open alternative to Facebook.”
“The students used the fundraising site Kickstarter to raise a total of $200,642 to build the technology.”
“The team had originally aimed to raise $10,000 to kick-start the venture.”
“However, in the end the three computer scientists and one mathematician raised $200,642 from nearly 6,500 people.”
“Facebook was recently forced to simplify its privacy settings, following an outcry from users, privacy experts and regulators.”
“Global wind is a tremendous source of energy - carrying nearly 870 terrawatts in global tropospheric winds," says Mr Bevirt of Joby Energy”
“In comparison, the global demand is 17 terawatts.”
“The devices are portable and relatively inexpensive to build when compared to conventional wind turbines and can generate twice the amount of power.”
“Operating at five times the height of a conventional turbine increases both wind speed and consistency resulting in more power, more often," said Mr Bevirt.”
“The technology can potentially navigate to altitudes of 35,000 feet (10,600m)”
“but the company has had to restrict their flying altitudes to 2000 feet or less due to concerns expressed by the US Federal Aviation Administration.”
“After testing more than 20 different prototypes, the company has settled on a 30kW system”
“If successful, it intends to pilot test a 100kW prototype within the next year.”
“The firm's goal is to create an initial line of systems with a power capacity of 300kW which would be capable of generating enough energy to power around 150 homes.”
“Larger systems of 3MW or more could potentially power 1500 homes.”
“The notion of tapping into high altitude winds was first posed in the 1970s”
“A picture on a screen tells the surgeon which area of bone needs to be removed - with an accuracy of within a millimetre.”
“Mr Bush's Facebook account was given the thumbs up, or "liked", by over 20,000 users within its first few hours.”
“He has listed the Bush Clinton Haiti Fund and the Barbara Bush Foundation as two of his favourite pages on the site.”
“A Twitter account apparently set up by the former president also drew 5,000 followers within its first three hours on the same day.”
“The plan would see stones representing Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars in Sighthill Park, Jupiter on Strathclyde University Campus, Saturn by the Science Centre, Uranus and Neptune on Maryhill Road and Pluto on Cathkin Braes.”
“the replicas are set to be put on display in the new Royal Victoria Building when it is complete in 2012.”
“He is continuing treatment for the condition at Frenchay and is now fitted with two tracking devices in case he disappears again.”
“BP is drilling two relief wells to permanently stop the leak but they are not expected to be completed until August.”
“The group said it was well placed to take advantage of growth in the sector, which is forecast overall to reach £68bn by 2016.”
“below the 7-inch screen”
“It will launch the end of Q3, maybe Q4.”
“The average price of a PC is now 300 to 400 dollars or euros.”
“Internet Service Providers have identified 5,000 net connections which have been involved in sharing the film via peer-to-peer networks.”
“The page was set up hours after 17-year-old Dylan Aaron's body was found in a pond in Hindley, Wigan, on Sunday.”
“Facebook has now removed the group.”
“Iridium has ordered 81 spacecraft to upgrade its global network.”
“Thales Alenia Space of France will build the satellites - 66 to form the operational constellation, the remainder to act as spares.”
“Iridium has selected Thales Alenia Space to be our prime contractor for Iridium Next, and our agreement constitutes a $2.1bn commitment. We signed an authorisation to proceed yesterday with TAS to immediately begin work designing and buil…”
“The current network consists of 66 satellites.”
“The Next constellation order encompass 81 satellites in total.”
“TAS will build 66 for operational use, a further six will act as in-orbit spares, and nine spares will be held on the ground.”
“The Next constellation is expected to work until at least 2030.”
“Globalstar operates 48 spacecraft in a slightly higher orbit and will see its first next-generation platforms launch later this year.”
“It was an Iridium satellite that collided with a defunct Russian spacecraft in 2009.”
