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Video conferencing allows companies to cut travel plans

Technology / Hi Tech

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Just a few years ago, Advanced Micro Devices executive Linda Starr racked up a million air miles a year in business travel. Now she logs a mere 100,000 miles per year, thanks to sophisticated video conferencing technology.


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First Afghan fibre optic cable connects to Tajikistan

Technology / Telecom

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Part of Afghanistan's first international fibre optic cable has opened in a project that will make the country millions of dollars and boost regional connectivity, a cabinet minister said Thursday.


Kentucky a model for broadband expansion

Technology / Telecom

created Feb 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In Martin County, Ky., a remote corner of Appalachia, it can take hours to reach a doctor's office, a simple cholesterol check costing a miner a day's work.





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Involving family in medical rounds benefits both family and medical team

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Involving family members of pediatric cancer and hematology patients in medical rounds benefits both the family and the medical team, according to a new Indiana University School of Medicine study.


Future bright for Microsoft cloud computing, server president says

Technology / Software

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

All this week at the Professional Developers Conference, Microsoft has talked about cloud computing, what many consider the next frontier. Bob Muglia, president of the company's Server and Tools business, sat down to talk ...


High-tech holiday gift ideas for $50 and $100

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Picking a Christmas gift for the nerd in your life is never easy. In the holiday stampede, it's all too easy to end up with an outdated gadget or obsolete program. And mistakes can be costly.


Aircraft that can see for themselves

Aircraft that can see for themselves (w/ Video)

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 14, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Australian researchers have made two important advances in the development of unmanned aircraft capable of seeing for themselves as they fly fast and low over dangerous terrain.


Creating 3D models with a simple webcam

Creating 3D models with a simple webcam (w/ Video)

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (25) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- Constructing virtual 3D models usually requires heavy and expensive equipment, or takes lengthy amounts of time. A group of researchers at the University of Cambridge, Qi Pan, Dr Gerhard Reitmayr ...


UN says hunger stunts some 200 million children

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Nearly 200 million children in poor countries have stunted growth because they don't get enough to eat, according to a new report published by UNICEF Wednesday before a three-day international summit on the problem ...


New search technique for images and videos has broad applications

New search technique for images and videos has broad applications

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have developed a powerful new approach to a fundamental problem in computer vision: how to program a computer to recognize or categorize ...


Improving security with face recognition technology

Improving security with face recognition technology

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

A number of U.S. states now use facial recognition technology when issuing drivers licenses. Similar methods are also used to grant access to buildings and to verify the identities of international travelers. ...


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Google's desire to scan old books has critics casting it as Goliath

Technology / Internet

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 6

Google's ambitious plan to scan millions of old, out-of-print books, many of them forgotten in musty university libraries, has turned into one of the biggest controversies in the young company's history.


Google's Wave communications platform testing continues to be private with "a lot of features yet to be done"

Google wants businesses to ride Wave

Technology / Internet

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Google pitched its fledgling Wave communications platform as a way for businesses to turn routine email into collaborative exchanges that ramp up productivity.



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