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Wrapping up Speeds and Feeds, part 3: Ruggedness
November 11, 2009 6:10 AM PST
Rugged laptops are available from several manufacturers, but they're too bulky and expensive for mainstream consumers. We need rugged consumer notebooks; here's how we'll get them.
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Singularity University seasons executives for the future
November 11, 2009 6:00 AM PST
During the institution's inaugural executive program, 20 students are getting an intense education in the exponential technologies that could shape their companies and industries for decades to come.
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Nokia: Smartphone batteries need 'breakthrough'
November 11, 2009 5:57 AM PST
The head of the handset maker's research center says it will be a long time yet before power-hungry smartphones can last on a weekly power charge.
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Is Mozilla's contributions program working?
November 11, 2009 4:00 AM PST
A few months ago Mozilla gave add-on developers a tip jar as a way for them to get paid for their creations. But is anyone making any money off the program?
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As alternative energy grows, NIMBY turns green
November 11, 2009 4:00 AM PST
With more renewable energy projects trying to come online, the country grapples with the balance between local land use and a national push for clean energy.
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Kerry, U.N.'s Ban upbeat on climate prospects
November 10, 2009 5:44 PM PST
U.S. Senator John Kerry says he'll try to outline a compromise climate control bill, and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is upbeat on Washington's intentions.
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Will Craigslist drive scalpers out of business?
November 10, 2009 5:44 PM PST
If I want good seats to a sold-out show, I wait until the last minute and buy via the Internet. How long before everybody else figures this out?
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Sponge absorbs 180 times its weight (in toxic sludge)
November 10, 2009 5:37 PM PST
Researchers in China have adapted carbon nanotubes into a sponge-like material that can be squeezed dry and used to mop up oil spills.
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Logitech buys video-conferencing firm LifeSize
November 10, 2009 5:20 PM PST
Acquisition puts the maker of Webcams and other peripherals into the video-conferencing market.
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Adobe to cut 9 percent of workforce
November 10, 2009 5:05 PM PST
Elimination of 680 full-time jobs comes as the software maker tries to align costs in the face of lagging sales. They follow a 9 percent reduction within the Omniture unit.
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Smartphone users, keep complaining
November 10, 2009 4:18 PM PST
Want great software for your mobile phone? Keep up the complaints. That was the message at a Tuesday session aimed at developers at the BlackBerry Developer Conference in San Francisco.
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New York hospital revives ailing computer network
November 10, 2009 4:09 PM PST
St. Vincent's Medical Center switches to desktop virtualization and sees big savings in both staff time and electric bills.
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Two new remote Webcams: Mole and Vue
November 10, 2009 3:56 PM PST
One is small and simple but fails as a security camera; the other is big and ugly but does it all.
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Microsoft moves MSN Video under Bing umbrella
November 10, 2009 3:56 PM PST
The software maker said on Tuesday it is combining its video search and MSN content under the Bing brand.
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Create audio messages from song samples
November 10, 2009 3:38 PM PST
Let Them Sing It For You is a Web app that lets you enter a text message, then splices the words together from pieces of songs it finds on the Web.
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Eastern Europeans charged in payment processor hack
November 10, 2009 3:38 PM PST
Grand jury indicts defendants accused of hacking into RBS WorldPay network and running "one of the most sophisticated computer hacking rings in the world."
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RealNetworks appeals injunction on RealDVD sales
November 10, 2009 3:02 PM PST
Real asks appeals court to overturn federal judge's decision to halt sales of DVD-copying software.
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Google hopes to remake programming with Go
November 10, 2009 3:00 PM PST
A Unix co-creator is among those behind a language Google hopes will speed computers and programming. Today, Go becomes open-source software.
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A child porn-planting virus: Threat or bad defense?
November 10, 2009 2:38 PM PST
There is some concern that malware can plant illegal child porn on innocent people's computers, but experts say that, while possible, it's not very likely.
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When open source isn't (open enough)
November 10, 2009 1:15 PM PST
It's very possible to be completely open-source without being completely open, but this may fade as more companies learn to use open source effectively.
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