Tech

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  Primal Screen

  How eBook's Failure Led to E Ink Innovation

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2006

  In 1992, Sony thought they had it — the killer app. They unveiled a brick that folded open and looked like a cross between a chunky Discman...

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  The Mulch Munch

  Organic Waste Fuels the Future

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2006

  Fruits, vegetables, meat, fish, dairy products, eggshells, coffee and tea, paper food containers and wrapping, baked goods, herbs and spice...

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  The Cookies Know You

  Be Careful What You Search For

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2006

  In a world of ultra convenience — one where information flows at the blink of an eye, from finding scores in the Euro Cup to directions to...

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  Brave New World

  Philanthropy, Light Bulbs and the End of the Wheel

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2006

  Technology is ridiculously consumer-driven, dependent on early adopters who pay top dollar to be in on the ground floor. But one of 2006's...

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  Who's Got Next?

  HD and Blu-Ray Battle for Supremacy

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2005

  An offensive has been building for the last year. Two forces have engaged in a public relations conflict. The war of tech specs has been ba...

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  Trash Talk

  Today's Technology, Tomorrow's Landfill

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2005

  Lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, organotins, brominated flame retardants, phthalates and tributyl tin sitting in a landfill. Th...

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  Pocket Revolution

  In An iPod World, the Song Is Not the Same

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2005

  Most analysis of the iPod sees it as ubiquitous fashion statement and logical endgame for an era of portable music, the grandchild of the 4...