 China top target for computer attacks: Microsoft November 03, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Chinese computer users have become chief targets for online criminals, according to a security report released Monday by Microsoft. | |
 Mini Nuclear Power Plants Could Power 20,000 Homes (Update) November 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 234 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Underground nuclear power plants no bigger than a hot tub may soon provide electricity for communities around the world. Measuring about 1.5 meters across, the mini reactors can each power ... | |
IBM Reveals Five Innovations That Will Change Our Lives in the Next Five Years November 25, 2008 | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 122 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Unveiled today, the third annual "IBM Next Five in Five" is a list of innovations that have the potential to change the way people work, live and play over the next five years.
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 Professor Finally Publishes Controversial Brain Theory November 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 109 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In the late '90s, Asim Roy, a professor of information systems at Arizona State University, began to write a paper on a new brain theory. Now, 10 years later and after several rejections and ... | |
 Strong, lightweight green material could replace concrete, but contains no cement November 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 70 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Each year, coal-burning power plants, steel factories and similar facilities in the United States produce more than 125 million tons of waste, much of it fly ash and bottom ash left over from ... | |
 Taiwanese Researchers Introduce Blink of the Eye Transmission Speed System On A Chip November 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 75 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A world-wide expert on wireless communications, Professor Jri Lee of the National Taiwan University (NTU) and UCLA PhD conferred has created a system on a chip (SOC) with transmission speeds ... | |
 'Impeach Obama' groups pop up on Facebook November 05, 2008 | User rating: 2.5 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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Barack Obama has not even been sworn in yet as the 44th president of the United States but groups are springing up online calling for his impeachment. | |
 Engineers design self-stabilizing electric bicycle November 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 39 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As every five-year-old knows, balancing on a bicycle is not as easy as it looks. But, as engineers know, getting a bicycle to balance by itself – without a human riding it – is even more difficult. | |
 Massive EU online library looks to compete with Google November 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Inspired by ancient Alexandria's attempt to collect the world's knowledge, the EU launches Thursday its Europeana digital library, an online digest of Europe's cultural heritage. | |
 Micro Fuel Cells Get Closer to Replacing Batteries November 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 107 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Mobile electronics have the potential to offer digital luxuries beyond our imagination, but they will never get there on today’s lithium ion batteries. Power has been the weak spot in the ... | |
 Starwars style holographic 3DTV could be a reality by 2018, experts say 23 hours ago | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 31 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A 3D television system which would display holographic images floating in mid air - reminiscent of a famous scene from Star Wars - could be a reality in households within the next decade according ... | |
 Solar panels on graves give power to Spanish town November 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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(AP) -- A new kind of silent hero has joined the fight against climate change. Santa Coloma de Gramenet, a gritty, working-class town outside Barcelona, has placed a sea of solar panels atop mausoleums at ... | |
 'Fish technology' draws renewable energy from slow water currents November 20, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 42 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Slow-moving ocean and river currents could be a new, reliable and affordable alternative energy source. A University of Michigan engineer has made a machine that works like a fish to turn ... | |
Mathematica Users Get 100x Performance Boost From NVIDIA CUDA November 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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At SC08, Wolfram Research will demonstrate a new version of Mathematica, the world’s most powerful general computational software, that integrates CUDA, NVIDIA’s parallel GPU computing architecture. This new version is expected ... | |
 Microsoft Releases New Robot-Building Software November 19, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As part of its belief that robotics is an important emerging technology, Microsoft has released Robotics Developer Studio 2008, a software program that enables users to create applications ... | |
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