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NASA moves shuttle Atlantis back to its hangar; two ISS crewmembers head home while two begin their stay in space; and ISRO looks towards the future
Originally scheduled to launch into space to repair the Hubble Space Telescope earlier in the month, NASA has decided to send shuttle Atlantis back to its hangar until its scheduled [...]

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DailyTech’s roundup of hardware reviews from around the web for Tuesday
Desktops CyberPower Gamer Xtreme XE Gaming PC @ TweakTown
Motherboards Gigabyte EP45-EXTREME @ Techgage.com ASRock A780GXE/128M AMD 780G AM2+ Motherboard @ ThinkComputers.org ASUS Rampage Extreme Motherboard Review @ HardwareLogic ZOTAC nForce 610i Mini-ITX Motherboard @ TweakTown DFI Lanparty JR P45-T2RS [...]

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DailyTech’s roundup of hardware reviews from around the web for Wednesday
Notebooks Lenovo Thinkpad W700 Mobile Workstation @ HotHardware.com Asus Eee 1000H @ OCC
Desktops YoYoTech Warbird Gaming System @ CPU3D
Motherboards Zotac GeForce 9300 (MCP7a) Motherboard @ bit-tech NVIDIA GF9300 (ECS GF9300TA) Mainboard @ Guru3D ASUS P6T Deluxe X58 Express Motherboard [...]

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The second day of Platts brought a curt assessment from a top USDA scientist, highlights of co-op power, and a little plant called corncane
The first day of Platts Cellulosic Ethanol and Biofuels Conference 2008 brought some new companies to the public eye and hailed the return of some old ones.  Coskata was back with bold [...]

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Two more teams want Google Lunar X Prize; Phoenix Mars lander continues to study Mars; and Richard Garriott heads into space for the second time
Students from the University of Central Florida and a Malaysian aerospace company are the two latest teams to join the Google Lunar X Prize competition that is up for grabs by [...]

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Hemicellulose processing, renewable fuel standard politics, and more
The second half of the Platts Cellulosic Ethanol and Biofuels Conference, last Thursday, brought some more interesting revelations.  The hottest news from the morning perhaps, was the revelation that GM was working on an ethanol-ready Volt.  Also intriguing was the introduction of butanol as an ethanol alternative.
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DailyTech’s roundup of hardware reviews from around the web for Thursday
Notebooks ASUS Eee PC S101 First Look @ bit-tech HP EliteBook 2730p Notebook @ Geek.com Dell Latitude E6400 14.1in Business Notebook @ Trusted Reviews
Motherboards Biostar TPower I45 @ InsideHW ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe @ AMD Zone Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3P [...]

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DailyTech’s roundup of hardware reviews from around the web for Friday
Notebooks Lenovo ThinkPad X300 13.3-inch Laptop @ ThinkComputers.org Lenovo ThinkPad X301 13.3-inch Laptop @ Laptop Logic
Motherboards BIOSTAR TPower N750 AM2+ Motherboard @ TweakTown Gigabyte GA-EX58-Extreme Motherboard @ bit-tech
Desktops Acer Aspire X1200 SFF System @ TechSpot
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Microsoft reveals an improved Xbox Live interface
During their keynote address at the Tokyo Game Show, Microsoft announced it is redesigning the interface for its Xbox Live service. The update called the “New Xbox Experience” will launch on November 19 in 26 countries and will be localized in 19 languages.
Gamasutra scored an interview with Microsoft senior [...]

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Sony introduces “PSP Plus” feature
Kotaku reports a new feature called “PSP Plus” has been introduced for PSP games such as Resistance: Retribution. Users who own both the PSP and PlayStation 3 will be able to play PSP games using a Dual Shock 3 on a television. For this process to work, users will need to [...]

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