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• Virtual worlds took in $1 billion in investments last year
  Friday 5 October 2007 – 10:05 in Business
  San Jose (CA) - A new study reports that in the past 12 months, over $1 billion was invested in the market of virtual worlds. The report, from industry tracker Virtual Worlds Management, said that acquisitions of virtual world companies and money raised ...
• Worlds Smallest Hard Drive, At 0.85"es, Launches
  Monday 19 February 2007 – 02:58
  Caution: Choking hazard
• Mirror Worlds seer says desktop is dead
  Wednesday 4 April 2001 – 06:00
  David Gelernter earned his futurist credentials with his 1991 book "Mirror Worlds" that foresaw many elements of the contemporary Web.
• Virtual worlds become a billion dollar industry
  Thursday 22 March 2007 – 06:51
  Games like World of Warcraft and Second Life have pushed the market for online gaming to a billion dollar a year industry, according to an independent study conducted by Screen Digest.
• Dual-boot system offers best of both worlds
  Thursday 27 May 1999 – 06:26
  EBIZ Enterprises/TheLinuxStore.com has added a dual-boot option to its Element-L Systems line, allowing users to start the computer running either Red Hat's Linux or Microsoft's Windows 98 operating systems.
• World's smallest, lowest power color VGA screen debuts
  Monday 17 May 1999 – 09:07
  Kopin Corp.
• CES 2006: Google's Larry Page draws crowd, but falls short of making a major announcement
  Saturday 7 January 2006 – 04:55
  Google president and co-founder Larry Page today addressed CES, in casual attire (lab coat), did not serve up the ground-breaking announcement that many IT observers and financial analysts had expected. The company did announce nice content deals with CBS and the NBA, with the help of Robin Williams, but will observers be willing to treat Google seriously the next time?
• World's largest high-tech fair to spotlight future of work and play
  Monday 15 March 2004 – 05:51
  The world's largest high-tech fair, the CeBIT, will put the future of work and play on show this week, as the industry unveils its latest gadgets and works to pull itself out of a crippling slump.
• Virtual worlds threatening kids moral values
  Friday 26 October 2007 – 03:47 in Networking
  Oscar-winning film-maker Lord Puttnam gave the opening keynote speech at the Virtual Worlds Forum, in which he took the opportunity to warn people of the dangers that virtual worlds pose to our children.
• World's largest plasma TV goes on sale
  Tuesday 11 July 2006 – 08:13
  If you have been dreaming about watching that Big Game, Matsushita can make that game even bigger.
• Taiwan is now world's second-largest DRAM supplier
  Friday 6 June 2003 – 12:38
  According to DRAMeXchange, Taiwan has moved into the runner-up position in worldwide DRAM manufacturing.
• Luvaglio announces world's most expensive laptop
  Tuesday 27 March 2007 – 12:04
  UK-based Luvaglio has announced what could be the world's most expensive laptop. The 17" laptop will have a rare diamond for the power key and will retail for more than one million dollars. In addition to the diamond, the laptop will have a self-cleaning anti-reflective screen along with 128 GB of solid state storage. Extra: Video
• The world's fastest nano-optical shutter
  Thursday 7 April 2005 – 08:17
  Physicists from several U.S.
• ATI Powers World's First High-Definition Digital Media Player
  Tuesday 4 November 2003 – 10:39
  ATI announced today that its XILLEON(TM) 225 chip powers the world's first high-definition digital media player.
• World's smallest motorcycle weighs 2.4 pounds
  Wednesday 5 November 2003 – 12:09
  It may not have the rumble or sex appeal of a Harley-Davidson or the blazing speed of a Kawasaki Ninja, but a Swedish motorcycle builder knows how to pack power in a pint-sized product.