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At CES, Control Your Computer Screen With Your 'Gaze'
At last year's D9 conference, Sweden-based Tobii demonstrated cool eye-tracking technology that enables users to control a PC without hands.
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The Critics Rave... For Microsoft?
"Gorgeous," raves The Huffington Post. "Best-looking smartphone operating system in the industry," gushes Slate. "Far superior to most if not all the Android...
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Enterprise Will Spend $19 Billion on Apple Hardware in 2012
The "Bring Your Own Device" philosophy spreading through enterprise these days is proving a real boon to Apple.
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Trajectory Maneuver Slated for Jan. 11
An engine firing on Jan. 11 will be the biggest maneuver that NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft will perform on its flight between Earth and Mars.
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In M.t.a. App Contest, Many Buttons Worth Pushing
How do you create public-service software? Run a contest.
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Avoiding Innovation's Terrible Toll
The corporation isn't a sturdy species. In fact, only a tiny fraction reach the age of 40, according to study of more than six million firms by management professors...
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In Flop of H.p. Touchpad, an Object Lesson For the Tech Sector
The TouchPad tablet from Hewlett-Packard was one of the most closely watched new gadgets of 2011—and quickly turned out to be the year’s biggest flop.
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Can a Court Make You Give Up Your Password?
Can the government force you to give up your password in the course of an investigation against you? That’s the controversial debate that’s shaping up in U.S....
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Microsoft Researcher: Passwords Aren't Dead But They Need Fixing
Password use needs an overhaul that is driven by understanding the damage that can be done when password security is compromised, and researchers need to quantify...
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Help Nasa Code Its Way Through Space
If you'd like to work on software projects that might one day send your code to Mars or on a deep space mission, NASA has some code for you to hack on.
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'Greeley Haven' is Winter Workplace for Mars Rover
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity will spend the next several months at a site informally named "Greeley Haven."
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10 Tech Research Projects to Watch
Ten promising research projects that could lead to future consumer products include a solar-powered personal computer, three-dimensional images that respond to...
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It's a Man vs. Machine Recovery
The U.S. produces almost one-quarter more goods and services today than it did in 1999, while using almost precisely the same number of workers.
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3-D Cameras For Cellphones
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers are developing a three-dimensional device that provides more accurate depth information than Microsoft's Kinect...
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Google's Chrome Page No Longer Ranks For 'browser' After Sponsored Post Penalty
Searches for "browser" no longer bring up the Google Chrome home page after Google applied a penalty against the page because of Google's own sponsored post campaign...
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Pentagon Scientists Use 'time Hole' to Make Events Disappear
Soldiers could one day conduct covert operations in complete secrecy, now that Pentagon-backed physicists have figured out how to mask entire events by distorting...
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Pentagon Fears Iran's Access to F-22 Technology Through Hijacked Spy Drone
Reports coming out from the Pentagon revealed that the United States' military experts and officials are deeply worried about Tehran's access to the RQ-170 Sentinel...
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Robots Put You in Two Places at Once
Mike Fennelly isn't easily surprised by cutting-edge technologies, but when he started as an IT guy at a Silicon Valley startup called Evernote, he was caught...
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Apple Power Adapters Could Remember Your Passwords
Apple has worked out a way in which the power cords for computers or smartphones can help people recover their forgotten login passwords—or the answers to secret...
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