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A new system preserves the right to privacy in Internet searches
Nov 05, 2009 |
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A team of Catalan researchers has developed a protocol to distort the user profile generated by Internet search engines, in such a way that they cannot save the searches undertaken by Internet users and thus ...
Lawmakers seek ban on laptops in airliner cockpits
Nov 03, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Lawmakers are moving to ban the use of computer laptops and other personal electronic devices in airline cockpits to prevent another incident like the Northwest Airlines plane that overshot Minneapolis by 150 miles.
School sued for punishing teens over MySpace pix
Nov 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Two sophomore girls have sued their school district after they were punished for posting sexually suggestive photos on MySpace during their summer vacation.
Photoshopped Images Could Carry Warnings in France
Sep 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A law has been proposed in France that would see digitally enhanced images carry a warning to viewers that the image has been retouched to change the physical appearance of a person. The proposed ...
Professor Finally Publishes Controversial Brain Theory
Nov 19, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In the late '90s, Asim Roy, a professor of information systems at Arizona State University, began to write a paper on a new brain theory. Now, 10 years later and after several rejections and ...
Bringing gaming to the disabled
Oct 22, 2009 |
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Ironically, it was located in one of the least-accessible areas of the Games for Health conference held a few months ago in Boston. Up a set of stairs and around a corner from the large conference halls and breakout rooms ...
Pilots used laptop computers while straying off course
Oct 27, 2009 |
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Two distracted US pilots were using laptop computers against company rules last week when they overshot their destination by some 150 miles (240 kilometers), federal investigators said.
Dutch, making peace with water, tackle overcrowding
Oct 18, 2009 |
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About a hundred houses float on a lake in the Amsterdam neighbourhood of Ijburg --a testament to how the Dutch are trying to turn their traditional enemy, water, into an ally against overcrowding.
Want responsible robotics? Start with responsible humans
Jul 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When the legendary science fiction writer Isaac Asimov penned the "Three Laws of Responsible Robotics," he forever changed the way humans think about artificial intelligence, and inspired generations of engineers ...
Apple's restriction-free music downloads create pause
Feb 11, 2009 |
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When Apple Inc. announced in January that it would sell restriction-free music files, that was supposed to mean consumers could buy songs and play them on the portable gadget of their choice.
People are still the weakest link in computer and internet security, study finds
Oct 13, 2009 |
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Two decades ago, studies showed that computer users were violating best practices for setting up hack-proof passwords, and not much has changed since then. What's clear, say researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison ...
Social online TV and invisible speakers among 'DEMOgods'
Sep 24, 2009 |
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An online network for farmers, social Internet television, and invisible speakers were among startups taking laurels this week at the DEMO technology conference here known as a launch pad for winning firms.
Scientists design first robot using mould
Aug 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of the West of England are to design the first ever biological robot using mould.
German firm offers Europe's first 'personalised paper'
Oct 13, 2009 |
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Two young German entrepreneurs presented what they described as a Europe-wide first on Tuesday: a newspaper tailored to readers' individual wishes and delivered to their door before 8:00 am.
Trial beginning over New Orleans' crime cameras
Sep 14, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Jury selection is under way in the civil trial over New Orleans' problem-plagued crime camera system.
