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Who Won the Super Bowl of Tech Advertising?
Tech ads have been a staple of Super Bowl Sunday since nearly the beginning, and yesterday's game was no exception.
3 Questions: David Mindell on Obama’s NASA proposal
In 2008, David Mindell, the Frances and David Dibner Professor of the History of Engineering and Manufacturing and director of MIT’s Program in Science, Technology, and Society, was the lead author of an...
Secure radio signal for central locking
Remote central locking is among the most convenient aspects of modern motoring. However, transmission of the radio signal that activates the system is not particularly secure, however. A new encryption...
New Spider-Man Device Could Let Humans Walk on Walls
A new high-tech suction device could allow humans to walk on walls like Spider-Man.
CRTs going down the tubes? Hardly
Many people may assume that conventional television sets and computer monitors - the kind that use picture tubes (technically known as cathode ray tubes, or CRTs) rather than flat...
S. Korea, Japan have world's fastest Internet links: survey
East Asian countries led by South Korea, Hong Kong and Japan are the best wired in the world with the highest number of fast broadband connections to the Internet, a...
Google News tunes into favored topics
Google has began letting online visitors tell its news website what topics they want to tune into.
Breakfast briefing: Obama kills moonshot 2.0, browser wars and Azure
• It's more than five years since George Bush announced his plan to go back to the Moon by 2020 - but now Barack Obama has killed the plan, saying Nasa money...
Scripps Research scientists create new way to screen libraries of 10 million or more compounds
JUPITER, FL, February 1, 2010 -- The search for new drug compounds is probably worse than looking for a needle in a haystack because scientists are limited in the...
Huge Brazil dam moves step closer
Brazil grants an environmental licence for a controversial hydro-electric dam - the world's third largest - in the Amazon.
Many wired Chinese unfazed at possible Google exit
(AP) -- A world without Google? They can imagine it just fine in China. After all, it's not like losing "World of Warcraft."
Hackers Crack Cell Phone Encryption
Hackers have cracked the security codes for two of the world's most popular cell phone transmission standards.
EPA budget request $10B for FY2011
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- The Environmental Protection Agency would receive $10 billion during fiscal year 2011 under budget proposals announced Monday by the White House.
Personal Health: Rules Worth Following, for Everyone’s Sake
Michael Pollan’s new book, “Food Rules,” is an easy-to-digest guide to health and eating that could do almost anybody good.
Samsung Develops Most Advanced Green DDR3 DRAM, Using 30nm-class Technology
Samsung Electronics today announced that the industry`s first 30-nanometer-class DRAM has just successfully completed customer evaluations, in two gigabit (Gb) densities. With DDR3 SDRAM becoming the predominant main memory this...
Pentagon sets budget for wars of the future
The Pentagon is discarding its core strategy of being prepared to fight two large-scale wars simultaneously in favour of coping with smaller conflicts, launching pre-emptive assaults to contain terrorists and the spread of...
Intel, Micron Introduce 25-Nanometer NAND
Intel Corporation and Micron Technology, Inc. today announced the world's first 25-nanometer (nm) NAND technology, which provides a more cost-effective path for increasing storage capacity in such popular consumer gadgets...
These space mission cuts will cost us our scientists | Colin Pillinger
After yesterday's retreat, the US and Europe will fall behind in the space race. The next man on the moon will be ChineseFew people who remember the 1960s can fail to have...
Russia's Novaya Gazeta Web site hacked, paralyzed
(AP) -- The Web site of Russia's highest-profile independent newspaper has been paralyzed for a week by a sustained attack from hackers, its deputy editor said Monday.
Air Canada's in-flight internet tests continue
Air Canada will wrap up tests of in-flight internet service at the end of February on routes leaving Montreal and Toronto.
Yahoo, Associated Press sign licensing deal
The Associated Press has signed a licensing deal with Yahoo Inc. that gives the news co-operative a steady stream of revenue at a time less money is flowing in from...
"Alarming" rise in cyberattacks at social networks: Sophos
There has been an "alarming" rise in spammers and hackers hunting for victims at online social networks, according to a report released Monday by computer security firm Sophos.
FDA wants $4B to improve safety
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it is requesting $4.03 billion to improve the nation's food and medical product safety.
Obama's social networking forays grow
U.S President Obama's question period on YouTube makes it clear social networking is popular at the White House.
Nearly 1,000 Olympic security cameras go live
With just 10 days to go until the opening of the 2010 Winter Games, nearly 1,000 security cameras have been turned on to monitor the crowds, which are already starting...
Japanese Manufacturers Developing Millimeter-Wave Communication Chips
(PhysOrg.com) -- The three large Japanese manufactures, Hitachi, Panasonic Corp., and Toshiba Corp, have announced that they are developing radio frequency (RF) transceiver ICs in the 60GHz band. All three...
Watchdog group criticizes benzene reports
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Federal officials say benzene emissions were up nearly 9 percent at U.S. refineries between 2007 and 2008, but a watchdog group says that may...
Wireless 911 services improved: CRTC
The wireless industry has improved 911 services in the past year, allowing emergency responders to better pinpoint the locations of calls, according to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC).