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Zoning the ocean may help endangered whales to recover

Biology / Ecology

created 18 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists in Scotland, Canada and the US have proposed a new method to identify priority areas for whale conservation. The team's findings, published in Animal Conservation, suggest that even small protected areas, identi ...


Handheld Touch Screen Device May Lead to Mobile Fingerprint ID

Handheld Touch Screen Device May Lead to Mobile Fingerprint ID

Technology / Engineering

created 19 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation Hostage Rescue Team had a problem -- they needed a small, portable tool to identify fingerprints and faces, but couldn't get anyone interested in building ...


Exploring energy efficiency in multi-scale computing systems

Exploring energy efficiency in multi-scale computing systems

Technology / Other

created 20 hours ago | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The University of California, San Diego and nine other universities are members of a new research center charged with finding ways to improve the design of computing systems ranging from large data centers ...


Review: Netbooks meet luxury in ultra-light Sony (AP)

Review: Netbooks meet luxury in ultra-light Sony

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created 21 hours ago | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Netbooks have been a hit among laptop buyers because they're cheap and they're easy to carry. Now there's the option to pay a lot more and get a lot less - a lot less weight, that is.


FCC offers early peak at national broadband plan

Technology / Telecom

created 22 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Expanding the fund that subsidizes telephone service for poor and rural communities and finding more spectrum for wireless broadband services will be key pieces of a federal plan to bring high-speed Internet connections ...


Surveying bird biodiversity from space?

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A fundamental rule of wildlife ecology says that diverse habitats foster greater biodiversity: The Amazon has far more species than Greenland. But how do habitat and biodiversity relate in a state like Wisconsin, ...


Launch of first operating system for smart grid home automation

Technology / Energy

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Fraunhofer IWES (Germany) presents the OGEMA Alliance, which will offer an open software platform for energy management.


Taiwan has developed tiny microchips that could lead to lighter and cheaper laptops or mobile phones

Taiwan unveils super-tiny microchip

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Taiwan has developed tiny microchips that could lead to lighter and cheaper laptops or mobile phones, researchers and observers said Wednesday.


Bing application has hit the virtual shelves of its longtime rival's online App Store

Bing app for iPhones hits App Store

Technology / Software

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Microsoft announced that a Bing application tailored for Apple's beloved iPhones has hit the virtual shelves of its longtime rival's online App Store.


Seagate Unveils World's Thinnest 2.5-Inch Hard Drive For Slim Laptop Computers

Seagate Unveils World's Thinnest 2.5-Inch Hard Drive For Slim Laptop Computers

Electronics / Hardware

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Seagate Technology today announced the Momentus Thin drive, the world's thinnest 2.5-inch hard disk drive for ultra-portable and entry-level laptops, high-end netbooks, backup devices and consumer electronics. ...


Our devices will spin denser webs of data in 2010s (AP)

Our devices will spin denser webs of data in 2010s

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(AP) -- Ten years ago, we would have been blown away by a cell phone with far more computing power and memory than the average PC had in 1999, along with a built-in camera and programs to manage every aspect ...


Engineers help secure California highways and roads

Engineers help secure California highways and roads

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sprays of dirt flew out of a soil box that held a retaining wall as it violently shook from a simulated 7.4 magnitude earthquake. The wall was put to test recently by engineers at the UC San Diego Englekirk ...


Toshiba Launches Highest Density Embedded NAND Flash Memory Modules

Toshiba Launches Highest Density Embedded NAND Flash Memory Modules

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 1

Toshiba Corporation today announced the launch of a 64 gigabyte (GB) embedded NAND flash memory module, the highest capacity yet achieved in the industry.


Samsung LTE Dongle Is Now Available for TeliaSonera's World First Commercial 4G Service

Samsung LTE Dongle Is Now Available for TeliaSonera's World First Commercial 4G Service

Electronics / Hardware

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Samsung Electronics has announced the commercial availability of its 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) dongle in Sweden and Norway.


New findings show how human movement may have brought Chagas disease to urban Peru

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New research shows how the migration and settlement patterns associated with the rapid urbanization of Peru may link to Chagas disease transmission. The study, published December 15 in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tr ...