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Tech students in Japan load a lightweight aircraft with one pilot and lots and lots of batteries.

TabletKiosk hoped to beat Samsung out of the gate with its “Eo,” but had to halt most shipments because of a glitch.

Times Reader harnesses the graphics power of Windows Vista to allow for better on-screen reading of the “Gray Lady.”

California group tinkers with Toyota’s hybrid car to let it plug into a wall socket–and get 100 miles per gallon.

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The Cool Products Expo at Stanford showcases novel products from a solar car to a high-tech sled.

Photos of historic computer hardware, such as the IBM 5251, 4000 Series VAX, and Timex Sinclair 1000.

I was wary of installing the beta version of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 7, but with the release of Beta 2 I decided to take the plunge and see if this new browser has more to offer then what is currently available. To my surprise, the installation was relatively painless, and to my amazement, I haven’t found a Web page that will not render yet. Granted it has only been a day, but I have visited my usual places and I have no complaints. However, only time will tell if IE7 can make you forget about IE6, Firefox, Opera, and the rest.

From check boxes to drag-and-drop, Hotmail is trying to catch up with Gmail. See the evolution.

The latest humanoid robot by Kyoto University’s Tomotaka Takahashi poses like a fashion model.

Eight women compete for a spot on Ubisoft’s Frag Dolls professional video game team.

Engineering professor turns an SUV and a family sedan into ultra-efficient driving machines.

Paul Otellini introduces the VPro brand for business PCs during an event at the Ritz-Carlton in San Francisco.

Maker Faire, a weekend do-it-yourself-o-rama, attracts hundreds of exhibitors to San Mateo Fairgrounds.

Airlines showed off some of their new passenger comforts at the Aircraft Interiors Expo.

Another 25 examples of how adversity, agony and humiliation were never so utterly and clearly all your fault.

Cisco Systems is searching for broadband’s killer content and throwing cash at university students to find it.

Estimates consistently place Windows Vista system requirements on the high side. Potentially, the new OS may require a 2GHz or better processor, 512MB RAM, a 256MB video card (to power the Glass interface) and a SATA hard drive just to provide minimal performance, but you need not spend $1,000 or more for such a PC. Build a barebones box capable of running Vista and Glass for less than $500. This gallery shows you how!