Study shows hotels' Internet connections unsafe October 01, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Travelers who use a hotel's Internet network risk the possibility of data theft, concludes a new study from Cornell's School of Hotel Administration. | |
 Mobile technology taught to turn on thieves September 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Stolen mobile telephones are being taught to turn against thieves by sending home word of where they are and letting owners snoop on calls. | |
 Evidence that inexpensive device boosts fuel economy by up to 20 percent September 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 78 vote(s)
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Amid sticker-shock fuel prices, researchers in Pennsylvania are reporting results of laboratory tests and road tests verifying that a simple, inexpensive device attached to a car engine's fuel injector can ... | |
 South Korea's free computer game model hits US October 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Free computer game play that is all the rage in South Korean is taking hold in a US market dominated by videogames sold on packaged disks or by online subscriptions. | |
A tech giant wants you to know who it is October 02, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Cisco. Cisco. Cisco. Cisco.
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 Baked Slug: New Method to Test Fireproofing Material October 02, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
In a high-temperature blaze, how well does a fireproofing material shield a building’s important steel structures from heat? Answering this question has been surprisingly difficult, but it is important information ... | |
Congress passes bill to help save Internet radio October 01, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Congress has cleared the way for a potential agreement intended to save the emerging Internet radio market from a crippling hike in copyright royalty rates. | |
The hybrid offensive October 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Fraunhofer research engineers are busy converting a standard production gasoline-engine car into a hybrid. By doing so, they aim to demonstrate what hybrid technology can do, and prove that it can even be ... | |
Computer hardware 'guardians' protect users from undiscovered bugs October 01, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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As computer processor chips grow faster and more complex, they are likely to make it to market with more design bugs. But that may be OK, according to University of Michigan researchers who have devised a system that lets ... | |
 Top firms band together behind Mobile Broadband September 30, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Top computer makers, mobile operators and technology providers announced on Tuesday that upcoming laptop computers would feature mobile broadband making them ready to surf right out of the box. | |
Q & A with John Lilly, CEO of Mozilla Corp. October 01, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
John Lilly became chief executive of Mozilla Corp. in January, moving up from his role as chief operating officer. He's been with the company that created the open-source Firefox browser since 2005, the year Firefox 1.5 was ... | |
Digg aims to raise its profile October 01, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
YouTube made a splash last fall when CNN engaged the video-sharing Web site to show mainstream Americans posing questions to candidates in the presidential primaries. Now the "social news" site Digg is bidding to enter the ... | |
 Madagascar: solar power ends dark age for rural clinics September 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Elisabeth's 13 children were born by candlelight. Her daughter, who has just become a mother for the first time, was more "fortunate". | |
 See what I see -- machines with mental muscle October 01, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- The way we use and interact with machines is undergoing a profound change as computers are programmed to learn from experience and see more how we see. European research into machine learning ... | |
Have couch, will travel September 30, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
There is a new way to hop around the world for travelers whose budgets can't keep up with their wanderlust, and the perks may be more than financial. For adventurous travelers only, Couchsurfing.com is a Web site that connects ... | |
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