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Technology Review: Buzz MeterBuzz Meter Data mining sheds light on what makes news. Political scientists have long studied the news cycle, tracking which people and topics drive coverage and for how long. But the sheer volume of news outlets made it hard to quantify their results. Researchers at Cornell University are ...X X added 10 months ago
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Technology Review: The CAPTCHA Arms RaceThe CAPTCHA Arms Race Researchers mull the next step in spam deterrents. Spammers use automated programs called bots to harvest online data, so in 2000, a group of researchers created a bot deterrent called the Captcha--the "completely automated public Turing test to tell computers and humans ...X X added 10 months ago
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Technology Review: From the Labs: Information TechnologyFrom the Labs: Information Technology New publications, experiments and breakthroughs in information technology--and what they mean. Chip Chiller On-chip cooling could increase performance and decrease power consumption Source : "On-chip cooling by superlattice-based thin-film thermoelectrics" ...X X added 10 months ago
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Technology Review: Networking Stays ConnectedNetworking Stays Connected Communications companies buck the fourth-quarter slide. In the fourth quarter of 2008, venture investment in the United States plummeted by more than 25 percent. Even energy and utility companies, which saw enormous growth in investment in 2008, suffered their first ...X X added 10 months ago
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Technology Review: Amazon Unwraps Kindle 2.0Amazon Unwraps Kindle 2.0 The device betrays a plan to dominate the transition from printed books to electronic ones. At a press conference held at the Morgan Library in New York City this morning, Amazon announced a new version of its Kindle electronic reading device. While the new device ...X X added 10 months ago
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Technology Review: Harnessing Hamster Power with a NanogeneratorHarnessing Hamster Power with a Nanogenerator Researchers use a running rodent to test their device. Sunlight, wind, and waves aren't the only sources of renewable energy. For researchers hoping to power nanoscale devices, there's also muscle power. Every heartbeat and every fidgety ...X X added 10 months ago
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NSA identifies top 25 programming errors - Network WorldNSA identifies top 25 programming errors The critical importance of integrating security into programming is obvious to anyone who thinks about it, and it has been the subject of countless minatory or sometimes pleading articles. Google "secure programming" as one example of appropriate ...X X added 10 months ago
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Biggest Solar Deal Ever Announced — We're Talking Gigawatts | Wired Science from Wired.comBiggest Solar Deal Ever Announced — We're Talking Gigawatts The largest series of solar installations in history, more than 1,300 megawatts, is planned for the desert outside Los Angeles, according to a new deal between the utility Southern California Edison and solar power plant maker, BrightSource. ...X X added 10 months ago
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Confounded nonsense - Network WorldConfounded nonsense A study sponsored by Cisco and carried out by InsightExpress using responses from more than 2,000 respondents in 10 countries indicated that accidental and deliberate violations of security by insiders are a serious threat to data confidentiality. Jim Duffy of Network World ...X X added 10 months ago
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Technology Review: Doubts over India's $20 LaptopDoubts over India's $20 Laptop The super-cheap laptop project meets with widespread skepticism. Yesterday, India unveiled a prototype laptop that will reportedly cost only $20. Dubbed Sakshat , the machine is meant to bridge the digital divide and provide a means for delivering online ...X X added 10 months ago
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