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Google is going "App To School" on a Google road trip, in a retro-fitted
school bus that runs on bio-fuel, to engage with students and hear how they
are using Google Apps for Education, online applications that make working
together in groups easier. The Google bus will be visiting universities
across the US who have signed up for Google Apps, and will give students,
professors, and faculty a chance to play with Google's latest technology,
connect with other students, talk with Google product experts, and hear how
other students are using Google Apps. Available video includes soundbites,
screenshots, and b-roll of the bus.

Apple launches the latest version of its iPod Nano, featuring what it says are the thinnest measurements yet... BBC News

Laptop bag, Paul Smith Fabric. The "Slim Cargo" has a large outer cargo pocket that is roomy enough to carry most additional accessories and we've lined it in our own "cashmere-finish" micro-suede lining. Fits laptops with screens up to 15". RRP £165. Designer Slim model £125 (without side pocket) Stylishlife

Struggling to recover from multibillion-dollar losses, banks are curtailing
loans to U.S. businesses, depriving even healthy firms of money for
expansion and hiring
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LISBON (Reuters) - Intel Corp , the world's biggest microchip producer,
expects no slowdown in global demand for personal computers despite economic
problems in the United States and in other countries, Intel Chairman Craig
Barrett said on Wednesday [more]

Intel is turning 40 and as part of its anniversary celebrations, the
technology manufacturer is giving back one million volunteer hours to
communities as well as unveiling a digital mural created by youth and kids
around the world. The World Mural Project captures youth's vision on how
computers will change the world in the next 40 years. Digital muralist
Favianna Rodriguez oversaw the creative development of the mural and
provided guidance to students and other team members who worked on the
project.

A giant physics lab on the Swiss-French border is being cooled to a
temperature lower than that of outer space [more]

Revenues from mobile data services are set to exceed US$200 billion in 2008
for the first time, according to Informa Telecoms & Media's latest World
Cellular Data Metrics edition. Total mobile data revenues were approximately
US$157 billion in 2007. Research from the first quarter ... [more]