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New Interface Technology Realizes 'touchable' 3-D Images
Scientists at Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology have designed a system that simulates the sensation of handling and touching...
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.s. Escalates Air War Over Afghanistan
There may not be quite as many bombs falling from the sky. But don’t let that fool you. The United States has dramatically escalated its air war over Afghanistan...
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Technology Aside, Most People Still Decline to Be Located
Internet companies have appropriated the real estate business’s mantra—it’s all about location, location, location. But while a home on the beach will always be...
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But He Looked Good on Paper
Web start-ups are having a hard time hiring good programmers.
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Emotionml: Will Computers Tap Into Your Feelings?
For all those who believe the computing industry is populated by people who are out of touch with the world of emotion, it's time to think again.
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Thought-Controlled Computers on the Way: Intel
Intel is developing a computer that can directly read the thoughts of its user by mapping out brain activity produced when people think of particular words. Intel...
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Searching For Fun
Research suggests that search engines could tap into users' need to be entertained.
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Now You Can Earn Virtual Currency By Watching Ads
You know the type—social game addicts who pepper your Facebook page with updates about the wine recipe they created playing "FarmVille," or the gem broker they...
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Virtual Farm Games Absorb Real Money, Real Lives
Last century's cash crops included tobacco, cotton, and sugar cane. Now we have magic cauliflower and super berries, too—and even though they can't be sold at...
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Google Gives Real-Time Search Its Own Page
Google is digging deeper into real-time search, with a new search page that displays only results from timely sources, like updates from Twitter and other social...
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Insiders Doubt 2008 Pentagon Hack Was Foreign Spy Attack
In the fall of 2008, a variant of a three year-old, relatively benign worm began winding its way through the U.S. military's networks, spread by troops usingfirst...
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A Search Service that Can Peer into the Future
Showing news stories on a timeline has been tried before. But Time Explorer, a prototype news search engine created in Yahoo's Barcelona research lab, generates...
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Digital Devices Deprive Brain of Needed Downtime
It’s 1 p.m. on a Thursday and Dianne Bates, 40, juggles three screens. She listens to a few songs on her iPod, then taps out a quick e-mail on her iPhone and...
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Hacker
On the Internet, he was known as BadB, a disembodied criminal flitting from one server to another selling stolen credit card numbers despite being pursued by...
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Online Games Are a Gold Mine for Design Ideas
Gone are the days when video gaming was a private pursuit. Gaming services such as Microsoft's Xbox Live not only connect players in living rooms the world over...
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Mining Mood Swings on the Real-Time Web
Many companies are turning to social-media sites to gauge the success of a new product and service. The latest activity on Facebook, Twitter, and countless other...
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Alien Hunters 'should Look For Artificial Intelligence'
A senior astronomer has said that the hunt for alien life should take into account alien "sentient machines."
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