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THERE are no doubt possibly hundreds of karaoke joints spread across the main towns and interior villages in Sarawak, indicating the huge popularity in fact of the minus one music, as the Japanese invention is called, not only in Malaysia but also across the rest of Asia and indeed the world today.

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Microcontact printing has resulted in a flexible organic TFT array, thanks to efforts by Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology and Japan Chemical Innovation Institute .

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Even as gizmo lovers await the official launch of Apple’s new iPhone towards the end of the year, the market in India is abuzz - as in the US - that the company would debut the iPhone ver.2 or the 3G model as …

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NEW YORK—I was recently invited to a housewarming party that had two fabulous gay men awarding prizes to the one who most resembled a runway diva. The first thing that came to mind was: false lashes.

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Gone are the days when the GM, Ford and Chrysler were the reigning kings of the car industry. There was a time when these ‘Big Three’ were the only options that one considered while buying a four-whee…

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You’re looking at a very Futurama like man-robot from the latest mashup to hit the industry. This one has a brain. It’s the result of research from Riken and BSI-Toyota whose goal is to develop robots and automotive systems driven by neurotechnology akin to that of our carbon-based brains. The research is expected to result in more sophisticated auto-safety technology, mind-controlled machinery, and a new breed of baby-shoe wearing robots for domestic friendship and health care. Fortunately, this wobbly tyke has a long way to go before he begins bending the steel girders required to produce the forced-suicide booths of our doom. First steps after the break.

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There used to be the Crystallized Loewe Individual and the ultra-bling Philips Diamond TV. Now it’s LG’s turn to try its hands on such Swarovski-powered sexy things with the latest Canvas …

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There’s something that makes us a bit uncomfortable about a robot that sports a “glamorous body,” walks like a lady, and offers up some serious snogging. Today, Sega announced the E.M.A. (Eternal, Maiden, Actualization) robot that sings, dances, and — yes — kisses. If you get close enough to E.M.A., she drops into love mode and, well, the rest is up to you, big guy. Set up with infrared sensors to avoid obstacles (and, seemingly, sense your desire for some love nubbins) and movable elbows, shoulders, waist, and knees, E.M.A. will run around $175 and hit store shelves on September 26.

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Up against the big boys, the K20D flexes its muscles and gains ground in the already saturated dSLR market.

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