News tagged with casual surfing
Dialing back: Cost-cutters return to slow-speed Internet
With his work hours cut and an investment portfolio in the tank, Arnold Zimmerman is considering the unthinkable: ditching his blazing-fast cable Internet service and going back to dial-up.
Mar 04, 2009 |
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Samsung Series 5 Chromebook irons out kinks
Consumers shopping for a PC have a new choice: laptops running Google's Chrome OS operating system.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 22, 2011 |
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The New Cultural Form: Perfection versus Mortality in Games and Simulation at Rensselaer
Willy Nillys Surf Shack offers a cure for the idealized virtual world of Second Life. The online shop, a project of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Associate Professor of Arts Ben Chang and collaborators, endows o ...
Apr 18, 2011 |
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Seeking the universe from an apple orchard in Washington state
Out here by an apple orchard just off Highway 97 is one of the Hubble Space Telescope's ignored cousins, an 82-foot dish painted all white that weighs in at 240 tons.
May 04, 2010 |
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US media raves over Apple iPad
US media outlets are gushing like star-struck lovers over the Apple iPad in early reviews as software makers hustle to ready programs for its much-anticipated sales launch on Saturday.
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Apr 02, 2010 |
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UCSD Experts Calculate How Much Information Americans Consume
(PhysOrg.com) -- U.S. households consumed approximately 3.6 zettabytes of information in 2008, according to the "How Much Information? 2009 Report on American Consumers," released today by the University of ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 14, 2009 |
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Review: $100 Palm Pixi is stylish but sluggish
(AP) -- Palm Inc. is fighting harder than ever to snag a chunk of the smart phone market, and just six months after releasing the stylish Pre it's back with a lighter, more petite and affordable version called ...
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Nov 18, 2009 |
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With Windows 7 and new designs, PCs looking better
(AP) -- Although no one waits in long lines for a new edition of Windows software anymore, the debut of Microsoft's latest operating system is part of why buying a PC is starting to feel fun for the first ...
Oct 21, 2009 |
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Fewer hikers means less support for conservation, study says
Serious hikers and backpackers tend to become supporters of environmental and conservation groups while casual woodland tourists do not, a new study says -- and a recent fall-off in strenuous outdoor endeavors portends a ...
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Oct 07, 2009 |
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Makers hope new 'ultrathin' notebooks fill a niche
Those in the market for a laptop this fall will find a batch of new, mid-priced models that promise less weight and longer battery life than traditional notebook computers, but more performance -- and a bigger ...
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Sep 16, 2009 |
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Researchers developing technology to protect children's online privacy
Parents concerned about safeguarding their children's online privacy can look forward to better and user-friendlier technology for doing this. The technology is being developed by a Virginia Tech team of business and engineering ...
Dec 07, 2005 |
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