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Man versus machine poker re-match

Man versus machine poker re-match

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jul 01, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (9) | comments 4

Polaris, the University of Alberta poker playing computer program, is heading to Las Vegas for a re-match against humans.





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Will this trip be exciting? Consumers respond best to vacation ads that match current emotions

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Most of us won't respond to the call of adventure while soaking in a relaxing bath. According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, we're more likely to book a weekend at a spa.


IAC reports 3Q profit but ad revenue still slips

Technology / Business

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- IAC/InterActiveCorp, which runs Match.com, Ask.com and other Web sites, said Tuesday that asset sales helped it profit in the third quarter while advertising revenue continued to slump.


England have already qualified for next year's World Cup finals in South Africa

England first as game live on Internet, in cinemas

Technology / Internet

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

England's World Cup qualifier against Ukraine on Saturday is to make history by being the team's first international to be shown live in cinemas and on the Internet but not on TV, media group Perform said.


IAC has 2Q profit; revenue falls in weak ad market

Technology / Business

created Jul 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- IAC/InterActiveCorp, the company behind such Internet properties as Match.com, Ask and Citysearch, posted a second-quarter profit that fell short of analyst expectations Wednesday and indicated the online ad market ...


Infants able to identify humans as source of speech, monkeys as source of monkey calls

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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

Infants as young as five months old are able to correctly identify humans as the source of speech and monkeys as the source of monkey calls, psychology researchers have found. Their finding, which appears in the latest issue ...


Discovery leads to rapid mouse 'personalized trials' in breast cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

One person's breast cancer is not the same as another person's, because the gene mutations differ in each tumor. That makes it difficult to match the best therapy with the individual patient.


Race has little effect on people's ability to spot family resemblances

Medicine & Health / Research

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

Scientists have ample evidence that individuals use a variety of cues to identify their own kin. People can also detect resemblances in families other than their own. A new study shows that their success in doing so is the ...


Sprint says few contract customers going prepaid

Technology / Telecom

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

(AP) -- Sprint CEO Dan Hesse says only "a low single-digit percentage" of new prepaid customers are coming over from Sprint's more lucrative contract-based plans.


Computer software that could plan English football fixtures

Technology / Computer Sciences

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- Can computers solve the logistical nightmare of planning English football fixtures?


FDA: Dough's E. coli strain differs from illness

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday the strain of E. coli found in a sample of raw cookie dough collected at a Nestle USA manufacturing plant does not match the strain that has been linked to a 30-state ...



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