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The Green City That Has a Brain
The planned city of PlanIT Valley in northern Portugal is aiming to be an environmentally sustainable city. And, like an organism, it will have a brain: a central...
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Microsoft Fixes Record 49 Holes, Including Stuxnet Flaw
In a record Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released updates today for Windows, Internet Explorer, and the .NET framework that feature fixes for 49 holes, including...
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Robots Guarding U.S. Nuclear Stockpile
The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration recently announced that it has started using autonomous robot vehicles to patrol the vast desert surrounding...
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Time For .s. to Assert Itself on the Internet, Report Says
The United States should apply its interests in overseeing the Internet's infrastructure because it plays such a crucial role in the country's national security...
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Researcher Finds Top Reasons for Facebook Unfriending
University of Colorado Denver's Christopher Sibona surveyed more than 1,500 Facebook users on Twitter and found that the number one reason for unfriending is frequent...
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Planar Battery Could Help Integrate Solar, Wind Power Into the Grid
A flat sodium-nickel chloride battery could deliver 30 percent more power at lower temperatures than its cylindrical counterpart, making it a viable alternative...
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Web Code Offers New Ways To See What sers Do Online
Worries over Internet privacy have spurred lawsuits, conspiracy theories and consumer anxiety as marketers and others invent new ways to track computer users...
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Smart Phone Game Helps Players Make Healthier Food Choices
A Georgia Tech study has shown that playing health-related video games on a mobile device can help adults learn to live more healthfully by making smart diet choices...
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Chinese and Saudis Lead Way in Internet Use
People in China and the Middle East are the busiest and most enthusiastic internet users, a study of the world’s online habits has revealed.
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Eu Calls Stuxnet 'paradigm Shift' As U.s. Responds More Mildly
While official U.S. response has been comparatively mild, the European Union's cybersecurity agency says Stuxnet represents a "paradigm shift" in critical infrastructure...
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Google Cars Drive Themselves, in Traffic
Anyone driving the twists of Highway 1 between San Francisco and Los Angeles recently may have glimpsed a Toyota Prius with a curious funnel-like cylinder on...
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Artificial Intelligence: Helping Man Explore the Cosmos
Man's first 50 years of spaceflight may have been fuelled by human ingenuity but it is artificial intelligence that will play an increasingly important role in...
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Electronics Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Memory Chips
Rice University graduate student Jun Yao's research with silicon-oxide circuits could be a game-changer in nanoelectronics.
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The Smartphone's Shape-Shifting Future
The smartphone of the future might lose its sleek, solid shell to become a shape-shifter, able to alter its appearance to signal an alert in situations where...
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Large Study Shows Females Are Equal to Males in Math Skills
The mathematical skills of boys and girls, as well as men and women, are substantially equal, according to a new examination of existing studies in the current...
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Computer Beats Human at Shogi, Japanese Chess, For First Time
A computer has beaten a human at shogi, otherwise known as Japanese chess, for the first time. Shogi is more complex than western chess, offering about 10224...
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An Operating System to Run It All
Intel's MeeGo will let apps span tablets, phones, and TVs.
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When Glass Touch Screens Feel Like Sandpaper
Glass screens that can feel the touch of your fingers are all the rage these days. You'll find them in all kinds of gadgets, from smartphones to tablet computers...
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Computer Scientists Cry Foul Over Data Problems in Nrc Rankings
The National Research Council's use of a computerized methodology to rank computing research doctoral programs at the behest of the Computing Research Association...
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