3Dconnexion introduced the SpaceNavigator ($60), a three-dimensional navigation device that offers 3D designers and enthusiasts intuitive and powerful 3D navigation control. Compatible with Google Earth and Google SketchUp, as well as with today’s most popular 3D design applications, the SpaceNavigator gives people the ability to move naturally and fluidly in 3D environments -- without making repetitive mouse movements or having to type multiple keyboard commands. Logitech and Google worked together to develop native support for the...
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The New York Times reports that Google is calling 'for a shift from multivoltage power supplies to a single 12-volt standard. Although voltage conversion would still take place on the PC motherboard, the simpler design of the new power supply would make it easier to achieve higher overall efficiencies...
The Google white paper argues that the opportunity for power savings is immense — by deploying the new power supplies in 100 million desktop PC's running eight hours a day, it will be possible to save 40 billion kilowatt-hours over three...
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It appears that the ‘sandbox’ subdomain (https://sandbox.google.com/accounts/) and associated Google Accounts are used for the development and testing of new or experimental Google services.
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Google lights up their free wifi for the first time! The link is a Google map of access points and dead spots in the Mountain View area. Expect to see this officially launch later this summer.
Those people are not going to be allowed to take food off our plate, because that is what they are intending to do." Impassioned words, coming from the chief operating officer of Microsoft, Kevin Turner, at a company conference.
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