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British press group launches charges for online news

Technology / Internet

1hour ago | not rated yet | 0

A British newspaper group started charging for online content on Monday in a groundbreaking experiment which will be closely watched by an industry battling falling advertising revenues.

Game Theory: Researchers examine what makes video games click with players -- or not

Technology / Software

43 minutes ago | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

Every Friday afternoon, the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab opens its doors to anyone who wishes to drop by and play. On one such recent day, Jason Begy, a graduate student in the Comparative Media Studies program ...

Britain's Royal Society puts rare scientific manuscripts online

Technology / Internet

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

Historic manuscripts by Sir Isaac Newton, Benjamin Franklin and other ground-breaking scientists will be published online for the first time, Britain's Royal Society said Monday.

Fujitsu Develops Technology for Low-Temperature Full-Service Direct Formation of Graphene Transistors on Large-Scale Sub

Technology / Semiconductors

Nov 27, 2009 | 5 / 5 (18) | 3

Fujitsu Laboratories today announced, as a world first, the development of a novel technology for forming graphene transistors directly on the entire surface of large-scale insulating substrates at low temperatures ...

Government delays new ban on Internet gambling

Technology / Internet

Nov 27, 2009 | 3.7 / 5 (3) | 0

(AP) -- The Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve are giving U.S. financial institutions an additional six months to comply with regulations designed to ban Internet gambling.

Semantic research sets world standards

Technology / Computer Sciences

Nov 27, 2009 | 3.4 / 5 (5) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have created new tools for semantic technology development which are helping to set the next generation of official standards. The tools also unblock some key bottlenecks ...

Cellphone powers back pain chip in Taiwan

Technology / Engineering

Nov 27, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (3) | 0

Taiwanese researchers have developed a chip to treat backpain that is powered by mobile phone, a member of the team said Friday.

Teachers begin using cell phones for class lessons

Technology / Hi Tech

Nov 27, 2009 | 2 / 5 (2) | 0

(AP) -- Ariana Leonard's high school students shuffled in their seats, eagerly awaiting a cue from their Spanish teacher that the assignment would begin. "Take out your cell phones," she said in Spanish.

Signal fading on radio traffic reports

Technology / Other

Nov 27, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 1

(AP) -- For more than 20 years, Mike Nolan was known to radio listeners as the "eye in the sky." He flew over Southern California freeways in his single-engine plane, reporting on the nation's worst traffic.

'Avatar' video game to expand film's alien world

Technology / Software

Nov 27, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

(AP) -- James Cameron was thinking beyond the big screen when he created the alien world of Pandora. The "Titanic" director worked in tandem with video game developer Ubisoft Montreal on the game based on ...

Food banks go high-tech to feed the hungry

Technology / Hi Tech

Nov 27, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Food banks across the country are undergoing a high-tech revolution, adopting sophisticated databases, bar coding, GPS tracking, automated warehouses and other technologies used in the food industry ...

Lenovo buying back mobile phone business

Technology / Business

Nov 27, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Personal computer maker Lenovo Group said Friday it is joining the race to develop products that link phones and PCs by buying back a mobile phone business that it sold last year.

Apple's iPhone set to make splash in South Korea

Technology / Business

Nov 27, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- The iPhone's arrival in South Korea is generating considerable buzz among consumers and industry watchers amid expectations it will shake up a market dominated by world-beating domestic manufacturers.

UFO-obsessed Briton loses bid to block US extradition

Technology / Other

Nov 26, 2009 | 4 / 5 (6) | 3

A Briton accused of hacking into US military and NASA computers faces extradition to the United States after the British government Thursday rejected last-ditch requests to block the move.

Building real security with virtual worlds

Technology / Computer Sciences

Nov 26, 2009 | 4 / 5 (5) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Advances in computerized modeling and prediction of group behavior, together with improvements in video game graphics, are making possible virtual worlds in which defense analysts can explore ...

Sony optimistic on 3-D TVs, in-house display

Technology / Hi Tech

Nov 26, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (3) | 0

(AP) -- A third to a half of the Sony Corp. TV sets sold annually will be packed with 3-D features by the year ending March 2013, a senior executive said Thursday.

Roku adds more 'channels' of video and other digital content

Technology / Telecom

Nov 26, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Owners of Roku's digital video player will soon have a bunch more channels to choose from.

Holiday Web shopping looks brighter than last year

Technology / Internet

Nov 26, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Online retailers hope the convenience of the Web, plus discounts and deals, spur still-nervous shoppers to spend more online this holiday season - even as traditional retailers brace for mediocre sales.