http://www.physorg.com/technology-news/ en-us PhysOrg.com provides the latest news on technology, software, computer science, internet, semiconductor, telecom and science technology. Personal computers are complex devices. We use them every day to do so many things and quite frankly, I don't know how I got along without one back in the olden days (that's the '70s in case you were wondering). Their complexity makes all the things they do possible but it's also that same complexity that can be the source of a great deal of frustration. Everything on a computer must work and work well together. If something malfunctions, you're going to know it pretty much right away. http://www.physorg.com/news166293494.html Technology Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:30:01 EST news166293494 (AP) -- New York's attorney general charged Thursday that Tagged.com stole the identities of more than 60 million Internet users worldwide - by sending e-mails that raided their private accounts. http://www.physorg.com/news166377499.html Technology Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:10:07 EST news166377499 (AP) -- The escalating tension between Google and Microsoft didn't prevent the companies' chairmen from sharing a moment of levity Thursday at an exclusive media conference in the Idaho mountains. http://www.physorg.com/news166377588.html Technology Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:00:23 EST news166377588 A destructive earthquake will strike a lone, wooden condominium in Japan next week, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Professor Michael Symans will be on site to watch it happen. http://www.physorg.com/news166375384.html Technology Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:23:24 EST news166375384 IBM Research - Haifa has developed software that more efficiently and effectively hides sensitive or personal information that might otherwise appear on the computer screens of unauthorized personnel. It could prove particularly useful for security conscious fields such as healthcare, insurance, government or financial services. http://www.physorg.com/news166374646.html Technology Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:20:04 EST news166374646 (PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have designed a synthetic tree that traps carbon dioxide from the air in an attempt to combat growing emissions. The device looks less like a tree and more like a small building, but it can collect carbon about 1,000 times faster than a real tree. One synthetic tree could absorb one ton of carbon dioxide per day, an amount equivalent to that produced by about 20 cars, on average. After being trapped in a chamber, the carbon would be compressed and stored in liquid form for sequestration. http://www.physorg.com/news166374180.html Technology Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:20:01 EST news166374180 It's the amateur photographer's management tool for digital pictures. But Apple's iLife multimedia software suite has some A-list users as well. http://www.physorg.com/news166293764.html Technology Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:50:01 EST news166293764 I love my Prius, it's true. But sometimes, I look at the Dodge Charger (I'm watching Burn Notice this summer) and think, "What a cool car." And when we think of cool cars, it's hard to keep the image of a muscle car or a sports car from popping up. But when you think of environmentally friendly, those types of cars don't even come to mind. Perhaps the latest creation from a software engineer will changes the stereotypes. http://www.physorg.com/news166369668.html Technology Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:40:06 EST news166369668 Cyber attacks on computer networks are becoming increasingly commonplace. To counter the threat, they are protected by so-called network intrusion detection systems. But these fail to identify some attacks, or do not spot them until it is too late. To improve matters, Damiano Bolzoni of the University of Twente (The Netherlands) has developed a system which paves the way for a new generation of network security. This forms the subject of his doctorate, awarded by the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science on 25 June. http://www.physorg.com/news166370368.html Technology Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:00:06 EST news166370368 British police probed allegations Thursday that a top-selling newspaper paid private investigators to hack into the mobile phones of thousands of high-profile figures. http://www.physorg.com/news166361669.html Technology Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:35:12 EST news166361669 (AP) -- Sprint Nextel Corp. has signed a seven-year deal with LM Ericsson for the Swedish telecommunications equipment maker to take over operation of Sprint's wireless and wireline networks. http://www.physorg.com/news166361520.html Technology Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:32:24 EST news166361520 Imagine watching a football match, seeing a foul and being able to immediately swap comments with friends who saw the same incident from the other side of the stadium. http://www.physorg.com/news166355800.html Technology Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:57:14 EST news166355800 (PhysOrg.com) -- You could turn your holiday snaps or favourite figurines into three-dimensional images with new free software developed by a researcher from Queensland University of Technology and the Australasian CRC for Interaction Design (ACID), based at QUT. http://www.physorg.com/news166347730.html Technology Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:43:26 EST news166347730 There's a revolution happening on the Internet -- though broadband providers have not seemed to notice. http://www.physorg.com/news166293097.html Technology Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:40:01 EST news166293097 (AP) -- Universal Music Group's distribution arm is teaming up with digital track distributor TuneCore, a move it says will give it a leg up in signing up-and-coming artists without a recording deal yet. http://www.physorg.com/news166337532.html Technology Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:20:03 EST news166337532 Government Web sites were operating normally on Wednesday, officials said, after a broad attack on public and private computer systems that targeted sites operated by the White House, the New York Stock Exchange and The Washington Post, among others. http://www.physorg.com/news166337790.html Technology Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:57:08 EST news166337790 When people worry about the dangers of the Internet, a Web site built by the producers of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" is probably not what they have in mind. http://www.physorg.com/news166293370.html Technology Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:40:01 EST news166293370 (AP) -- I like to get advice from friends on all sorts of things, and love to give it even more. In the past few years, instant messaging, e-mail and Twitter have sped up the process, but there's still room for improvement. http://www.physorg.com/news166294301.html Technology Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:52:55 EST news166294301 In the science fiction movie "Minority Report," set 50 years in the future, Tom Cruise's character interacts with a computer display by moving his hands in front of it. http://www.physorg.com/news166293891.html Technology Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:45:41 EST news166293891 (AP) -- Major media executives are impressed with Twitter's growing popularity as a communications tool. They just can't figure out how the online messaging service is going to make money. http://www.physorg.com/news166291014.html Technology Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:30:01 EST news166291014 (AP) -- For the last month and a half, a fierce bidding contest has lit up a staid but increasingly critical part of the computing world. On Wednesday, EMC Corp. walked away with the prize. http://www.physorg.com/news166290957.html Technology Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:56:11 EST news166290957 (PhysOrg.com) -- A hyper-realistic Einstein robot at the University of California, San Diego has learned to smile and make facial expressions through a process of self-guided learning. The UC San Diego researchers used machine learning to `empower` their robot to learn to make realistic facial expressions. http://www.physorg.com/news166289677.html Technology Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:35:37 EST news166289677 (PhysOrg.com) -- Human-computer interaction is undergoing a revolution, entering a multimodal era that goes beyond, way beyond, the WIMP (Windows-Icons-Menus-Pointers) paradigm. Now European researchers have developed a platform to speed up that revolution. http://www.physorg.com/news166285286.html Technology Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:00:07 EST news166285286 (AP) -- Investigators are piecing together details about one of the most aggressive computer attacks in recent memory - a powerful "denial-of-service" assault that overwhelmed computers at U.S. and South Korean government agencies, companies and institutions, in some cases for days. http://www.physorg.com/news166284935.html Technology Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:30:01 EST news166284935 (AP) -- Microsoft Corp.'s next installment of Windows doesn't launch until October, but deep discounts on some versions are available through Saturday if you want to pre-order. Before pouncing on this deal, make sure it's right for your PC. http://www.physorg.com/news166275776.html Technology Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:43:31 EST news166275776 It seemed so simple. Buy a government-subsidized converter box, plug it in, and sit back and enjoy the brave new world of digital television. http://www.physorg.com/news166273081.html Technology Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:30:01 EST news166273081 (AP) -- The powerful attack that overwhelmed computers at U.S. and South Korean government agencies for days was even broader than initially realized, also targeting the White House, the Pentagon and the New York Stock Exchange. http://www.physorg.com/news166272104.html Technology Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:42:18 EST news166272104 Errant pixels and blurry regions in a photo, whether digital or scanned, are the bane of photographers everywhere. Moreover, in vision processing research degraded photos are common and require restoration to a high-quality undegraded state. Research published this month in the International Journal of Signal and Imaging Systems Engineering could provide new insights. http://www.physorg.com/news166267590.html Technology Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:27:54 EST news166267590 (AP) -- Google Inc. is hoping to gain greater control over how personal computers work with its plans to develop a free operating system that will attack Microsoft Corp.'s golden goose - its long-dominant Windows franchise. http://www.physorg.com/news166247881.html Technology Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:58:33 EST news166247881 In the latest failure to strike the US media market, a startup which aimed to revitalize and revolutionize the newspaper by reprinting blogs folded on Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news166208641.html Technology Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:20:02 EST news166208641