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Survey: Broadband Growth Slowing in the US

Broadband adoption in the United States is slowing, according to a survey by the Pew Research Center. The number of U.S. residents with broadband Internet service...

Cult of Less: Living Out of a Hard Drive
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Cult of Less: Living Out of a Hard Drive

Many have begun trading in CD, DVD, and book collections for digital music, movies, and e-books. But this trend in digital technology is now influencing some...

Software Predicts Criminal Behavior
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Software Predicts Criminal Behavior

Algorithm could influence sentencing recommendations and bail amounts.

Is Sending Signals to Aliens Really a Good Idea?
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Is Sending Signals to Aliens Really a Good Idea?

If we are not alone in the universe, then—considering what happened to the Indians after Columbus landed in America—shouldn't we be keeping a pretty low profile...

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Tech Guilt: 5 'persuasive' Technologies to Help You Be Good

Information is power, but does information—by itself—actually make people change their behavior?

Courses Charge Up Future Electric-Vehicle Engineers
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Courses Charge Up Future Electric-Vehicle Engineers

When Professor Mehdi Ferdowsi and Ph.D. student Andrew Meintz offered the inaugural class on electric and hybrid vehicles at Missouri University of Science and...

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Google Plan With Verizon Disillusions Some Allies

On Friday at lunchtime, as Google employees dined al fresco, a hundred protesters descended on the company’s Silicon Valley campus. A group called the Raging...

Women Missing From Video Game Development Work Force
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Women Missing From Video Game Development Work Force

Although women are playing video games in greater numbers, few are working in the industry developing new games. About 40 percent of video and online game players...

Senator Schumer: H-1b ­se ­ndercuts Pay, Discourages Tech Enrollments
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Senator Schumer: H-1b ­se ­ndercuts Pay, Discourages Tech Enrollments

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) says the H-1B visa program has created "multinational temp agencies" that undercut U.S. wages and discourage students from entering...

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Carnegie Mellon Tries Crowdsourcing to Develop Optimal Electric Car Formula

Carnegie Mellon University researchers recently announced an open contest to find the most efficient methods for managing power in electric cars, with the winner...

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Xinhua, China Mobile to Establish Internet Search Engine Joint Venture

Xinhua News Agency Thursday signed a framework agreement with China Mobile Communications Corp., the world's biggest mobile operator by subscribers, to establish...

Citizen Scientists Discover Rotating Pulsar
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Citizen Scientists Discover Rotating Pulsar

The discovery by three citizen scientists of a new radio pulsar as part of the Einstein@Home project marks the first genuine astronomical discovery by a public...

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Google Denies Selling Out, Defends Net Neutrality Pact with Verizon

Google responded Thursday to heavy criticism of its agreement with Verizon Communications, saying it compromised in order to move the ball forward on a net neutrality...

Stuxnet Could Hijack Power Plants, Refineries
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Stuxnet Could Hijack Power Plants, Refineries

A worm that targets critical infrastructure companies doesn't just steal data, it leaves a back door that could be used to remotely and secretly control plant...

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Researchers Develop Motion Tracking Technology to Reduce Injuries For Older Adults

Researchers at the University of Missouri have developed technology to help older adults recover from an injury, illness, or surgery by tracking their motions as...

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Nasa's Chief Technologist Seeks to Develop Transformative Programs

When Bobby Braun was a Ph.D. student in aeronautics and astronautics at Stanford, he couldn't imagine holding the "dream job" he's doing now—NASA's chief technologist...

How Spies (and Counter Spies) Are Using The Cloud
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How Spies (and Counter Spies) Are Using The Cloud

Secret agents have long been at the cutting edge of technological developments. By studying how different spy agencies use technology, it’s often been possible...

Web Plan Is Dividing Companies
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Web Plan Is Dividing Companies

In an emerging battle over regulating Internet access, companies are taking sides.

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Web Plan From Google and Verizon Is Criticized

Google and Verizon's proposal for how Internet service should be regulated was criticized by groups in favor of keeping the Web as open as possible.

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P ? Np? It's Bad News For the Power of Computing

Has the biggest question in computer science been solved? On 6 August, Vinay Deolalikar, a mathematician at Hewlett-Packard Labs in Palo Alto, California, sentdraft...
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