News tagged with set
Calif. requires TVs to be more energy-efficient (Update)
Nov 18, 2009 |
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(AP) -- California regulators adopted the nation's first energy-efficiency standards for televisions Wednesday in hopes of reducing electricity use at a time when millions of American households are switching ...
New Law of Physics Could Explain Quantum Mysteries
Aug 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Since the early days of quantum mechanics, scientists have been trying to understand the many strange implications of the theory: superpositions, wave-particle duality, and the observer’s ...
Netflix movie streaming coming to PlayStation 3
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 26, 2009 |
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(AP) -- PlayStation 3 owners will soon be able to stream movies and TV shows from Netflix to their TVs using the gaming console, just as Xbox 360 owners have been able to do for a year.
Crowded theaters build momentum for 3-D at home
Oct 25, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Fans scrambled to see 3-D movies such as "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" in theaters this year and new 3-D televisions could soon have home viewers feeling as if they're surrounded by a spaghetti ...
TV makers hope thin is in for newest sets
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 06, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Lee Richman installs high-end home theater systems that can cost as much as $170,000. Lately, he's noticed that some of his clients - or their interior designers - are perking up when they hear about ...
Another Dimension in Technology Awaits
Mar 13, 2009 |
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If you’ve been to the movies lately, chances are your popcorn came with a pair of 3-D glasses.
Shrinking 'ridiculous' data sets to manageable size
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 14, 2009 |
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Two decades ago a renowned statistician described a computer data set of 1 billion bytes as "huge" and 10 trillion bytes as "ridiculous."
What makes a great footballer?
Jun 28, 2009 |
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Scientists are studying footballing ability to gain insight into the role that skill plays in the physical performance of vertebrates. The results, to be presented at the Society for Experimental Biology meeting on Sunday, ...
Activity of individual brain cells predicts cognitive flexibility
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 25, 2009 |
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A new study provides intriguing insights into mechanisms of cognitive flexibility at the single cell level. The research, published by Cell Press in the March 26th issue of the journal Neuron, may help to explain how we can ...
Model helps computers sort data more like humans
Technology / Computer Sciences
Aug 25, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Humans have a natural tendency to find order in sets of information, a skill that has proven difficult to replicate in computers. Faced with a large set of data, computers don't know where ...
Gigabit Powerline Networking offers speedy solutions
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Aug 07, 2009 |
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Although we've always been able to see and hear in "High Definition," we think of that phrase as belonging to the 21st century. High Definition or HD devices such as television sets, Blu-Ray DVD players, digital still and ...
Gasoline stations set prices to match a small number of other stations
Jul 31, 2008 |
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For many years, there have been competition concerns regarding how retail gasoline prices are set in the U.S. and Canada. Consumers have complained about the perceived uniformity of retail gas prices and the perception that ...
DVD protector Macrovision changes name and purpose
Jul 16, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Macrovision Solutions Corp., once a maker of copy-protection technology for DVDs, officially changed its name Thursday to Rovi Corp. to mark its transition into a provider of TV listings data and related services.
Drug lowers body's 'set point' to control hyperparathyroidism in dialysis patients
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jul 17, 2008 |
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A medication called cinacalcet—an important part of treatment to control high levels of parathyroid hormone (PTH) in patients receiving dialysis for end-stage renal disease (ESRD)—works by resetting the balance between calcium ...
