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Yale Professor wins Godel Prize for showing how computer algorithms solve problems Technology / Computer Sciences August 13, 2008 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Daniel A. Spielman, professor of applied mathematics and computer science at Yale, has been awarded the prestigious Gödel Prize for developing a technique, known as Smoothed Analysis, that helps predict the ...

Olympic fever being fuelled by high-tech in SKorea Technology / Other August 13, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet Cutting-edge technology is fuelling Olympic fever in South Korea, with employees using hand-held TVs or mobile phones to follow the Games live during work or off-duty hours.

Starz ending Vongo movie service for Starz Play Technology / Telecom August 13, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet (AP) -- Liberty Media Corp.'s Starz pay TV subsidiary is pulling the plug on its Vongo movie-download service in favor of letting Verizon Communications Inc. and other affiliates market a similar service.

It's The Water: Beijing Olympic Swimmer Provided State-of-Art ProMinent Ozone Technology Technology / Other August 12, 2008 \| User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 27 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 (PhysOrg.com) -- As Olympic records are being broken left and right by Michael Phelps, questions have been raised do we have a performance enhancing water issue. Some attribute the gold hanging around Olympiad ...

Students Develop 'Mind-Control' Interface to Play Video Games Without a Controller Technology / Engineering August 12, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 16 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 (PhysOrg.com) -- Drexel University students have taken game controller innovation beyond motion control with a “hands-off” approach and developed an interface that allows players to execute actions using only ...

Elpida Develops World's First 2.5Gbps DDR3 SDRAM Technology / Semiconductors August 12, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Elpida Memory today announced that it had developed the world's first 2.5Gbps (bit per second) 1-gigabit DDR3 SDRAM. The new memory device has an optimized design based on a copper interconnect process and ...

Motorists turn to carpool sites as gas prices rise Technology / Other August 12, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet (AP) -- Robert Gilliland didn't think much about carpooling until gas prices got out of control. Now, he's happy to trade his motoring freedom for $120 in weekly savings.

Images for 3D Video Games Without High Price Tags or Stretch Marks Technology / Computer Sciences August 12, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 16 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 (PhysOrg.com) -- The images of rocks, clouds, marble and other textures that serve as background images and details for 3D video games are often hand painted and thus costly to generate. A breakthrough from ...

'Virtuality' gets real Technology / Computer Sciences August 12, 2008 \| User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 (PhysOrg.com) -- Up to now virtual reality has proved cumbersome as a design tool, but European researchers are finalising a system that brings ‘virtuality’ to the wider world.

Alternative energy hits the road Technology / Engineering August 12, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 44 vote(s) \| User comments: 18 Anyone who has walked barefoot across a parking lot on a hot summer day knows that blacktop is exceptionally good at soaking up the sun's warmth. Now, a research team at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has found a way ...

Hackers hacked at infamous DefCon gathering Technology / Other August 12, 2008 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 87 vote(s) \| User comments: 6 In the end, it was hackers at DefCon that got hacked. After three days of software cracking duels and hacking seminars, self-described computer ninjas at the infamous gathering in Las Vegas found out Sunday ...

Review: Online Olympics is ambitious, but not TV Technology / Internet August 11, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet (AP) -- NBC Universal is running an unprecedented 3,600 hours of Olympics coverage on television and the Internet, most of it live online, letting fans track their favorite sports in a way not possible even ...

Algae jet fuel makes splash at international air show Technology / Energy August 11, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 24 vote(s) \| User comments: 6 Researchers Qiang Hu and Milton Sommerfeld from ASU’s Department of Applied Biosciences recently flew to London to share their findings and research on the application of algae-based oils for creating biofuels ...

Tiffany appeals eBay counterfeiting decision Technology / Internet August 11, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet (AP) -- Tiffany & Co. challenged Monday a federal ruling that largely absolved eBay Inc. of policing its auction site for counterfeit items, saying the judge was wrong to leave the primary burden to the jewelry maker.

Video archive project can record lectures for posterity Technology / Other August 11, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| No comments yet A new video service on University of Michigan's campus can capture presentations, classes and training workshops, post them online within 24 hours and archive them indefinitely in a high-quality universal format.

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Yale Professor wins Godel Prize for showing how computer algorithms solve problems Technology / Computer Sciences August 13, 2008 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Daniel A. Spielman, professor of applied mathematics and computer science at Yale, has been awarded the prestigious Gödel Prize for developing a technique, known as Smoothed Analysis, that helps predict the ...

Olympic fever being fuelled by high-tech in SKorea Technology / Other August 13, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet Cutting-edge technology is fuelling Olympic fever in South Korea, with employees using hand-held TVs or mobile phones to follow the Games live during work or off-duty hours.

Starz ending Vongo movie service for Starz Play Technology / Telecom August 13, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet (AP) -- Liberty Media Corp.'s Starz pay TV subsidiary is pulling the plug on its Vongo movie-download service in favor of letting Verizon Communications Inc. and other affiliates market a similar service.

It's The Water: Beijing Olympic Swimmer Provided State-of-Art ProMinent Ozone Technology Technology / Other August 12, 2008 \| User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 27 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 (PhysOrg.com) -- As Olympic records are being broken left and right by Michael Phelps, questions have been raised do we have a performance enhancing water issue. Some attribute the gold hanging around Olympiad ...

Students Develop 'Mind-Control' Interface to Play Video Games Without a Controller Technology / Engineering August 12, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 16 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 (PhysOrg.com) -- Drexel University students have taken game controller innovation beyond motion control with a “hands-off” approach and developed an interface that allows players to execute actions using only ...

Elpida Develops World's First 2.5Gbps DDR3 SDRAM Technology / Semiconductors August 12, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Elpida Memory today announced that it had developed the world's first 2.5Gbps (bit per second) 1-gigabit DDR3 SDRAM. The new memory device has an optimized design based on a copper interconnect process and ...

Motorists turn to carpool sites as gas prices rise Technology / Other August 12, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet (AP) -- Robert Gilliland didn't think much about carpooling until gas prices got out of control. Now, he's happy to trade his motoring freedom for $120 in weekly savings.

Images for 3D Video Games Without High Price Tags or Stretch Marks Technology / Computer Sciences August 12, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 16 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 (PhysOrg.com) -- The images of rocks, clouds, marble and other textures that serve as background images and details for 3D video games are often hand painted and thus costly to generate. A breakthrough from ...

'Virtuality' gets real Technology / Computer Sciences August 12, 2008 \| User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 (PhysOrg.com) -- Up to now virtual reality has proved cumbersome as a design tool, but European researchers are finalising a system that brings ‘virtuality’ to the wider world.

Alternative energy hits the road Technology / Engineering August 12, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 44 vote(s) \| User comments: 18 Anyone who has walked barefoot across a parking lot on a hot summer day knows that blacktop is exceptionally good at soaking up the sun's warmth. Now, a research team at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has found a way ...

Hackers hacked at infamous DefCon gathering Technology / Other August 12, 2008 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 87 vote(s) \| User comments: 6 In the end, it was hackers at DefCon that got hacked. After three days of software cracking duels and hacking seminars, self-described computer ninjas at the infamous gathering in Las Vegas found out Sunday ...

Review: Online Olympics is ambitious, but not TV Technology / Internet August 11, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet (AP) -- NBC Universal is running an unprecedented 3,600 hours of Olympics coverage on television and the Internet, most of it live online, letting fans track their favorite sports in a way not possible even ...

Algae jet fuel makes splash at international air show Technology / Energy August 11, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 24 vote(s) \| User comments: 6 Researchers Qiang Hu and Milton Sommerfeld from ASU’s Department of Applied Biosciences recently flew to London to share their findings and research on the application of algae-based oils for creating biofuels ...

Tiffany appeals eBay counterfeiting decision Technology / Internet August 11, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet (AP) -- Tiffany & Co. challenged Monday a federal ruling that largely absolved eBay Inc. of policing its auction site for counterfeit items, saying the judge was wrong to leave the primary burden to the jewelry maker.

Video archive project can record lectures for posterity Technology / Other August 11, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| No comments yet A new video service on University of Michigan's campus can capture presentations, classes and training workshops, post them online within 24 hours and archive them indefinitely in a high-quality universal format.

Yale Professor wins Godel Prize for showing how computer algorithms solve problems

Olympic fever being fuelled by high-tech in SKorea

Starz ending Vongo movie service for Starz Play

It's The Water: Beijing Olympic Swimmer Provided State-of-Art ProMinent Ozone Technology

Students Develop 'Mind-Control' Interface to Play Video Games Without a Controller

Elpida Develops World's First 2.5Gbps DDR3 SDRAM

Motorists turn to carpool sites as gas prices rise

Images for 3D Video Games Without High Price Tags or Stretch Marks

'Virtuality' gets real

Alternative energy hits the road

Hackers hacked at infamous DefCon gathering

Review: Online Olympics is ambitious, but not TV

Algae jet fuel makes splash at international air show

Tiffany appeals eBay counterfeiting decision

Video archive project can record lectures for posterity

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