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Scientists, academics laud grid computing

Grid computing is shaping what a lot of scientists get out of their research nowadays--a message that was echoed by scientists and professors from various sciences in one of the ...
February 17, 2007 9:10 AM PST
Posted in: Science

Harnessing your processing power for good

SAN FRANCISCO--Did you know you can help to fight disease and study climate change by sharing your computer? This practice, called distributed computing, refers to using computers' ...
February 16, 2007 6:30 PM PST
Posted in: Science

Net neutrality bill offered in Maryland

Not content to wait for Congress to act, a group of Maryland state legislators is backing a smaller-scale attempt at putting a Net neutrality mandate in place. Delegate Herman ...
February 16, 2007 2:24 PM PST
Posted in: Politics

"Lonelygirl15" actress filming movie with Lindsay Lohan

You might have thought her 15 minutes of fame were over, but Jessica Rose, the actress who fooled millions of YouTube users with the staged "Lonelygirl15" video blog, is hoping ...
February 16, 2007 1:23 PM PST
Posted in: Media

Far out and down to earth

Expect several intriguing space research findings at the ongoing American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) meeting in San Francisco. My favorite's a birth happening ...
February 16, 2007 1:21 PM PST
Posted in: Science

Killer plankton, hard drought, being bipolar

A collection of new scientific findings being presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science 2007 meeting in San Francisco could be headed, "Don't be afraid, ...
February 16, 2007 11:38 AM PST
Posted in: Green tech, Science

German legislator: 1, Vinod Khosla: 0

One of the really refreshing things about the green-technology industry is that people are willing to argue with each other on stage. It's a new industry, after all, and no one ...
February 16, 2007 10:03 AM PST
Posted in: Green tech

IBM looking at new way to pass data to processor

You're going to hear a lot about Through-Silicon Vias, or "Zias" as IBM likes to call them, in the next few years. With TSVs, the processor and memory are connected by a multitude ...
February 16, 2007 9:31 AM PST
Posted in: Processors

Google to buy AdScape for $23 million

Google is buying in-game advertising company AdScape Media for $23 million, a source told CNET News.com. The deal was rumored to be in the works since last month. Red Herring ...
February 16, 2007 9:13 AM PST
Posted in: Media, Google

'Evangelist' blogs his way to Redmond

Microsoft has hired JupiterResearch analyst Michael Gartenberg to act as a "enthusiast evangelist," Gartenberg said on his blog this week. ...
February 16, 2007 8:23 AM PST
Posted in: Blogma

Analyst Gartenberg joining Microsoft

Longtime technology analyst Michael Gartenberg is leaving his post at JupiterResearch and joining Microsoft. Gartenberg said on his blog Thursday that he will be an "enthusiast ...
February 15, 2007 2:47 PM PST
Posted in: Apple, Microsoft

Sell your photos via Flickr?

Dan Heller, author of the Photography Business Blog and a longtime watcher of the idea of selling photos on the Internet, observed Tuesday that there's "low-level buzz about Flickr ...
February 15, 2007 1:48 PM PST
Posted in: Gadgets, Yahoo , Web 2.0

Wonders of nanotubes, rat sense and alternative energy

Carbon nanotubes are stronger and lighter than steel. You're not. But you and nanotubes have something else in common, according to researchers at Rice Unviersity. You and the ...
February 15, 2007 1:35 PM PST
Posted in: Green tech, Science

Bloggers rate new game legislation

Do video gamers quit after one round of a game? No. So why should video game critics be any different? Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kansas) reintroduced the Truth in Video Game Rating ...
February 15, 2007 1:29 PM PST
Posted in: Blogma

Microsoft creates Digg-like sites in Norway and Belgium

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February 15, 2007 10:50 AM PST
Posted in: Microsoft, Yahoo

Microsoft using Zune to lure MSN users

Microsoft is running a campaign to attract more visitors to its MSN portal by offering people a chance to win a Zune if they set MSN as their home page. The promotion can be seen ...
February 14, 2007 5:24 PM PST
Posted in: Music, Microsoft

A (techy) box of chocolates

What better way to win the heart of your oh-so-techy-paramour than with a truly 21st century box of chocolates? Well, now our good friends over at device studio ThingM have come ...
February 14, 2007 5:14 PM PST
Posted in: Gadgets

Intel, Motion prescribing Tablet PC-like devices for doctors

Intel's health care efforts are finally translating into products, as the company gears up for a technology demonstration next week. Intel and Motion Computing plan to demonstrate ...
February 14, 2007 3:17 PM PST
Posted in: Processors

Dell revamps manufacturing with Solectron CEO

Dell continues to make wholesale changes to its executive roster. On Wednesday, the company announced that it has hired Michael Cannon, the chief executive officer of manufacturing ...
February 14, 2007 2:48 PM PST
Posted in: Dell

Estimates on vets' data loss balloon

A portable hard drive that vanished from an Alabama veterans hospital late last month may have contained data on more than ten times as many veterans as previously suspected. The ...
February 14, 2007 2:12 PM PST
Posted in: Security, Politics

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