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Technology Becomes Most Popular Homework Excuse
Workshy schoolchildren no longer rely on traditional excuses such as "the dog ate my homework," preferring more modern variations including "my computer crashed...
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Scientists View Cybersecurity as an Intimidating Conundrum
The U.S. President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology recently called on cybersecurity experts to discuss specific areas in the networking and information...
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Shape-Shifting Robot Compensates For Damaged Limb
European roboticists have developed software that enables a modular robot to adapt when one part stops working.
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Google Speeds Queries With 'instant' Results
Those who find Google’s search engine to be impossibly slow will welcome Google Instant, an upgrade to the company’s search results that it unveiled Wednesday.
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Searching For STEM Success
Rural community colleges (CCs) have recently done much better than urban and suburban CCs in the percentage increase of associate degrees awarded to women and minorities...
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ITU Head: Cyberwar Could Be 'Worse Than Tsunami'
There needs to be a global cybersecurity peace treaty to avert the threat of international cyberwar, whose effects would be more devastating than a tsunami, says...
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New Process Promises to Revolutionize Manufacturing of Products
University of Waterloo scientists have developed Multiple Memory Material Technology, a new manufacturing process that they say makes smart materials even smarter...
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HTML5 May Help Web Pages Talk, Listen
A new World Wide Web Consortium project could lead to the incorporation of voice recognition and speech synthesis interfaces within Web pages.
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Scientists Develop Device to Enable Improved Global Data Transmission
University of Southampton researchers have developed a data transmission system that could benefit optical communications networks by eliminating phase noise from...
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Future Technology in the NFL
In the years ahead, the National Football League looks set to dial up some new tech blitzes that will make the game fairer and safer. Among the technologies most...
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The Human Process Behind Google's Algorithm
Google is famous for evangelizing the power of the algorithm. It spends less time talking about the several hundred human beings who influence its algorithm.
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Texas Ag Probing Google's Searches
The Texas attorney general's office is conducting an antitrust review of Google Inc.'s core search-engine business, a sign of widening government scrutiny of...
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Once a Dynamo, the Tech Sector Is Slow to Hire
For years the technology sector has been considered the most dynamic, promising and globally envied industry in the United States. It escaped the recession relatively...
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Study Confirms Wireless Computers Effective During Class
A recent Columbus State University study shows that students who consistently use laptops with interaction software to enhance or supplement their classroom notes...
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Electronic Nose Sniffs Out Bacteria
Early treatment of infection in burn patients is critical. A European consortium has designed a point-of-care instrument that can identify types of bacteria from...
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A Strong Password Isn't the Strongest Security
Make your password strong, with a unique jumble of letters, numbers and punctuation marks. But memorize it—never write it down. And, oh yes, change it every few...
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Iphone App May Replace Stethoscope
iPhones can function as stethoscopes using a new application developed by a University College of London computer scientist and cardiologist researchers. The app...
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Marc Andreessen Flexes His Muscles in Silicon Valley
He spoke for Hewlett-Packard's board when it showed ex-CEO Mark Hurd the door—and is now part of the team searching for Hurd's successor. He played a role in...
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Massive Online Networks to be Focus of Study of Creative Collaborations
Using two creative online communities as their laboratory, two Indiana University Bloomington researchers hope to understand how the inner workings of such massive...
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