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Thursday, 9th May 2013

How An Open Source Operating System Jumpstarted Robotics Research

How An Open Source Operating System Jumpstarted Robotics Research

The ROS (Robot Operating System), an open-source platform on which engineers build robotic programs and apps, is speeding robotic innovation around the world.

Science Lauren Orsini comments

Wednesday, 10th April 2013

Drunk, Scared And Alone? Time To Hit Facebook

Drunk, Scared And Alone? Time To Hit Facebook

New research shows that anxious people who use alcohol like Facebook more than their peers.

Social Brian S Hall comments

9 Things Microsoft Does Right: Can You Guess 'Em All?

9 Things Microsoft Does Right: Can You Guess 'Em All?

What does Microsoft do wrong? Lots of things. But the company also does some important stuff right.

Enterprise Mark Hachman comments

Monday, 8th April 2013

Teenagers & Smartphones: How They're Already Changing The World

Teenagers & Smartphones: How They're Already Changing The World

The rapid embrace of smartphones by teenagers will likely have significant and lasting repercussions for the web, the browser, the PC - and all that these touch.

Mobile Brian S Hall comments

Wednesday, 6th March 2013

At Microsoft's TechFest, The Future Is Big. Big Screens, That Is

At Microsoft's TechFest, The Future Is Big. Big Screens, That Is

At Microsoft's annual technology fair, researchers are busy showing off what the future is going to look like. They have one word for us: Big screens. (OK, make that two words.) Plus technology for controlling them with smartphones.

Science Mark Hachman comments

Wednesday, 23rd January 2013

Medical Lab In A Pill Is A Real-World Fantastic Voyage

Medical Lab In A Pill Is A Real-World Fantastic Voyage

Patients swallow an electronic "pill" that gives an inside look at their esophagus. No knockout juice needed.

Jim Nash comments

Monday, 31st December 2012

Do Violent Video Games Really Cause Violent Behavior?

Do Violent Video Games Really Cause Violent Behavior?

What does science say about whether graphic, violent video games are to blame for real-world violent acts?

Play Cormac Foster comments

Monday, 26th November 2012

Is TED Elitist? Curator Chris Anderson Ideates

Is TED Elitist? Curator Chris Anderson Ideates

Is TED elitist? Curator Chris Anderson talks about what it took to get here, where TED is going and his organization's real-world role.

Adam Popescu comments

Wednesday, 24th October 2012

Sloppy App Development Leaves Android Owners At Risk

Sloppy App Development Leaves Android Owners At Risk

A couple of German research teams have found that sloppy Android app development has compromised as many as 185 million Android devices holding apps that were downloaded from Google Play. Hackers like Android in particular because many app markets have lax policing, and telcos and hardware makers do a poor job fixing Android-related security holes.

Hack Antone Gonsalves comments

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