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Adobe to make searching easier on Flash sites

Jul 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

(AP) -- Internet users will now have an easier time finding sites that rely heavily on the popular Flash video format.


Planets Align for the 4th of July

Jul 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 19 vote(s) | pda version

News Flash: On 4th of July weekend, NASA forecasts lights in the sky. No, not those lights. Look beyond the fireworks. Almost halfway up the western sky, just above the twilight glow of sunset, a trio of worlds ...


Computer scientist turns his face into a remote control

Jun 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 17 vote(s) | pda version

New work at nexus of facial expression recognition research and automated tutoring
A computer science Ph.D. student can turn his face into a remote control that speeds and slows video playback. ...


Ultrafast look into atoms and molecules

Jun 20, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 27 vote(s) | pda version

New record in ultrafast metrology: Physicists at Max-Planck Institute of Quantum Optics and the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich are the first to produce light pulses lasting only 80 attoseconds.


Exciton-based circuits eliminate a 'speed trap' between computing and communication signals

Jun 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 20 vote(s) | pda version

Particles called excitons that emit a flash of light as they decay could be used for a new form of computing better suited to fast communication, physicists at UC San Diego have demonstrated.


Chemical clues point to dusty origin for Earth-like planets

Jun 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | pda version

Higher than expected levels of sodium found in a 4.6 billion-year-old meteorite suggest that the dust clouds from which the building blocks of the Earth and neighboring planets formed were much denser than previously supposed. ...


Desert plant may hold key to surviving food shortage

Jun 19, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 14 vote(s) | pda version

The plant, Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi, is unique because, unlike normal plants, it captures most of its carbon dioxide at night when the air is cooler and more humid, making it 10 times more water-efficient than major crops such ...


Sega, Hasbro unveil new dancing robot

Jun 19, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 12 vote(s) | pda version

For people looking for a dance partner that doesn't step on toes, toymakers Sega and Hasbro on Thursday unveiled a new two-wheeled dancing robot with stereo sound.


Hot flashes underreported and linked to forgetfulness

Jun 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

Women in midlife underreport the number of hot flashes that they experience by more than 40 percent, and these hot flashes are linked to poor verbal memory, according to a study by researchers at the University of Illinois ...


Ultraviolet gives view inside real 'death star'

Jun 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 20 vote(s) | pda version

Scientists have, for the first time, observed a flash of ultraviolet light from within a dying star giving vital evidence of how stars turn into supernovae.


Samsung Introduces 90-Nanometer High Performance Smart Card IC

Jun 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a leader in advanced semiconductor technology, announced today its 90-nanometer smart card IC with high data storage capacity for subscriber identity module (SIM) cards and mobile ...


For Hurricanes, Storms, Raindrop Size Makes All the Difference

Jun 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

When Tropical Storm Gaston hit Richmond, Va., in August 2004, its notable abundance of small and mid-sized raindrops created torrential rains that led to unexpected flash flooding throughout the city and its ...


SanDisk Releases Solid-State Drives Aimed at Ultra Low-Cost PCs

Jun 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 17 vote(s) | pda version

SanDisk Corporation today introduced a line of flash memory-based solid-state drives (SSDs) that are designed for an emerging new category of portable consumer electronics – called Ultra Low-Cost PCs (ULCPC) ...


New, flexible computers use displays with any shape

Jun 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 35 vote(s) | pda version

The shape of things to come in the computer world will be anything but flat, predicts Queen's University Computing professor Roel Vertegaal, who is now developing prototypes of these new "non-planar" devices ...


Excitement Builds as GLAST Readies Its Gamma-ray Vision

May 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 9 vote(s) | pda version

Scientists around the world are excited about all the things that the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, is going to uncover after it launches on June 5 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, ...


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