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Scientists from the California Institute of Technology (CIT) have developed a new solar cell technology that they say absorbs up to 96 percent of “incident” light. Experimental tests revealed that the new cells operate at around a 90 percent quantum efficiency rate. Because they are made of plastic, they could significantly reduce the overall cost of photovoltaic cells as well. Solar cells have long been …

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Thanx to Stephen Hemsley for this great piece of insight… I (Stephen) was doing a little “research” and found this little gem. I am sure this explains why the numbers of 360 are growing as they are. Have a read and you will understand what I mean. How to use the information it contains? 1.       Find a common ground with your people. What matters is …

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Good article on Personal Mental Attitude… By John Abdo © 2010 Nightingale-Conant Corporation Read the complete post on nightingale.com As a former strength and conditioning coach for numerous Olympic and professional athletes and teams, I know that when athletes pessimistically think about their weaknesses, failures, fears, or injuries; are intimidated by their competitors; or have the slightest doubt in their performance abilities, chances are that …

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Strong passwords are the first line of defense against identity theft. Read the original post from Iolo We use passwords so often that it’s easy to lose sight of just how critical a password really is: one of the best defenses we have against cybercrime is often the one we take the least seriously. After a hacking incident in 2009, InformationWeek analyzed the login information …

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Web users spend 69% of their time viewing the left half of the page and 30% viewing the right half. A conventional layout is thus more likely to make sites profitable. My previous column discussed the distribution of user attention along the vertical dimension of Web pages. In short, people look at information above the fold far more than they do at information further down …

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Eavesdropping Webcams, spying ISPs, toxic PCs, and more. Here are 21 dangers that the industry is hiding from you–and what you can do about them. Dan Tynan – Mar 30, 2010 1:00 pm Yes, the truth is out there. But they don’t want you to know about it. Who’s “they”? It could be Google or product manufacturers, your boss or your wireless carrier, Hollywood or …

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By Renai LeMay, Delimiter.com.au on April 7th, 2010 Microsoft appears to have accidentally deleted six years of blog archives hosted on its free Windows Live Spaces platform belonging to Australian mobile technology evangelist Shane Williamson. “About 3 weeks ago my Windows Live Spaces blog was deleted by Microsoft for no reason,” Williamson wrote on his site over the weekend. “That is over six years of …

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In its rush to take on Facebook and Google Buzz, Microsoft is now collecting and displaying personal information on your Hotmail page — information you may never have wanted to broadcast. Exactly how it’s mining this information is something of a mystery, but if you use Hotmail or Windows Live, it’s time to review your privacy settings — lest something you said or did comes …

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If you live in Los Angeles, Detroit, Cairo, or Delhi, air pollution is an unavoidable factor in your overall health picture. But if you live in Jackson Hole or Montpelier, or some other relatively pristine spot, believe it or not, air pollution is probably still a key health factor. How can that be? According to the Environmental Protection Agency, indoor air can be as much …

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By Sylvia Booth Hubbard – Wednesday, April 21, 2010 8:18 AM – © 2010 Newsmax. All rights reserved Keeping your heart in tiptop shape doesn’t necessarily mean popping a cholesterol-lowering statin tablet each day. One strategy, like eating foods that have been proven to fight heart disease, is prescription-free and delicious, and can keep your heart healthy without risky side effects. Chocolate. One study found …

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