Yelle says she sings in "80's French"--which sounds kind of confusing until you hear her punky electro tracks that remind us of Stereo Totale and Electrocute. Fronting a fashiony, stylish movement that embraces the DIY aesthetics of punk and seeks to move the dance floor, Yelle's sound begs to be added to your party playlist.
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road trip At the massive Utah Test & Training Range, the Air Force runs 15,000 sorties a year to ensure that pilots and weapons are on the mark.
• Photos: Training and testing
Business Tech
EMC raises bid for Data DomainIn the battle for Data Domain, EMC increases its bid to $33.50 per share in cash and says its offer is "clearly superior" to NetApp's bid.
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Photos: 'Train warriors, test weapons'
The Open Road
Former Red Hat execs aim to open-source health careWhat happens when you mix a big problem like the U.S. health care system, Red Hat executives, and an open-source technology approach? The Axial Project.
Beyond Binary
Will Windows 7 be finalized next week?Microsoft has said that work on the OS should be done by the end of the month, but some enthusiast sites think it could happen as early as July 13.
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Video: iPhone 3G S launch in New York City
Digital Media
CompuServe Classic laid to restAOL has shut down the historic Internet access service, which got millions on the Internet for the first time in the 1980s and 1990s but has grown obsolete.
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A recipe for high-tech chocolate
Geek Gestalt
Stopping by the woods with an iPhoneOn Road Trip 2009, Daniel Terdiman has a phone conversation that stays active from the forest to a hotel, and through shifts from wired headset to Bluetooth car integration and back.
Cutting Edge
Large Hadron Collider grid stress-testedThe tests, which were deemed a success, threw huge amounts of data at the grid that will process information from the collider.
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Photos: Spiral Jetty, Robert Smithson's wondrous earthwork
Android Atlas
Upgrade Android icons to display unread countSMS Unread Count allows you to update several Android icons to display more information.
Green Tech
Report: Toyota to mass-produce plug-ins in 2012The first plug-in Priuses will be tested next year with plans at Toyota to mass-produce plug-in vehicles in 2012, according to a report in the Nikkei.
