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A no-tech world is no place to be

Technology / Hi Tech

created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (3) | comments 2

I felt desperate as I drove. My second trip to Starbucks in four hours; how pathetic was this? But I had to have a fix. Caffeine? Sure, I'd take some. But that wasn't what I really needed. I was there, again, as I would ...





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Researcher studies the universe through quantum electrodynamics

Physics / Quantum Physics

created 4 hours ago | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Fundamental constants, such as the standards for length and mass, are a given in our society. However, research has shown that these constants might be changing slightly with the expansion of the universe.


Privacy concerns could limit benefits from real-time data analysis, researcher says

Technology / Computer Sciences

created 6 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Society will be unable to take full advantage of real-time data analysis technologies that might improve health, reduce traffic congestion and give scientists new insights into human behavior until it resolves questions about ...


In a first, key pancreatic cells inserted in wounded airman's liver

Medicine & Health / Research

created 8 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In what medical officials say is a first, the bullet-scarred pancreas from a service member who was shot in Afghanistan was flown from Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington to the University of Miami, where insulin-producing ...


BlackBerry users dealing with e-mail outage

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created 8 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- BlackBerry users in North America faced delays in receiving e-mail on their devices Thursday.


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Bing and Google gaining at Yahoo!'s expense: comScore

Technology / Internet

created 10 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bing and Google gained ground in the Internet search market in November as they evidently lure people away from Yahoo!, according to fresh figures from industry-tracker comScore.


Biden unveils federal broadband stimulus projects

Technology / Telecom

created 11 hours ago | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday announced the first $182 million in federal stimulus money for 18 projects to expand high-speed Internet networks in rural areas and other underserved communities.


Better education associated with improved asthma

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created 12 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Individuals with more education suffer less from asthma. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Respiratory Research have found that having less than 12 years of formal schooling is associated with w ...


Web site runs elaborate Secret Santa gift exchange

Technology / Internet

created 15 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- 'Tis the season for heart-melting tales of spontaneous good will among strangers, which, like the rest of our relationships, has gotten a lot more convenient since the advent of the Internet.


Review: Netbooks meet luxury in ultra-light Sony (AP)

Review: Netbooks meet luxury in ultra-light Sony

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Netbooks have been a hit among laptop buyers because they're cheap and they're easy to carry. Now there's the option to pay a lot more and get a lot less - a lot less weight, that is.


FCC offers early peak at national broadband plan

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Expanding the fund that subsidizes telephone service for poor and rural communities and finding more spectrum for wireless broadband services will be key pieces of a federal plan to bring high-speed Internet connections ...



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