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Adam Scott was getting more attention than usual Monday at the U.S.
Read More »The Fog of Cyber War: What Are the Rules of Engagement?
There is some speculation among some politicians and pundits that the fog of war will soon extend to the Internet, if it has not already, given a recent report that the U.S. Defense Department will introduce its first cyber warfare doctrine this month, combined with similar announcements from the governments of Australia, China and the U.K.
Read More »Apple: Does This Spaceship Make My Glass Look Big?
Apple's proposed new "spaceship" building in Cupertino features curved glass and an engineering challenge that makes solving the antennagate and white iPhone problems look cinchy. Apple's proposed new " spaceship " building in Cupertino may be made largely of huge sheets of curved glass. It's an aesthetic choice, and a very expensive one.
Read More »Australia,Fiji,Indonesia,Malaysia,Maldives,Myanmar (Burma),New Caledonia,Seychelles,Tahiti,Thailand|: Selected Asia destinations – 5% Boatbookings…
Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, Seychelles, Maldives, Indonesia, Australia, New Caledonia, Tahiti and Fiji, Boatbookings will offer a further 5% discount on the charter fee, on top of any owners/operators discounts, for charters of 8 days or longer
Read More »How to Choose a Domain Extension
Gone are the days when .com and .net were your only options when registering a URL for your business. Here are some tips for developing a domain extension strategy
Read More »Colombia’s Uribe wins LPGA Tour’s Brazil Cup
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -Mariajo Uribe of Colombia shot a 6-under 66 to defeat Lindsey Wright of Australia by a stroke in the final round of the Brazil Cup on Sunday, picking up her first LPGA Tour win.
Read More »Scientist instils new hope of detecting gravitational waves
(PhysOrg.com) -- Direct evidence of the existence of gravitational waves is something that has long eluded researchers, however new research has suggested that adding just one of the proposed detectors in Japan, Australia and India will drastically increase the expected rate of detection.
Read More »American Employees Are Staying Put
Are you content with your job? Are you truly happy, and offer to take on extra work?
Read More »GE’s Jet Engine-Inspired Fossil Fuel Power Plant Is Made To Work With Renewables
Because solar and wind are only available sometimes, GE's new powerplant can quickly cycle on or off to pick up the slack.
Read More »This Week In Bots: Droids Evolve Language, Disney Researches Swarms, Swordfights!, Cheap Butlers, And Colbert’s Pandertron 8000
Robots, robots everywhere, and soon they'll begin to think. The tech behind our future android assistants evolves every minute. Here's the latest
Read More »"I’m A Climate Scientist," The Raunchy Climate Change Video
Sick of hearing that climate change doesn't exist from people who haven't studied the matter, climate scientists get together to fix the problem the only way they know how: hip-hop. There is nothing more amusing than incongruous people rapping (Andy Samberg has built a career on this notion), and there is perhaps no more incongruous rappers than Australian academics
Read More »Inside The Mystery Of Comcast And The Great Pirate Bay Blockade
Many users are finding themselves unable to access the torrent site today. Comcast says it doesn't restrict websites to any of its customers, and indeed, the problem seems to be global. Then what's going on here
Read More »O Pioneers: Why Houston Is Our City Of The Year
Reinvention, innovation, and cultivation make Houston our City of the Year for 2011. IT'S PAST 11 P.M., AND I'M walking with my husband in downtown Houston. We've just seen a play at the Alley Theatre, and the stroll to our car, which I'd left at my office, gives us time to dissect the show and enjoy the city at night
Read More »IBM Smarter City Classes Seek Solutions For Emergency Rooms, Public Transit, And "The Crotch"
IBM has announced the 50 recipients of its “Smarter Planet Faculty Innovation Awards” and $10,000 grants for designing classes geared toward the technologies, markets, and applications in which IBM has a vested interest. Including one particularly gnarly Chicago transit hub. On Thursday, technology giant IBM announced the 50 recipients of its inaugural “ Smarter Planet Faculty Innovation Awards ,” in essence a $10,000 grant for designing classes geared toward the technologies, markets, and applications in which IBM has a vested interest--urban transportation and health care apps, for example.
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