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'DTXTR' translates teen text into English

Wot r ur kids txting? If you're wondering -- or 1dering -- there's a new online translation tool that helps decipher the code.

Technology / Internet

created May 27, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 5




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Media portrayal of race in sports reveals biases in corporate world

The U.S. may have its first black president and the Fortune 500 its first black female chief executive, but African American CEOs account for a mere one percent of the chiefs of those 500 largest companies.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Neglected tropical diseases: A new handle on old problems

‘Neglected tropical diseases’ is a new name for old diseases that cause long-term suffering among the world’s poorest people. The Wellcome Trust and others have funded research into these diseases ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Vogue's vast archives make online leap from paper

Bookshelves groaning under the weight of every issue of American Vogue ever published since December 17, 1892, and there have been about 2,800 of them, can now heave a sigh of relief.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Trimming time in the stacks

A sophisticated text-analyzing tool developed by a UC Berkeley graduate student could speed literary searches for humanities scholars and other researchers.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Lifelong learning that adapts to you

Technology enhanced lifelong learning that automatically adapts to the needs of the learner is now in sight thanks to work by EU-funded researchers who have developed an adaptive learning platform that can ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Pakistan delays ban on 'obscene' text messages

Pakistan's mobile operators on Monday deferred implementing a ban on nearly 1,700 "obscene" words from text messages, saying they were seeking further clarification from the telecoms authority.

Technology / Telecom

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Singing after stroke? Why rhythm and formulaic phrases may be more important than melody

After a left-sided stroke, many individuals suffer from serious speech disorders but are often able to sing complete texts relatively fluently. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Chatty robots go viral on YouTube

(PhysOrg.com) -- An online chat between two robots set up by Cornell students is entertaining the nation.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (14) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Study shows how an often illegal sales tactic contributed to housing crash

A study of home purchases during the real estate boom years in Chicago shows how one ethically murky – and sometimes illegal - tactic used to sell homes may have contributed to the housing crash.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jul 12, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Philip Morris fights Australian packaging rules

(AP) -- Tobacco giant Philip Morris launched legal action on Monday against the Australian government over the country's plans to strip company logos from cigarette packages and replace them with grisly images ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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