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Get bank balance with Quicken Beam

September 03, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Finally, something free from Intuit, the Mountain View, Calif., software company that takes our money every tax season.


Internet law made simple

August 28, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | No comments yet

(PhysOrg.com) -- Internet law is a new frontier where SMEs fear to tread. Now European researchers have created a new internet law wiki designed to encourage more SMEs to go online. The internet has enabled a brave, new world ...


Scientific wiki solves the 'who wrote what' problem

August 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 11 vote(s) | User comments: 1

Reporting in Nature Genetics, and working in conjunction with Society in Science, the ETH Zurich-administered fund that is dedicated to exploring new avenues in the relationship between science and society, scientist ...


System thwarts Internet eavesdropping

August 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 16 vote(s) | No comments yet

The growth of shared Wi-Fi and other wireless computer networks has increased the risk of eavesdropping on Internet communications, but researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science and College of ...


Life isn't 2-D, so why should our encyclopedias be?

August 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | User comments: 1

Biologists and biochemists are now able to access 3D images of biomacromolecules underlying biological functions and disease. Rather than relying on text to provide the understanding of biomacromolecule structures, a collaborative ...


Research on browser weaknesses triggers attacks

July 30, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

IBM's X-Force says cyber-criminals are using public research on Web browser weaknesses to launch attacks before most users are even aware of their vulnerability. The mid-year report from the security group indicates that ...


Security flaws in online banking sites found to be widespread

July 22, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

(PhysOrg.com) -- More than 75 percent of the bank Web sites surveyed in a University of Michigan study had at least one design flaw that could make customers vulnerable to cyber thieves after their money or ...


The Day the World Changed

July 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 10 vote(s) | No comments yet

Twenty years ago, a network engineer named Hans-Werner Braun started an e-mail message to the users of the National Science Foundation's (NSF) fledgling NSFNET project with that sentence to announce that the ...


MySpace looks to USC to help servers keep up with users

June 27, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

How do you keep a potential half-billion social networkers current? A Viterbi School of Engineering expert tackles the growth problems of one of the world's largest computing systems.


Study Finds Men More Than Women Share Creative Work Online

June 23, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | User comments: 3

A Northwestern University study finds that men are more likely to share their creative work online than women despite the fact that women and men engage in creative activities at essentially equal rates.


iTunes Store Tops Over Five Billion Songs Sold

June 23, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

Apple announced that music fans have purchased and downloaded over five billion songs from the iTunes Store. iTunes is the number one music retailer in the US and features the largest music catalog with over eight million ...


University of Minnesota study uncovers the educational benefits of social networking sites

June 20, 2008 | User rating: 2.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | User comments: 1

Low-income students are in many ways just as technologically savvy as their counterparts
In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers at the University of Minnesota have discovered the educational benefits of social ...


Experimental phone network uses virtual sticky notes

June 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | No comments yet

The rapid convergence of social networks, mobile phones and global positioning technology has given Duke University engineers the ability to create something they call "virtual sticky notes," site-specific messages that people ...


Rice U study finds that consumers may fare better with peer-to-peer online lending Web sites

June 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | No comments yet

A new study conducted by Associate Professor of Management Paul Dholakia at Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Management shows that online peer-to-peer lending Web sites may be more attractive to Americans ...


How Did That Chain Letter Get To My Inbox?

May 16, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 12 vote(s) | User comments: 4

Everyone who has an e-mail account has probably received a forwarded chain letter promising good luck if the message is forwarded on to others--or terrible misfortune if it isn't. The sheer volume of forwarded ...


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