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Facebook to let users tag friends in status posts
Sep 10, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Facebook is launching a feature that will let users "tag" their friends in their posts, similar to how they already can with photos.
With a jolt, 'nanonails' go from repellant to wettable
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 29, 2008 |
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Sculpting a surface composed of tightly packed nanostructures that resemble tiny nails, University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers and their colleagues from Bell Laboratories have created a material that can ...
Study: Perceptions might often kick a player when they are down
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 06, 2009 |
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Just like Lucy pulling the football away from Charlie Brown, kicking a football through goal posts can be an elusive task, according to Purdue University research.
A 'cloaking device' -- it's all done with mirrors
May 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Somewhat the way Harry Potter can cover himself with a cloak and become invisible, Cornell researchers have developed a device that can make it seem that a bump in a carpet -- or, indeed, ...
Poked: The difference between Facebook's News Feed and Live Feed
Nov 11, 2009 |
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First off, I'd like to thank Facebook for confusing its users yet again with a new feature that is hard to decipher and makes users grumpy. It really makes my job of picking a column topic so easy when they ...
Facebook users hooked in new 'phishing' scam
May 15, 2009 |
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Facebook on Friday was blocking links to bogus websites set up to look like the home page of the popular social network in a "phishing" attack by hackers.
'World's oldest blogger' dies in Spain at 97
May 21, 2009 |
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A Spanish great-grandmother who billed herself as the "world's oldest blogger" and who gained a global following on the Internet, died Thursday at the age of 97, local officials and reports said.
Bioengineers devise nanoscale system to measure cellular forces
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 27, 2007 |
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University of Pennsylvania researchers have designed a nanoscale system to observe and measure how individual cells react to external forces.
MIT engineers work toward cell-sized batteries
Aug 20, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Forget 9-volts, AAs, AAAs or D batteries: The energy for tomorrow’s miniature electronic devices could come from tiny microbatteries about half the size of a human cell and built with viruses.
Facebook vows 'improvements' after user backlash
Mar 25, 2009 |
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Faced with a torrent of complaints over its latest redesign, the social networking hub Facebook has vowed a series of "improvements" to eliminate clutter and make the website more user friendly.
Yahoo jumps on Twitter bandwagon to improve search
Nov 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. is jumping on the Twitter bandwagon in its latest attempt to get people to use its Internet search engine more frequently.
Nonstick and laser-safe gold aids laser trapping of biomolecules
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 17, 2009 |
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Biophysicists long for an ideal material -- something more structured and less sticky than a standard glass surface—to anchor and position individual biomolecules. Gold is an alluring possibility, with its ...
Want privacy on Facebook? Here is how to get some
Dec 17, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Over the past week, Facebook has been nudging its users - first gently, then firmly - to review and update their privacy settings.
Israeli sperm bank posts diminishing returns
May 11, 2009 |
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Wall Street giants are not the only banks hit by diminishing assets. New research for an Israeli sperm bank shows that depositors are 40 per cent less fertile than a decade ago, the Haaretz daily reported.
Best Buy $9.99 TV offer was too good to be true
Aug 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Few if any of the deals retailers have offered online during the recession have been as good as Best Buy Inc.'s sale price of $9.99 on a 52-inch TV Wednesday. But it quickly turned out the offer was too good to be ...
