News tagged with digital switch

A molecule that switches on and off

A single molecule whose charge state and shape can be changed at will: the latest breakthrough at the CEMES should prove a key advantage in the race for miniaturization. In addition to controlling its charge ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jun 10, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 3




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New Kindle Touch is an impressive e-reader

When it comes to reading digital books, tablets are all the rage. But there's a lot to like about simple e-readers, which over the past year have become both a lot cheaper and a lot less clunky.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Bigger US role against companies' cyberthreats?

(AP) -- A developing Senate plan that would bolster the government's ability to regulate the computer security of companies that run critical industries is drawing strong opposition from businesses that say ...

Technology / Internet

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 8

Review: Thunderbird innovates, but Web mail wins

The last time I relied on email software for personal messaging, George W. Bush was starting his second term, Pluto was still a planet and the Motorola Razr was America's most popular mobile phone.

Technology / Software

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (11) | comments 4

TV channel squeeze proposed to pay for tax cuts

(AP) -- Call it the Great Channel Squeeze.

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When your criminal past isn't yours

(AP) -- A clerical error landed Kathleen Casey on the streets.

Technology / Other

created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 4

Microsoft's Mango update sweetens Windows Phone

Hoping to revive its flagging smartphone efforts, Microsoft recently released a significant update for its Windows Phone software.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Quantum tunneling results in record transistor performance

(PhysOrg.com) -- Controlling power consumption in mobile devices and large scale data centers is a pressing concern for the computer chip industry. Researchers from Penn State and epitaxial wafer maker IQE ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Researchers identify genetic mutation responsible for most cases of Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia

Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have identified a gene mutation that underlies the vast majority of cases of Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia, a rare form of lymphoma that has eluded all previous ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Moral dilemma: Would you kill 1 person to save 5?

Imagine a runaway boxcar heading toward five people who can't escape its path. Now imagine you had the power to reroute the boxcar onto different tracks with only one person along that route.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (12) | comments 142 | with audio podcast

Review: iTunes Match wins cloud music war by wisp

(AP) -- In recent weeks, Apple, Google and Amazon.com have each launched the missing puzzle piece in their wireless mobile music systems.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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