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Information as a concept has a diversity of meanings, from everyday usage to technical settings. Generally speaking, the concept of information is closely related to notions of constraint, communication, control, data, form, instruction, knowledge, meaning, mental stimulus, pattern, perception, and representation.

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We spend more on products with detailed nutritional information

We spend more on products with detailed nutritional information

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

People would be willing to pay more for products that carry detailed nutritional information than for the so-called light items. Thus it has been confirmed by researchers from the University of Santiago de ...


International survey of physicians in 11 countries reveals US lagging in access, quality, HIT use

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fifty-eight percent of primary care doctors in the U.S. report their patients often have difficulty paying for medications and care, and half of U.S. doctors spend substantial time dealing with restrictions insurance companies ...


Zooming in on data

Technology / Software

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Companies of all sizes are struggling with the growing flood of data and information. Staff can quickly lose sight of impending risks or hidden opportunities. Now a new zoom software is helping users get ...


Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer

Global crisis hitting IT spending: Microsoft chief

Technology / Business

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Companies worldwide are slashing spending on information technology because of the global downturn and will have to learn to do more with less, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said Monday.


US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano cut the ribbon Friday on a command center for government cybersecurity

US boots up new unified cybersecurity center

Technology / Internet

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano cut the ribbon on Friday on a state-of-the-art unified command center for government cybersecurity efforts.


Health information not communicated well to minority populations, MU researcher finds

Health information not communicated well to minority populations, researcher finds

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

According to the Institute of Medicine, more than 90 million Americans suffer from low health literacy¬, a mismatch between patients' abilities to understand healthcare information and providers' abilities ...


Smart solution: SLU researchers use smartphones to improve health of elderly diabetics in China

Smart solution: Researchers use smartphones to improve health of elderly diabetics in China

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cellular phones - once a luxury used strictly for talking - have taken on many new roles in recent years. Now researchers at Saint Louis University and Old Dominion University in Virginia say smartphones can ...


New technology may cool the laptop, prof says (w/ Video)

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 5

Does your laptop sometimes get so hot that it can almost be used to fry eggs? New technology may help cool it and give information technology a unique twist, says Jairo Sinova, a Texas A&M University physics professor.


Bogus e-mails from FDIC link computer users to viruses, says computer forensics expert

Bogus e-mails from FDIC link computer users to viruses, says computer forensics expert

Technology / Internet

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Cyber criminals are using fake messages claiming to be from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to deliver a virus capable of stealing unsuspecting victims' bank passwords and other sensitive ...


All wired up

All wired up: Professor explains how technology really helps the economy

Technology / Business

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Information technology is all around us — but how does it really change the way we do business? Erik Brynjolfsson, the Schussel Family Professor at MIT's Sloan School of Management, explores this question ...


Google CEO: Vast Web changes coming within 5 years

Technology / Internet

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 2.4 / 5 (10) | comments 11

(AP) -- A Web where Chinese is the dominant language, and connections are so fast that distinctions between audio, video and text are blurred is perhaps just five years away, the head of Google said Wednesday.


New research analyzes the marriage of science and law

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Distinguished Professor on the Humanities, Cooper Senior Scholar in Arts and Sciences, Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Law Susan Haack has recently published a research paper entitled, "Irreconcilable Differences? The ...


Researchers Develop Material That Could Boost Data Storage, Save Energy

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (18) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- North Carolina State University engineers have created a new material that would allow a fingernail-size computer chip to store the equivalent of 20 high-definition DVDs or 250 million pages of text, far ...


MU research team establishes family tree for cattle, other ruminants

Research team establishes family tree for cattle, other ruminants

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Pairing a new approach to prepare ancient DNA with a new scientific technique developed specifically to genotype a cow, an MU animal scientist, along with a team of international researchers, created a very ...


Gartner: Tech spending will rebound in 2010

Technology / Business

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Research group Gartner Inc. says the information technology industry is closing its worst year on record, with worldwide tech spending on track to decline 5.2 percent in 2009.