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Submission + - Inside look at eBay's technology

Submitted by

endychavez

on Wednesday January 03, 2007 @10:19AM

endychavez writes: "A very cool look inside eBay and it's technology platform. Also talks about how the company leverages a huge outside developer community to generate the majority of it's innovation. Now why didn't I think of that? http://www.cioinsight.com/article2/0,1540,2074253, 00.asp"

Submission + - The 5 Strangest Materials

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MattSparkes

on Wednesday January 03, 2007 @07:40AM

MattSparkes writes: "This article describes 5 bizarre materials with strange properties. There are liquids you can walk on, liquids that will escape containers by creeping up the sides, and magnetic liquids that can easily show you the shape of magnetic fields."

Submission + - IBM's Power6 processor will exceed 5Ghz

Submitted by Jordin Normisky on Wednesday January 03, 2007 @05:16AM

Jordin Normisky writes: IBM's Power6 processor will be able to exceed 5 gigahertz in a high-performance mode, and the second-generation Cell Broadband Engine processor from IBM, Sony and Toshiba will run at 6GHz. The chip's clock will tick at a rate "over 5GHz in high-performance applications". In addition, the chip "consumes under 100 watts in power-sensitive applications," a power range comparable to mainstream 95-watt AMD Opteron chips and 80-watt Intel Xeon chips.

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by manilodisan on Wednesday January 03, 2007 @12:13AM

Wal-Mart Is Pushing Compact Fluorescent Bulbs 923

Posted by kdawson on Wednesday January 03, 2007 @12:12AM from the bright-idea dept.

While we all know from reading the internets that Wal-Mart is irredeemably evil, the world's largest retailer has committed to get compact fluorescent lightbulbs into 100 million homes this year. CFLs are found in only 6% of households today. These energy-saving bulbs use 75% less electricity than incandescents and produce far less greenhouse gas to manufacture and use. Wal-Mart seems determined to use its marketing prowess to do what hasn't successfully been done in the CFL's 25-year history: to convince consumers to pay more upfront for large savings over the product's lifetime.

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