The National Science Foundation (NSF) named NC State University as the leader of a national research center to focus on the development of technology to revolutionize the nation’s power grid and speed renewable energy technologies into homes and businesses.
NC State’s Centennial Campus will house NSF’s Engineering Research Center for Future Renewable Electric Energy [...]

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Hey look out Etch-a-sketch. Petri Purho, a game designer at Klooniegames, came up with this game in just seven days…This is the first computer game to catch my imagination since The Neverhood by Dreamworks. The simplicity and tactile elegance is pure joy. It is still in the development stage but you can download [...]

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Google Maps Street View has added Raleigh to the elite list of cities you can see from an eyeline perspective instead of the rooftop satellite view. Our entire office came to a grinding halt in productivity yesterday when we realized we could navigate the streets without getting out of our chairs. “Hey, go to my [...]

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I “Stumbled Upon” Flashface the other day and have since wasted much time playing with it. I tested my skills by trying to remember what Tyra Banks looks like and then getting all the facial parts and pieces right. I don’t think Tyra would be happy with the “sketch.” Anyway, it’s a pretty fun software [...]

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Though the Leopard update patch is quite new, the NeoOffice project for mac is not. Based on the OpenOffice platform (more PC friendly), it runs all your Microsoft Office Apps and is FREE!!! (they do need donations). I’ve tested it in a variety of ways and it seems really stable and just as functional as [...]

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