Japan’s breakthrough and discovery in technology and science has been miraculous. If there was a talking robots, and robots to do household chores, now there are robots who can act on the stage. In the first robot-human theatre productions in Osaka university, a robot interacts with Japanese famous actress, Minako Inoue, and responds to her actions. The play aptly demonstrates that the robot can actually whine and act to human actors, and start or join a discussion with humans. Although the play was only 20-minute long, the production aims to extend it into full length in 2011 by increasing the capabilities of the acting robots. The robot itself is manufactured by Mitsubishi, but the software installed in it is developed at Osaka university. Probably in the near future, robots can actually converse with us in markets, banks or other public places.

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Microsoft has announced that it will cease its current subscription-based system of PC antivirus software, and instead it will replace the system with a free security suite to protect every PC. It will be named Morro, and customers can expect it in the market in mid-2009, and it will protect every PC user from trojans, spywares, viruses and many other malicious objects. This also means that Microsoft will stop selling the current Windows Live OneCare services, which is subscription-based.

This measure is taken in view of a large number of PCs that are still not equipped with antivirus software. As the Net continues to revolve, threat inundates the websites in the form of malwares, sypwares, adwares, virus and etc. Therefore, there is an urgent need to at least equip each PC with an antivirus, and to tackle the problem of affordability of antivirus softwares, Microsoft has taken this step. In the antivirus software competition, there will also be a more intense combat as McAfee and other companies stand to lose existing and potential customers to Microsoft free users.

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It’s time to change my frames for a new one so I went to Zenni Optical - The popular online eyeglasses shop to see their Holiday collection. I really like Holiday Glass Frames From Zenni Optical especially the 4938 Stainless Steel Half-Rim Frame. It’s cool and classy, but it still gives off the vibe of the Holiday Season. Best of all, I can still use it after the Holidays. It’s that versatile.

They have many $ 8 Complete Rx Eyeglasses too. Just open their site…

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In the recent Web 2.0 summit, most discussions have been focused on finding new technologies to alleviate the current economic slump. However, there is also a new insight of what future cars should be, whether they should be hybrid cars or electric cars. Two companies, namely Tesla Motors and Better Place, share a common idea that petrol cars will soon disappear, and be replaced by electric ones. Tesla Motors is researching into creating sports cars that run entirely on electricity and, of course, a large sum of money. Meanwhile, Better Place is thinking of revolutionizing the whole car industry to electricity-operated one; for example, there will be no more gas stations, instead car owners will only replace the car’s battery, which is a much faster and less complicated process.

However, the most significant hindrance to this innovation is money. Tesla Motors’ current models of electric cars cost more than $100,000, and the company cannot produce the cars fast enough given the current level of technology. There are more than 1500 people on the queue already, while it can only make around 1200 yearly. Therefore, the task of creating electric cars is as rigorous as revolutionizing the current level of technology.

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Netbooks have been gaining popularity recently due to their small size and cheap price tag. Aware of this, Asus has made an announcement that will delight all the Netbooks lovers; next year Asus’ Eee Pc will come with a touch-screen. The touch-screen version of Netbooks has been long yearned by its customers, because besides being handy and very mobile, the Netbooks will have a superb user-friendly features which enhance the PC-user interaction. Besides that, Asus has also confirmed that the future models of Eee PCs will have a dual-core Atom processors which will speed up the performance of the computer. Besides, in terms of affordability, a more efficient method of production will also result in a new lower-cost model that can be virtually afforded by most tech-geeks. All in all, it is a delightful news for all Netbooks lovers.

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