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'FEAsy' analyzes designs from raw sketches to speed parts creation (w/ Video)

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Going back to the drawing board is much easier now that researchers have developed a new type of design program called FEAsy.


Pulitzer Board elects Politico co-founder

Technology / Business

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The Pulitzer Prize Board has elected its first member representing a primarily online news organization, keeping in step with the board's recent decision to allow entries from more online sites.


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Game Review: 'Wii Fit Plus'

Technology / Software

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

Making exercise less boring. For millions of gamers, this was the promise of the original "Wii Fit."


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EBay completes sale of Skype for $2 billion

Technology / Business

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- EBay has completed its sale of Skype for about $2 billion to an investor group that included the founders of the Internet phone service.


Hankering for molecular electronics? Grab the new NIST sandwich

Hankering for molecular electronics? Grab the new NIST sandwich

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

The sandwich recipe recently concocted by scientists working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology may prove tasty for computer chip designers, who have long had an appetite for molecule-sized ...


Pulitzers change rules to allow more online work

Technology / Internet

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- The Pulitzer Prize board announced Wednesday that it will open its doors wider to journalism entries from online-only news publications.


Nintendo prepares to set new Wii gizmo into motion (AP)

Nintendo prepares to set new Wii gizmo into motion

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 15, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(AP) -- There's nothing all that charming about Nintendo's latest gadget.


Evolution war still rages 200 years after Darwin's birth

Biology /

created Feb 01, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 16

Two centuries after Charles Darwin's birth on Feb. 12, 1809, people still argue passionately about his theory of evolution.


Texas board hears testimony on science standards

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Tensions over the teaching of evolution are simmering as the State Board of Education begins the final stretch in the process of adopting new classroom science curriculum standards.


Steve Wozniak joins search startup advisory board (AP)

Steve Wozniak joins search startup advisory board

Technology / Internet

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak - currently strutting his stuff as a competitor on the ABC show "Dancing With the Stars" - is joining the advisory board of search startup DeepDyve.


Steampipe keeps electronics cool

Steampipe keeps electronics cool

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 04, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (16) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- The cooling of electronic components is playing an increasing role in the design process of electronic equipment such as mobile telephones, games computers and laptops. Wessel Wits, PhD student ...


A re-review of peer review: Leading journal looks to end the 'review nightmare'

Biology /

created Jan 27, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Every scientific researcher has asked themselves the question at some stage in their professional career: Why has the paper I submitted to be peer reviewed disappeared into the ether?


Renelly Morel (R), digital marketing manager for Ubisoft, works out with Your Shape

Ubisoft steps up videogame fitness with virtual coach

Technology / Software

created Nov 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

French videogame powerhouse Ubisoft will have a virtual fitness coach whipping Wii users into shape starting Tuesday.


NTSB restricts employee cell-phone use

Technology / Telecom

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- The federal safety agency that investigates transportation accidents is banning texting and talking on cell phones by its employees while driving on government business.


A man uses a laptop computer at a wireless cafe in Beijing

US building tech tools to foil online censors

Technology / Internet

created Aug 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

The US agency behind Voice of America said Friday it is working on ways to slip news past tough Internet blockades in countries such as China and Iran.