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Internet addresses set for change
The internet regulator has approved plans to allow non-Latin-script web addresses, in a move that is set to transform the online world. The board of Icann voted at its annual meeting in Seoul to allow domain names in Arabic, Chinese and other characters in what is being described as the biggest change to the way [...]
Intel Claims Memory Research Milestone
Intel (NSDQ: INTC) and Numonyx say they have achieved a research milestone in computer memory that could one day lead to a less expensive and higher-performing alternative to the technology used today. The accomplishment stems from the work the two companies have been doing together on a type of non-volatile memory called phase-change memory, or [...]
WiFi pioneer John O’Sullivan wins PM’s Prize for Science
ALMOST two decades after pioneering high-speed wireless technology, John O’Sullivan has won one of the nation’s top science gongs. The CSIRO scientist was awarded the prestigious Prime Minister’s Prize for Science for 2009 for his WiFi technology now found in millions of laptops, printers, wireless access devices and even Nintendo’s Wii. Dr O’Sullivan and his [...]
Latest Facebook redesign
The only thing constant about change is that it sucks. For proof, look no farther than the 300 million-plus Facebook users who spent last weekend coming to terms to the social network’s latest, but certainly not last, redesign. The Twitter-like filter-free home page everyone hated a few months back was gone, and the default feed [...]
Ostrom, Williamson Win Nobel Prize for Economics – WSJ.com
Two American economists, Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson, who study the way decisions are made outside the markets on which many other economists focus, were awarded the Nobel Prize in economics Monday.Ms. Ostrom, who teaches at Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind., is the first woman to win the prize, which, before Monday, had been awarded [...]
Trio wins chemistry Nobel for solving ribosome riddle
Trio wins chemistry Nobel for solving ribosome riddle | Reuters Three scientists who produced an atom-by-atom map of the mysterious, life-giving ribosome won the Nobel Prize for chemistry on Wednesday, a breakthrough that has been vital for the development of new antibiotics. While DNA molecules contain the blueprint for life inside each cell of every [...]
Google AdSense leaks Apple’s refreshed iMac, Mac mini, Macbook?
Google AdSense leaks Apple’s refreshed iMac, Mac mini, Macbook? This one is for all you online tea leaf readers and Apple SKU / crystal ball aficionados: Further confirming our suspicion that something more affordable may be on the horizon, Google AdSense this weekend started serving users in the Netherlands with ads for new iMacs, MacBooks, [...]
Augmented reality browser Layar wins 75K euro prize
Augmented reality browser Layar wins 75K euro prize – Springwise Innovative startups managed to scoop up some hefty cash prizes in Amsterdam on Friday. In addition to RidgeBlade winning EUR 500,000 in the Green Challenge, augmented reality browser Layar bagged EUR 75,000 in Vodafone’s Mobile Clicks contest. Layar is a free mobile browser that displays [...]
Twitter testing tool to organize tweets
AFP: Twitter testing tool to organize tweets Twitter on Thursday began letting a small number of users test a “Lists” feature for dividing maelstroms of tweets into manageable sub-categories. “The idea is to allow people to create lists of Twitter accounts,” project lead Nick Kallen said in a blog post. “For example, you could create [...]
India’s thirst for groundwater raising global sea levels
India’s thirst for groundwater raising global sea levels – Developmental Issues – Environment – NEWS – The Times of India India’s thirst for groundwater is threatening a major water crisis, and adding to global sea level rise, says a report. Virendra Tiwari, from the National Geophysical Research Institute in Hyderabad, says that satellite measurements have [...]
