News tagged with computer applications


Send chills up your microphone with an Icicle

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

One of the really great computer applications is the ability to record audio and save it to a digital file. One of the more interesting recording applications these days are podcasts. Making a podcast is fairly straightforward. ...





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A man displays an iPhone along a street in Beijing in July 2009

Apple lets iPhone apps get down to business

Technology / Software

created Oct 17, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Apple said Friday that it is allowing businesses to sell content or services through applications given away for free at the iPhone maker's online App Store.


How could Santa know if you've been good or bad?

How could Santa know if you've been good or bad?

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- By using technology to detect guilty expressions, of course. CSIRO is using automated expression recognition technology to tell whether someone is in pain and, according to computer scientist, ...


Smartphone app illuminates power consumption

Smartphone app illuminates power consumption

Technology / Software

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new application for the Android smartphone shows users and software developers how much power their applications are consuming. PowerTutor was developed by doctoral students and professors ...


Glasgow's joking computer

Glasgow's joking computer

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 2 weblog

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Glasgow Science Centre in Scotland is exhibiting a computer that makes up jokes using its database of simple language rules and a large vocabulary.


Google Chrome

Google's Chrome OS to be ready for 2010 holidays (Update)

Technology / Software

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(AP) -- Consumers will have to wait until next year's holiday shopping season to find out if Google Inc.'s new operating system can deliver on its promise to make low-cost computers run faster.


Nokia N900

Nokia N900 now available in US

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Nokia today announced that the highly anticipated Nokia N900 is now on sale in the United States and shipping to consumers who jumped on the opportunity to be among the first to pre-order the Maemo-powered ...


Software that gets reduced, reused, recycled

Software that gets reduced, reused, recycled

Technology / Software

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Service-centric software engineering is the latest paradigm in computing, and European researchers have developed a platform they believe will launch the concept into the business world.


Robot Tiles

Robot Floor Tiles Move Beneath Your Feet

Electronics / Robotics

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (10) | comments 8 weblog

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a stroke of odd creativity, Japanese researchers have created robotic blocks that automatically detect where you're walking and position themselves in front of you before you take your ...


Securing the web

Securing the web: New tool would automatically plug holes that hackers exploit

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- More and more, malicious hackers are exploiting web site security holes to attack their victims' computers. Programmers try to identify those holes in advance and plug them with code that ...


Sony 3D display

Sony Unveils 360-Degree 3D Display (w/ Video)

Electronics / Hardware

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (20) | comments 11 weblog

(PhysOrg.com) -- Today at the DC Expo in Tokyo, Sony has introduced a new 3D display that can be viewed from any direction. Unlike many 3D displays, the new display does not require glasses to view the 3D ...



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