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New Tracking Frontier: Your License Plates
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New Tracking Frontier: Your License Plates

For more than two years, the police in San Leandro, Calif., photographed Mike Katz-Lacabe's Toyota Tercel almost weekly.

Nasa's Infrared Observatory Measures Expansion of Universe
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Nasa's Infrared Observatory Measures Expansion of Universe

Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have announced the most precise measurement yet of the Hubble constant, or the rate at which our universe is stretching...

The Real Tron: It Security As a Shoot 'em ­p
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The Real Tron: It Security As a Shoot 'em ­p

Alert to a sudden threat, you race down a virtual corridor of servers, hot on the tail of malicious software.

Information Nation: Digital Social Experiment to Put a Human Face on Big Data
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Information Nation: Digital Social Experiment to Put a Human Face on Big Data

Imagine seeing life through one eyeball but then being given the ability to view the world through two or even three eyeballs at once.

Sites That Pay the Shopper For Being a Seller
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Sites That Pay the Shopper For Being a Seller

Julie Medeiros thinks her taste in fashion is worth something. Turns out it is: about $50 a month.

Uc Davis Team's Piano System Animates Hands to Do-Re-Mi
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Uc Davis Team's Piano System Animates Hands to Do-Re-Mi

University of California, Davis researchers have developed an algorithm that creates computer-generated animations of piano playing, showing finger placement and...

New Android Malware App Turns Phone Into Surveillance Device
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New Android Malware App Turns Phone Into Surveillance Device

Mobile malware has largely been limited to Trojans buried inside a malicious app targeting sensitive data stored on the phone such as email, contact information...

U.s. Bank Website Hackers Used Advanced Botnets, Diverse Tools
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U.s. Bank Website Hackers Used Advanced Botnets, Diverse Tools

The hackers behind the cyber attacks on major U.S. banks have repeatedly disrupted online banking by using sophisticated and diverse tools that point to a carefully...

Online Education Grows Up, and For Now, It's Free
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Online Education Grows Up, and For Now, It's Free

Online education isn't particularly new. It has been around in some form since the 1990s, but what is new is the speed and scale in which online learning is growing...

More Mobile News Consumers Choosing Web Over Apps
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More Mobile News Consumers Choosing Web Over Apps

Mobile apps were supposed to be the reset button for the news industry.

Project Aims to Crowdsource What Makes a Happy City
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Project Aims to Crowdsource What Makes a Happy City

Cambridge University researchers will use crowdsourcing to rank the most peaceful and happy places in London.  

The Economics of Video Games
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The Economics of Video Games

Inflation can be a headache for any central banker. But it takes a certain type of economist to know what to do when a belligerent spaceship fleet attacks an interstellar...

Mobile Ads: Here's What Works and What Doesn't
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Mobile Ads: Here's What Works and What Doesn't

In 2010, Apple Inc. AAPL co-founder Steve Jobs proclaimed, "Mobile advertising really sucks." Now, however, the rule book for what works in mobile advertising is...

Facebook's New Pitch to Brand Advertisers: Forget About Clicks
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Facebook's New Pitch to Brand Advertisers: Forget About Clicks

Facebook Inc., stung by doubts that advertising on the social network delivers enough bang for the buck, is preparing to unveil data to counter its critics and...

Next ­p: Environmentally Safe Electronics That Also Vanish in the Body
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Next ­p: Environmentally Safe Electronics That Also Vanish in the Body

University of Illinois researchers say they have developed biodegradable electronics technology that could lead to new design paradigms for a wide range of applications...

Mandelbrot: Art, Math, Science, and Works in Progress
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Mandelbrot: Art, Math, Science, and Works in Progress

The image here, generated from a relatively simple mathematical formula, has become iconic and permanently connected with the man who identified it: mathematician...

Automatic Building Mapping Could Help Emergency Responders
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Automatic Building Mapping Could Help Emergency Responders

MIT researchers have built a wearable sensor system that automatically creates a digital map of the environment through which the wearer is moving.

Warehouse 'bots Do Battle to Make Same-Day Delivery a Reality
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Warehouse 'bots Do Battle to Make Same-Day Delivery a Reality

The robots zipping across the aluminum grid look less like Star Wars droids and more like little red wagons.

­c Berkeley Researchers May Track Twitter Hackers
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­c Berkeley Researchers May Track Twitter Hackers

A $10 million grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation will enable University of California, Berkeley researchers to spend the next five years exploring...

Google Adds Coral Reef Panoramas to Street View Maps
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Google Adds Coral Reef Panoramas to Street View Maps

Google recently added panoramas of coral reefs to its Street View services, enabling users to navigate their way around the sites.
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