Techmeme: Fuel cells in laptops edge closer (Paul Kallender/BBC)

11:45 AM ET, June 1, 2006

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Vonage not giving customers a break — Internet phone company says it will not buy back shares from customers after stock purchased in unusual plan plummets in value. — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Internet telephone service provider Vonage said on Wednesday it was not buying back shares allocated …

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Peter Wayner / New York Times:

PC's That Are a Lot Smaller Than a Breadbox — An OQO-01 PC running Windows XP weighs 14 ounces and is not much bigger than a BlackBerry. The OQO above is being used with a foldable keyboard. Chris DiBona carries his BlackBerry for phone calls, and as he put it, "the whole mobile dude look."

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Paul Kallender / BBC:

Fuel cells in laptops edge closer — Electronics companies are promoting fuel cells as an environmentally-friendly and convenient alternative to traditional lithium ion batteries. — The technology promises to supplement or replace today's batteries in laptops.

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Briefly: Intel-based Xserve due this summer — May 31, 2006 - Apple's Xserve may find Intel processors inside of it ahead of any Power Mac upgrade, sources report. Intel is currently on track to deliver Woodcrest, the code-named successor to its Xeon processor targeted at servers, in June …

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Caroline E. Mayer / Washington Post:

Banks Honor Bogus Checks and Scam Victims Pay — Trying to sell his 1968 Mustang online, John Schaefer received what appeared to be a firm offer from an overseas classic-car dealer. The buyer sent Schaefer a check for $14,000 even though Schaefer was asking only $8,000.

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Evan Blass / Engadget:

iRex poised to take B2B orders for iLiad e-book reader — We've had our eye on Philips (that's Royal Philips Electronics to you) spinoff iRex Technologies ever since we heard that the company was developing a Sony Reader-like e-book device with some pretty compelling features …

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Marguerite Reardon / CNET News.com:

Skype software to ship on Dell laptops — Skype's voice over Internet Protocol software that allows people to talk for free over the Internet will ship on Dell's new XPS notebooks. — The Skype software will be offered as part of Dell's audio/video communications package on the new XPS M1210 …

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Joris Evers / CNET News.com:

Stardust virus lands on OpenOffice — Researchers at Kaspersky Lab have spotted what they believe is the first virus for OpenOffice, the open-source rival to Microsoft's Office productivity suite. — The virus, dubbed Stardust, is capable of infecting OpenOffice and StarOffice …

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Reuters:

Segway in deal to beat scooter sticker shock — With an eye toward making its upright electric scooters easier for the average American to buy, Segway on Wednesday rolled out its first financing program. — The consumer financing arm of General Electric will manage the program …

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Tantek Çelik / Technorati Weblog:

Introducing Microformats Search and Pingerati — I'm very pleased to announce the technology preview of Technorati microformats search for contacts, events and reviews, and Pingerati, a microformats ping distributor to support and grow the microformats ecosystem.

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