Putting a face on android science by exploring an uncanny valley

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We might be more responsive to robots designed to look human rather than mechanical, but other factors may determine what causes us to accept or shun these virtual humans.


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Boosting the capabilities of emergency relief efforts

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Humanitarian relief efforts are often hampered by the inability of the different international and local bodies involved to properly communicate and share information. European researchers have come up with a new system to ...

VeriSign sells Jamba mobile to News Corp.

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Internet infrastructure company VeriSign announced on Tuesday it had sold its minority share in a mobile entertainment joint venture to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. for 200 million dollars.

Web ad sales dipped from previous quarter

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(AP) -- U.S. Internet advertising revenue dipped slightly in the second quarter from the previous three-month period, which likely is a ripple effect from the bad economy given that prior to 2008 the market had seen several ...

'Mail Goggles' might prevent e-mail regrets

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(AP) -- Here's the scenario: It's Friday night, and what began as an innocent happy-hour margarita morphed into a few pitchers. After all, those tacos were salty.

Ads to the rescue as distraction from root canals

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(AP) -- Talk about your captive audience. Advertising is coming to the dentist's chair in the form of personal video goggles that patients wear while getting their cleaning or root canal.
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