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...search engines for a variety of tasks; from locating that hard-to-find toner cartridge for an obsolete printer, that last informational nugget for a research project or a flight status on a stormy day in Denver. But sometimes, when we're alone with our computers, perhaps late at night, a search page can double as our therapist or confidant, an inanimate object capable of answering questions about our darkest fears...
...cannot undertake this mission alone. This is a partnership, a partnership project I have with the people of Hong Kong.' DONALD TSANG, following his March 25 re-election as Hong Kong's Chief Executive. The election-in which only a committee of 795 business and community leaders could vote-has been criticized for denying universal suffrage to Hong Kong's citizens
...Many people ask me, 'Will this project succeed?'" Grimsson says. "I don't know, but I doubt all these prominent scientists would be spending their time on it if they didn't believe there was a reasonable chance of it succeeding...
...Allen was wondering why laptops couldn't be more portable. And wonder can get funding in a hurry when its owner is Paul Allen. His R&D team, part of his Vulcan research group, started project Sybok, named for Spock's half brother. After a series of prototypes--with names like Dolphin, Eagle, Falcon and Gecko--the team members nailed a version in 2004 that met their goal of shrinking a laptop to one-eighth its size. But it was too hot for laps, so it was scrapped. A faster, slicker processor has since cooled things down. Today, however...
...long way to go before it is climateproof, but so does most of the world. Japan has an impressive, long-standing system of flood control, including the so-called G-Cans project, a massive underground system in Tokyo that can pump 200 tons of water per second out of rivers and into the harbor before the city's streets flood. But former city officials acknowledge that Tokyo's system has reached its capacity. Since global warming is expected to bring Japan more frequent torrential rains, Tokyo will have to upgrade its drainage and sewage systems...