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After foiled US plane attack, scanners revisited

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Dec 29, 2009 | 5 / 5 (4) | 3

As US lawmakers demand to know how a would-be attacker smuggled explosives aboard a plane on Christmas Day, the use of body scanners at airport security points is likely to be revisited.

High-tech vehicles pose trouble for some mechanics

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Dec 27, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (6) | 5

(AP) -- A sign inside the Humming Motors auto repair shop says, "We do the worrying so you don't have to."

Stocking stuffer: Card good for eye, dental visit

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Dec 23, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- Health care providers are rolling out a different sort of stocking stuffer: Gift cards that can be used to pay bills and insurance premiums or for specific services at eye doctors and dentist offices.

Education Budget Cuts to Cause Increase in Mobile Technology Use

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Dec 17, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- As budget cuts in education continue, we will see more use of mobile technologies in the classroom in 2010, predicts Dr. Vivian Wright, a University of Alabama educator.

Exploring energy efficiency in multi-scale computing systems

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Dec 16, 2009 | 1 / 5 (1) | 0

The University of California, San Diego and nine other universities are members of a new research center charged with finding ways to improve the design of computing systems ranging from large data centers ...

Next-Generation Air Transportation System to Ultimately Succeed, Computer Scientist Predicts

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Dec 16, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Next Generation Air Transportation System, known as NextGen, is due for national implementation in stages between now and 2018. "I am predicting ultimate success and a system that will provide a much ...

Court to review employer access to worker messages

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Dec 15, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- The Supreme Court said Monday it will decide how much privacy workers have when they send text messages from on their employers' accounts.

MIT wins Pentagon prize in social networking contest

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Dec 07, 2009 | 4 / 5 (2) | 0

A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has won a 40,000-dollar prize for using social networking tools to identify the locations of 10 large weather balloons in a contest sponsored by ...

Poll finds sexting common among young people

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Dec 03, 2009 | 3 / 5 (2) | 1

(AP) -- Think your kid is not "sexting"? Think again. Sexting - sharing sexually explicit photos, videos and chat by cell phone or online - is fairly commonplace among young people, despite sometimes grim ...

FTC: Children still marketed violent content

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Dec 03, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- The video game industry is doing a better job at keeping young kids away from violent and other inappropriate content than the music and movie businesses, according to a new report by the Federal Trade Commission.

Gift Guide: Tech books that enlighten, entertain

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Dec 02, 2009 | 3 / 5 (2) | 0

(AP) -- Your holiday shopping list probably includes gadgets, games and gizmos that illustrate how technology is changing the way we work, play and communicate. So why not throw in a few books about the people and services ...

Grant to help zoo visitors learn more about science with their cell phones

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Nov 30, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Zoo visitors may soon use their cell phones to "Call the Wild" as part of a project led by University of Florida researchers to help the public learn more about the nature of science.

Text-a-Tip programs allow tipsters to help police

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Nov 28, 2009 | 3 / 5 (2) | 0

(AP) -- A mother in Boston tells police her 8-year-old boy was shot to death in their apartment by gunmen in hooded sweat shirts during a home invasion.

Signal fading on radio traffic reports

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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.

UFO-obsessed Briton loses bid to block US extradition

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Nov 26, 2009 | 3.6 / 5 (7) | 6

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.

Post Office card error leaves Italians in the red: report

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Nov 26, 2009 | 4 / 5 (2) | 0

A computer glitch left Italian Post Office customers in the red by processing card transactions at 100 times their value, Italian press reported Thursday.

New guidelines for broadcasters on user-generated content

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Nov 26, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

For the first time guidelines are to be published on how broadcasters around the world can encourage audiences to produce better quality user-generated content and to improve media and information literacy.

Key scientist says politics behind stolen e-mails

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Nov 24, 2009 | 2.8 / 5 (6) | 4

(AP) -- A leading climate change scientist said hackers breaking into a university's computer server and then posting documents online show the nasty politics of global warming.