The Web: Working hard or hardly working?

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Are you wasting time when online? Or working? A new study released this week showed that about 20 percent of government staff, while on the job, in one Malaysian state utilized the Internet for purely personal activities -- like downloading porn, games and music. This was one of the main causes of poor work performance in the Johor state, Bernama, the state news agency there said, quoting a top government official, Norsiah Harun.


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Small bioelectricity plants dirtier than large ones, says study

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Small-scale community based bio-power plants produce higher levels of emissions per unit of electrical output than large facilities, according to new research presented at a major sustainable energy conference today.

What to do on the Web When the Economy Goes South? Web of Misery Holds the Answer

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The economic downturn might have a positive effect on the rise of some Internet sites according to researchers at UC Riverside’s Sloan Center for Internet Retailing.

Leveling the gaming field

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A new computer game developed by MIT and Singaporean students makes it possible for visually impaired people to play the game on a level field with their sighted friends.

Rensselaer student invents alternative to silicon chip

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Even before Weixiao Huang received his doctorate from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, his new transistor captured the attention of some of the biggest American and Japanese automobile companies. The 2008 ...

Henry Moore sculpture could be re-erected thanks to 21st century science

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A dismantled Henry Moore sculpture could be re-erected in Kensington Gardens, London, thanks to the latest rock engineering techniques, says a team of experts today.