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Swipe Your Credit Card on a Cell Phone

Technology / Hi Tech

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- With a small card reader that attaches to a cell phone, a new company is making it easier for small businesses and even individuals to accept credit card payments. The San Francisco start-up, ...


Gadgets: Gift ideas for your holiday shopping

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 05, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Black Friday has come and gone and if you're like me, you barely made a dent in your holiday shopping list.





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Old math reveals new thinking in children's cognitive development

Biology / Other

created 13 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Five-year-olds can reason about the world from multiple perspectives simultaneously, according to a new theory by researchers in Japan and Australia. Using an established branch of mathematics called Category Theory, the ...


Student self-testing earns high marks as study tool

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

College students who pore over their notes again and again as they prep for finals could use their studying time more wisely, according to new learning research from Purdue University.


Apple on track to launch tablet device next year, analysts say

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Apple Inc. is on track to launch a much-anticipated, tablet-sized computing device early next year, according to brokerage reports Wednesday.


Review: Barnes & Noble reader is dual-screen mess (AP)

Review: Barnes & Noble reader is dual-screen mess

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 2.4 / 5 (16) | comments 4

(AP) -- The e-book reading device is the gadget gift of the season. Both Sony and Barnes & Noble have sold out of their new models, and new buyers will have to wait until January for delivery. So why are ...


Money changes what we think is fair, research finds

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Thinking of rewarding your sales department for a job well done? You might not want to make cash part of the pay-off.


Pay babysitter on iPhone, says Twitter

Pay babysitter on iPhone, says Twitter

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Microblogging service Twitter has branched into the market for electronic payments, unveiling a mini credit card swiper that plugs into the iPhone, at a European internet fair on Wednesday.


Screening method able to identify newborns with blood disorder that affects immune system

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The testing of DNA from a statewide blood screening program for newborns in Wisconsin was able to identify infants with T-cell lymphopenia, a blood disorder that affects the child's immune system, a disease in which early ...


5 top publishers plan rival to Kindle format

Technology / Business

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(AP) -- Five of the nation's largest publishers of newspapers and magazines plan to challenge Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle electronic-book reader with their own digital format that would display in color and work on a variety ...


Google QR codes to appear in a store window near you

Google QR codes to appear in a store window near you (w/ Video)

Technology / Internet

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Google recently sent out 100,000 stickers to selected US businesses for use on their storefront windows. The stickers have the Google Maps logo and a QR code that can be scanned by smart phone ...


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Amazon's Kindle to get audible menus, bigger font

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. will add two features to the Kindle e-book reader to make the gadget more accessible to blind and vision-impaired users.



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