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Week in pictures: Talking chips and chat

roundup Intel's confab looks ahead to newfangled PCs and low-power chips. Also: Google makes waves with chat, desktop moves.

CNET News staff
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Intel's confab looks ahead to newfangled PCs and low-power chips. Also: Google makes waves with chat, desktop moves.

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Intel's designs on PCs

The chipmaker's latest lineup includes an array of processors intended for small and sleek systems.
August 23, 2005

Talk of the town
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Google gets chatty

New Google Talk service blends old-fashioned IM with a twist of Internet telephony.
August 24, 2005

Google moves onto the desktop
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Google on the desktop

The search giant offers a personalized view of the news and a quick search of your hard drive.
August 22, 2005

Airborne laser weapons
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Laser weapons take to the air

If the Air Force gets its way, combat planes could soon be firing lasers instead of missiles.
August 25, 2005

Sirius S50
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Wearable satellite radio

Device can play live broadcasts from satellite radio, record such content, and upload MP3 files from a PC.
August 25, 2005

iTunes phone inches closer
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iTunes phone on the horizon

Motorola is one step closer to launching its long-awaited iTunes phone.
August 22, 2005

A look beneath the Earth
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Under the surface

Subsurface imaging technology from geoscientists helps soldiers determine immediate threats.
August 22, 2005

Solarscope
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A sunny view

The Solarscope is a sophisticated viewing apparatus for observing a total eclipse of the sun.
August 22, 2005

Hitching a ride
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Piggyback ride

Shuttle Discovery takes a cross-country ride atop a jumbo jet to its home at the Kennedy Space Center.
August 22, 2005

Canon PowerShot S80
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Canon's new cameras

An extensive fall lineup includes a professional shooter with 12.8-megapixel resolution.
August 22, 2005

Solar-wind blast
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Solar-wind blast

A pair of plasma bubbles ejected from the sun head toward Earth.
August 24, 2005

Tracking body heat
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NFL pill beats heat

The tragic death of San Francisco 49er Thomas Herrion has caused NFL teams to take a pill that monitors body heat.
August 24, 2005

One big TV
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Matsushita's big TV

The company is readying a 65-inch, high-definition plasma screen--for the Japanese market.
August 25, 2005

Robert Moog
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Moog music

Robert Moog's synthesizer innovations provided the early soundtrack for an electronic generation.
August 22, 2005