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Twitter briefly blocked by hackers (AP)

Twitter briefly blocked by hackers

Technology / Internet

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Hackers briefly blocked access to the popular Internet messaging service Twitter, steering traffic to another Web site where a group reportedly calling itself the "Iranian Cyber Army" claimed responsibility.


Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

Postal services get exclusive '.post' address

Technology / Internet

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Global postal services will soon have their own address on the Internet, after the web's authority for assigning domain names ICANN, said on Friday that it had approved the new address dot post (.post).





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Geneticist reveals molecular view of key epigenetic regulator

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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

In a paper published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Dr. Michael Kobor reported the structure and function of a key player in regulating chromatin in yeast and humans.


Are most consumers planners when it comes to time and money? New study shows some benefits

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Planning -- regarding money or time -- can bring tangible benefits to consumers. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research discovered what makes planners tick.


Multitasking may be Achilles heel for hepatitis C

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Hepatitis C, a formidable virus that affects 130 million people worldwide, is nursing some pretty impressive bruises. By knocking out sections and subsections of one of its proteins, scientists reveal weak ...


Micromachined piezoelectric harvester drives fully autonomous wireless sensor

Micromachined piezoelectric harvester drives fully autonomous wireless sensor

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 1

For the first time, a piezoelectric harvesting device fabricated by MEMS technology generates a record of 85μW electrical power from vibrations. A wafer level packaging method was developed for robustness. ...


How fake sites trick search engines to hit the top (AP)

How fake sites trick search engines to hit the top

Technology / Internet

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Even search engines can get suckered by Internet scams. With a little sleight of hand, con artists can dupe them into giving top billing to fraudulent Web sites that prey on consumers, making unwitting ...


Google said Teracent can pick and choose from thousands of creative elements of a display ad in real-time

Google buying display ad startup Teracent

Technology / Internet

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Google is acquiring Web display advertising startup Teracent, the Internet giant announced on Monday.


A new kind of micro-mobility: Moving tiny particles using magnetic fields

A new kind of micro-mobility: Moving tiny particles using magnetic fields (w/ Video)

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new microscopic system devised by researchers in MIT's Department of Materials Science and Engineering could provide a novel method for moving tiny objects inside a microfluidic chip, and ...


Research shows power of FRET-based approach for distinguishing among distinct states of proteins

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In the December 2009 issue of the Journal of General Physiology, Moss et al. report a comprehensive investigation employing Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) to study the {gamma}-amino acid (GABA) transporter GAT1, ...


IKK may act as both inhibitor and promoter of Huntington's disease

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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

The kinase IKK phosphorylates the protein mutated in Huntington's disease to promote its removal and neuron survival, but IKK may be a double-edged sword that increases neurotoxicity in later stages of the disease. The study, ...


Computer identifies authentic Van Gogh

Computer identifies authentic Van Gogh

Technology / Computer Sciences

created 2 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Dutch researcher Igor Berezhnoy has developed computer algorithms to support art historians and other art experts in their visual assessment of paintings. His digital technology is capable ...



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