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The power of 'random': 'Seemingly loopy' technique could dramatically improve communications networks

Technology / Computer Sciences

14 hours ago | 4.8 / 5 (8) | 5 |

A radical new approach to the design of communications networks, called "network coding," promises to make Internet file sharing faster, streaming video more reliable, and cell-phone reception better -- among ...

'Revolutionary' water treatment units on their way to Afghanistan

Technology / Engineering

8 hours ago | 4.2 / 5 (5) | 3 |

The United States Army has taken delivery of the first two units of a "revolutionary" waste-water treatment system that will clean putrid water within 24 hours and leave no toxic by-products, according to scientists at Sam ...

Imec achieves breakthrough in battery-less radios

Technology / Semiconductors

9 hours ago | 4.9 / 5 (9) | 0 |

At today's International Solid State Circuit Conference, Imec and Holst Centre report a 2.4GHz/915MHz wake-up receiver which consumes only 51µW power. This record low power achievement opens the door to battery-less ...

In Utah, company aims to store energy in air

Technology / Energy

18 hours ago | 3.3 / 5 (8) | 2

A Utah company plans to dig a series of underground caverns that it hopes to one day fill with compressed air, releasing it to generate electricity by turning a turbine and solving one of the most vexing problems facing the ...

Breakthrough for mobile television

Technology / Software

8 hours ago | 3 / 5 (2) | 0

Long Term Evolution, the new mobile telecommunications standard, will revolutionize mobile Internet. High transmission rates will soon be possible on mobile devices. For this purpose Fraunhofer researchers at HHI Berlin, ...

PayPal's India transaction block could last months

Technology / Business

5 hours ago | 5 / 5 (1) | 1

(AP) -- Online payments service PayPal says its suspension of certain transactions in India could last months.

Handling emergencies online

Technology / Internet

4 hours ago | not rated yet | 0

Online social networking sites could solve many problems plaguing information dissemination and communications when disaster strikes, according to a report from US researchers in a recent issue of the International Journal of ...

Record performance of dual-gate organic TFT-based RFID circuit

Technology / Semiconductors

14 hours ago | 3 / 5 (1) | 0

At today's International Solid State Circuit Conference (ISSCC), Holst Centre, Imec and TNO present a dual-gate-based organic RFID chip with record data rate and lowest reported operating voltage. For the ...

Online ad improvement seen in IAC's 4Q loss

Technology / Business

14 hours ago | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Internet company IAC/InterActiveCorp lost $1 billion in the fourth quarter because it wrote down the value of its search business, but the results beat expectations and offered the latest indication that the online ...

Gamer to pay Nintendo $1.3 mln for illegal upload

Technology / Other

18 hours ago | 3 / 5 (2) | 1

An Australian man has agreed to pay Nintendo 1.3 million US dollars for illegally uploading a game to the Internet six days before its global release, the firm said Tuesday.

Google reduces fee to break Nexus One contract

Technology / Business

17 hours ago | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Google Inc. is shaving $200 off the fee that it charges customers of its new Nexus One phone to break a service contract with T-Mobile, as federal regulators continue to probe such fees and the rationale for them.

Security chip that does encryption in PCs hacked

Technology / Computer Sciences

Feb 08, 2010 | 4.6 / 5 (17) | 13

(AP) -- Deep inside millions of computers is a digital Fort Knox, a special chip with the locks to highly guarded secrets, including classified government reports and confidential business plans. Now a former ...

Sony Launches Short-Range Wireless Technology (w/ Video)

Technology / Telecom

Feb 08, 2010 | 4.7 / 5 (10) | 5 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first compliant products, that will use Sony’s TransferJet technology, will start appearing in products as early as the spring of this year. Its design will enable file swapping, between ...

Despite millions in tax credits, wind energy firms aren't hiring

Technology / Energy

Feb 08, 2010 | 5 / 5 (3) | 4

Despite the Obama administration's efforts to create jobs making wind turbines in America, some companies say that sluggish demand for wind energy is holding them back.

Microsoft to patch 17-year-old bug

Technology / Software

Feb 08, 2010 | 3.5 / 5 (6) | 4 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- Microsoft's February security update will include a patch for a bug that dates back to Windows NT 3.1, which was released in July 1993. The vulnerability has been present but undetected in ...

No mere pipe dream

Technology / Engineering

Feb 08, 2010 | 4.6 / 5 (8) | 0 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- UCI engineers are working on robotic technology to rehabilitate the nation's aging water infrastructure.

Startup to develop contactless electronic connections

Technology / Engineering

Feb 08, 2010 | 4.2 / 5 (5) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- UCLA has opened its on-campus technology incubator space at the California NanoSystems Institute to WaveConnex Inc., a startup company that plans to conduct proof-of-concept research for the development of ...

Electronic Arts shares dive on weak outlook

Technology / Business

Feb 08, 2010 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- A disappointing outlook from Electronic Arts Inc. sent shares of the video game publisher sharply lower Monday, a sign that significant cost-cuts and layoffs have not ended the company's slump.