On Web, social sites can sometimes bite November 19, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
It has never been easier to get in trouble while catching up with friends. Social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace are great ways to reconnect with old acquaintances and meet new ones. | |
 Researchers make new electronics -- with a twist November 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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They've made electronics that can bend. They've made electronics that can stretch. And now, they've reached the ultimate goal -- electronics that can be subjected to any complex deformation, including twisting. | |
 Ultra-wideband radio rides a beam of light November 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Multiple high-definition videos and other data-rich services may soon stream through homes, offices, ships and planes via new hybrid optical/ultra-wideband-radio systems developed by European ... | |
 Track your fitness, environmental impact with new cell phone applications November 19, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- Planning on gobbling a few extra treats this holiday season? Soon, your cell phone may be able to help you maintain your exercise routine and keep the pounds off over winter months, without ... | |
 Rational or Random? Model Shows How People Send E-Mails November 19, 2008 | User rating: 2.4 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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In the last 10 years, e-mail has gone from a novelty to a necessity. What was once a pastime is now an essential form of communication, with many people opening their inboxes to find dozens of e-mails waiting. | |
 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 ... | |
Yahoo seeks a clean break and a new CEO November 19, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Yahoo Inc. is coming out from the Jerry Yang era with a share price unseen since the aftermath of the bursting of the Internet bubble, and with rival Google Inc. in firmer command of the market for online search. | |
Laughing all the way to new ventures November 19, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A software company here has raised $1 million to help it transfer its technology for telling jokes online into professional arenas such as screening job candidates and conducting surveys. | |
 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 ... | |
A first in online gaming: Humans team up with AI software November 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Hey, online gamers, artificial intelligence researchers need your help! As part of an international team of researchers, Northwestern University has officially released the first online game in which human players partner ... | |
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 ... | |
 Forensics Underfoot: Shoeprint Evidence Gets the Google Treatment November 18, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- A shoeprint etched in blood or dust can make a crucial difference in a criminal case, but it all depends on the ability of human examiners to identify a matching shoeprint pattern from thousands ... | |
What If Your Energy Supply is Gone with the Wind? November 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new research program at Oregon State University proposes to tackle one of the major remaining problems with wind energy – how do you provide a steady, or at least predictable flow of electricity when the ... | |
 NASA Tests First Deep-Space Internet November 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 34 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has successfully tested the first deep space communications network modeled on the Internet. | |
Consumers view ads as necessary trade-off for Web 2.0 November 18, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
As more and more consumers use digital content services — such as social networking and videos — they're more willing to accept advertising if it means the services have no fee. | |
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