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(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT engineers have built a fast, ultra-broadband, low-power radio chip, modeled on the human inner ear, that could enable wireless devices capable of receiving cell phone, Internet, radio and television signals. http://www.physorg.com/news163242050.html Technology Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:01:26 EST news163242050 Microsoft has said social networking sensations Twitter and Facebook, along with Internet radio star Last.fm, are connecting to the Xbox 360 videogame console online world. http://www.physorg.com/news163142255.html Technology Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:21:00 EST news163142255 For every hour they spend in the presence of an audible television, parents speak fewer words and infants are less likely to make vocalizations in response, according to a report in the June issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news163092893.html Medicine & Health Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:35:18 EST news163092893 The chief executive of DirecTV Group Inc. is in talks to return to News Corp. to be Rupert Murdoch's second in command. http://www.physorg.com/news163088629.html Technology Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:24:15 EST news163088629 Long-running US cartoon show "The Simpsons" may inadvertently promote smoking with its frequent depictions of the habit and references to cigarettes, Australian research has found. http://www.physorg.com/news163056342.html Medicine & Health Mon, 01 Jun 2009 06:26:09 EST news163056342 OK, I admit it. When I am asked to test questionable software, I usually install it first on my wife's computer. And my kids are crash-test dummies ramming head-first into all sorts of dubious products. But they don't care since they only use their computers to play World of Warcraft and to do an occasional school assignment. So it came as no surprise to my family when I announced we would be giving up our current TV service for something new. http://www.physorg.com/news162672380.html Technology Wed, 27 May 2009 19:46:55 EST news162672380 An oscilloscope is a device for displaying signals that are too fast to be seen by the human eye. Typically the signal consists of a voltage level that changes quickly moment by moment (over millisecond to nanosecond timescales). What is seen on the screen of the scope is a waveform whose value is graphed along the vertical axis as a function of the horizontal axis representing time. An electron beam, aimed at a phosphorescent screen, is swept horizontally providing a light-trace on the screen while, coincidentally, the instantaneous voltage of the input signal is used to deflect the electron beam up or down, creating the visible trace. http://www.physorg.com/news162582105.html Physics Tue, 26 May 2009 18:42:13 EST news162582105 A group of researchers from the University of Vigo, Spain, has developed a Web 2.0 application that filters the programming schedules of hundreds of television channels to recommend programmes that viewers are most likely to be interested in, according to their tastes, timetables and other users' recommendations. This new social network is already being used by students and is freely available on the Internet. http://www.physorg.com/news162468111.html Technology Mon, 25 May 2009 11:02:13 EST news162468111 Hulu.com is to provide a live stream of an upcoming concert by the Dave Matthews Band in a first for the online video website better known for showing full-length television shows and movies. http://www.physorg.com/news162223390.html Technology Fri, 22 May 2009 15:03:40 EST news162223390 YouTube just keeps getting bigger. http://www.physorg.com/news162129284.html Technology Thu, 21 May 2009 12:55:15 EST news162129284 The European Commission announced on Thursday that Inmarsat Ventures and Solaris Mobile had been chosen to beam high-speed Internet services to rural and remote areas in Europe not connected to existing networks. http://www.physorg.com/news161515264.html Technology Thu, 14 May 2009 10:22:14 EST news161515264 Blinkx said it is putting its online video search skills to work for Britain-based Miniweb Interactive, a firm specializing in merging television with the Internet. http://www.physorg.com/news161410092.html Technology Wed, 13 May 2009 05:09:01 EST news161410092 Early onset of sexual activity among teens may relate to the amount of adult content children were exposed to during their childhood, according to a new study released by Children's Hospital Boston. Based on a longitudinal study tracking children from age six to eighteen, researchers found that the younger children are exposed to content intended for adults in television and movies, the earlier they become sexually active during adolescence. The findings are being presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies meetings on Monday, May 4 in Baltimore. http://www.physorg.com/news160653913.html Medicine & Health Mon, 04 May 2009 11:05:47 EST news160653913 (AP) -- The Walt Disney Co. is taking a stake in Hulu.com. This means titles from The Walt Disney Studios library of films and full-length episodes of ABC television shows will join the online video site. http://www.physorg.com/news160312045.html Technology Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:08:01 EST news160312045 (PhysOrg.com) -- Providing educators with the tools to create interactive TV courses will expand their ability to reach audiences in their homes and help them learn new skills, according to European researchers. http://www.physorg.com/news160223432.html Technology Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:31:12 EST news160223432 Not all technology meets human needs, and some technologies provide only the illusion of having met your needs. http://www.physorg.com/news159623791.html Medicine & Health Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:57:00 EST news159623791 (AP) -- Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. said Tuesday it is adding high-definition video to its on-demand service, offering consumers the ability to rent movies and purchase television episodes shown in HD. http://www.physorg.com/news159598956.html Technology Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:03:08 EST news159598956 A global conference on the World Wide Web got under way in Spain Monday, 20 years after the invention of the global information medium that has changed the daily lives of people around the world. http://www.physorg.com/news159433462.html Technology Mon, 20 Apr 2009 08:05:53 EST news159433462 (AP) -- A new service being developed by three media veterans will try to save beleaguered newspaper and magazine publishers by charging for their Internet content. http://www.physorg.com/news158951747.html Technology Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:16:26 EST news158951747 Adult Americans spend an average of more than eight hours a day in front of screens -- televisions, computer monitors, cellphones or other devices, according to a new study. http://www.physorg.com/news157384648.html Medicine & Health Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:58:15 EST news157384648 Internet giant Google is testing a new service that would expand its television-ad brokering business to YouTube and video on other websites, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. http://www.physorg.com/news157377758.html Technology Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:03:24 EST news157377758 It seems like the ordinary is no longer acceptable when it comes to the ordinary things we attach to our computers these days. For example, I'll bet the computer mouse you are using is at the very least an optical, cordless model. I'm even willing to bet it's one of those sleek, ergonomic models that sport extra buttons that can fire off macros with a simple click. That screen you're staring at is probably a flat panel display that may even be capable of displaying high definition television images. http://www.physorg.com/news157228531.html Electronics Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:36:08 EST news157228531 Efforts to dissuade youth consumption through negative alcohol consumption depictions can be thwarted by portrayals of positive consumption in prime-time television programming. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Affairs reveals that television series often portray mixed messages about alcohol, but the positive and negative messages were shown differently. http://www.physorg.com/news157211214.html Other Sciences Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:47:31 EST news157211214 (AP) -- Music and movies can be streamed over the Internet, so why not video games? A startup founded by technology entrepreneur Steve Perlman says it has developed a technology to deliver video games on demand, an idea that threatens to eventually take consoles out of the equation. http://www.physorg.com/news157131212.html Technology Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:41:59 EST news157131212 If you`ve been to the movies lately, chances are your popcorn came with a pair of 3-D glasses. http://www.physorg.com/news156180019.html Technology Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:20:51 EST news156180019 If the Seattle Post-Intelligencer stops publishing in print but stays alive in some form online - as now seems likely - it won't be the first daily newspaper to make the move. http://www.physorg.com/news156019574.html Technology Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:46:55 EST news156019574 (AP) -- NASA has started beaming live video from just outside the International Space Station, but there's a catch: The online feeds are available only when the station's crew is asleep or off duty. http://www.physorg.com/news156012785.html Space & Earth Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:53:43 EST news156012785 Most of us don't watch television the way we did just a few short years ago. Back then, we had to watch TV shows when they were aired, a slave to the broadcasting schedule whim of the networks. http://www.physorg.com/news154968809.html Technology Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:54:12 EST news154968809 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by psychologists from Iowa State University and Linfield College has found that TV ratings don't accurately reflect the aggressive content found in shows popular among children -- even cartoons. http://www.physorg.com/news154801488.html Medicine & Health Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:25:12 EST news154801488 High-school kids who watch too much TV are likely to have bad eating habits five years in the future. Research published in BioMed Central's open access International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity followed almost 2000 high- and middle-school children and found that TV viewing times predict a poor diet in the future. http://www.physorg.com/news152525679.html Medicine & Health Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:15:25 EST news152525679