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Apple launches new MacBook laptops
By Assam on October 15, 2008
On Tuesday, Apple unveiled a new line of Macbook laptop computers, bringing prices down while improving functions and design. Price of the new MacBook laptop line starts at $1,299. The two most prominent new features of the new line-up are powerful new graphics capabilities provided by Nvidia chips that replace Intel graphics. Apple CEO Steve Jobs said the new chips improved graphics performance by a factor of five.
“Apple has invented a whole new way of building notebooks from a single block of aluminum. And, just as important, they are the industry’s greenest notebooks,” said Jobs. “The new MacBooks offer incredible features our users will love - like their stunning all-metal design, great 3D graphics and LED backlit displays - at prices up to 700 dollars less than before.”
Apple said that in addition to providing MacBooks with a sleeker design, the new manufacturing process has made the laptop computers, thinner, stronger and better able to withstand impacts. The MacBook Pro also comes with a newly designed trackpad. The multitouch glass trackpad has a 39 per cent larger tracking area than before and the entire trackpad will act as button. MacBooks also feature an LED-backlit display that uses 30 per cent less energy than its predecessor and eliminates the mercury found in fluorescent tube backlights. So, it is a greener laptop.
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Three Bomb Blasts in Guwahati
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At least 5 people were killed and more than 50 injured in three bomb blasts that rocked Assam’s capital city Guwahati today. The bombs went off just a few hours before Union Home Minister P Chidambaram landed in the city. According to police sources, no one has taken responsibility for the blasts. But police sources [...]
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John Travolta’s Son Jett dies At 16
January 2, 2009
Hollywood superstar John Travolta’s teenage son, Jett, died on Friday during a family vacation in the Bahamas. According to Police sources, the teenage boy became ill and hit his head on the bathtub. The actor’s lawyer, Michael Ossi, said Jett Travolta, 16, had a history of seizures and suffered one on Friday morning. Every attempts [...]
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China cracks down on Porn
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China on Monday launched a month-long a crackdown operation on major websites, including search engine giants Google and Baidu, over the spread of pornographic content and other materials that could harms the morality and health of young people.
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Air New Zealand conducts first biofuel test flight
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On Tuedsay, Air New Zealand created a new aviation history by successfully conducting the world’s first ever commercial aviation test flight powered by fuel from the seeds of the African jatropha plant. A biofuel blend of 50-50 jatropha and Jet A1 fuel was used to power one of the airline’s Boeing 747-400’s Rolls-Royce engines.
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Premature babies are less sensitive to hot and cold
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Premature babies who need intensive care or surgery are less sensitive to hot and cold sensations later in life, suggests a new study published in journal Pain. The research conducted by University College London (UCL) suggested that pain and injury related to major medical interventions in early development may alter how children respond to painful [...]
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Chandrayaan finds iron reserves on Moon
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An experiment on board India’s first moon mission Chandrayaan-I has indicated that there are abundant iron containing minerals on the lunar surface. According to news reports, data sent back to earth by the Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) instrument of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) indicates abundance of iron-bearing minerals such as [...]
