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Google Hold'em Poker: Does Google Have An OS Up Their Sleeve?

Technology / Internet

created Dec 19, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (9) | comments 5 weblog

(PhysOrg.com) -- Google card shark watchers have been placing side bets on the possibility that Google may be holding back some news on a new OS. The search giant has been the subject of rumors in Forbes, ...





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Swimming Bacteria Could Become Model for Micromachines

Swimming Bacteria Could Become Model for Micromachines

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- UConn researchers say Spiroplasma's propulsion style is optimal for converting energy into motion.


EU drops Microsoft browser charges (AP)

Microsoft to let Europeans pick browser in EU deal

Technology / Software

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 1

(AP) -- More than 100 million Europeans will get to pick a Web browser after Microsoft agreed to offer Internet users a choice to avoid fresh fines - a move that could represent a real thawing of long-standing ...


Unique 'Climate One Stop' Web Site Unveiled in Copenhagen

Unique 'Climate One Stop' Web Site Unveiled in Copenhagen

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (9) | comments 6

There's a storm brewing -- a storm of information, that is, in climate and environmental research. People are wading through the turbulence, trying to make sense of it all.


New structure could produce efficient semiconductor laser sources

New structure could produce efficient semiconductor laser sources

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have achieved a nanoscale laser structure they anticipate will produce semiconductor lasers in the next two years that are more than twice as efficient ...


Television control for the remote

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A cheap way to deliver interactive communications to remote communities has been successfully tested in Brazil and Italy.


Water-saving technology focus of new grant

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Many ornamental nursery growers test to see if their plants need water by sticking a finger in the soil to see if it’s dry. Or, they just water them whether they need it or not. University of Georgia horticulturists ...


Trust Linux!

Trust Linux!

Technology / Software

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers has implemented support for 'trusted computing' in a commercially available version of the open source operating system Linux, breaking new ground in the global drive ...


People learn to use the Internet in Gabon

Internet still under US grip: forum delegates

Technology / Internet

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The Internet is still under the control of the United States, participants at a governance forum said, despite a move by America to loosen its grip over the private corporation that administers the net.


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Many computer users hesitate to ride the Wave

Technology / Internet

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Google's latest brainchild, Google Wave, is all the rage among bleeding-edge technology enthusiasts. But corporate information technology executives say that while they're intrigued by Wave -- a replacement ...


Researchers complete draft genome sequence for cassava

Biology / Biotechnology

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

A team of academic, government and industry researchers has completed a first draft of the cassava (Manihot esculenta) genome. The project is an important first step in accelerating the pace of research on this subsistence ...



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