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Thought-controlled robot arm created by US scientists

Two people paralyzed by strokes have been able to move a robot arm using their thoughts, after having an electrode-containing device implanted in their brains Read more

17 May, 2012 by Jo Best
Alan Turing: 10 ideas beyond Enigma

Alan Turing: 10 ideas beyond Enigma

...fully appreciated. Image credit: Wikipedia Why is that? Turing's life and science inhabited that mysterious region between the computable and the incomputable. Both in... Read more

3 March, 2012 by S Barry Cooper
Sci-fi tech that came true

Sci-fi tech that came true

...grounds that others have been there first.The proof for that claim? Science fiction, of course.Samsung cited Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film 2001: A... Read more

3 September, 2011 by Josh Lowensohn

Graphene-based chips a step closer, say researchers

...Institute for Microelectronics Technology, Chernogolovka, Russia, and the National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan. The researchers published a paper detailing their discoveries in Nature... Read more

11 October, 2011 by Tom Espiner
3D nano-printing picks up speed

3D nano-printing picks up speed

Researchers from the Vienna University of Technology say they have increased the speed of three-dimensional nano-scale printing a thousand-fold Read more

13 March, 2012 by Tom Espiner
How does graphene work?

How does graphene work?

Graphene gets its unique properties from the geometry of its carbon atoms. But how does something so simple produce such profoundly different physics? Read more

13 June, 2011 by Lucy Sherriff
London's <endeca_term>Science</endeca_term> Museum links tech history

London's Science Museum links tech history

...found in South Kensington. Plans for Beagle 3 remain unrealised.Photo credit: Science Museum See more tech photos on ZDNet UK Read more

4 March, 2011 by Jon Yeomans

Government details £158m pot for science IT

...Announcing the move on Thursday, David Willetts, the minister for universities and science, said the largest allocation will pay for a national supercomputer to support... Read more

5 December, 2011 by Staff

Nasa's Curiosity rover heads off to Mars

...and vaulted into space on Saturday, boosting Nasa's $2.5bn Mars Science Laboratory rover on an eight-and-a-half-month, 352-million-mile... Read more

27 November, 2011 by William Harwood

Mars Curiosity rover set for Saturday launch

...Nasa's $2.5bn Mars Science Laboratory rover, the most complex and scientifically powerful robotic spacecraft ever built... Read more

25 November, 2011 by William Harwood
David Brin: state secrecy and <endeca_term>science</endeca_term> fiction

David Brin: state secrecy and science fiction

...we'll have some. Are you still exploring these ideas in your science fiction? There's a lot about transparency and secrecy in my novel... Read more

19 September, 2011 by Mary Branscombe

UK science investment slashed by 41 percent

...Government science investment is to fall by 41 percent over the next four years... Read more

21 December, 2010 by Jack Clark
<endeca_term>Science</endeca_term> Fact of the Day 1.7

Science Fact of the Day 1.7

Learn something new every day with Science Fact of the Day. Each day a fun and interesting science fact... Read more

24 May, 2012
DPLS <endeca_term>Science</endeca_term> Toolkit 3.4

DPLS Science Toolkit 3.4

...molecular mass, and from this main calculator over 80 other calculators and science tools can be called. These include a triangle calculator, an area and... Read more

25 April, 2012
Mystery Island II 1.9.2

Mystery Island II 1.9.2

Mystery Island II takes elements from puzzle games, adventure games, and science fiction to create a fun and interesting experience. Players must find and... Read more

10 February, 2012

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apexwm

JW, Thanks as always for the great review on these new releases. One thing that I've also read is that Fedora 17 will include GIMP 2.8 which is...

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apexwm

BrownieBoy: "Such crashes are normally down to the OS and/or a rogue application, which could be fixed by re-imaging. Everybody knows how Windows...

3 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Thomas Gellhaus

I've just started using it too, and like you I feel that Fedora is a fine GNOME 3 showcase distribution. I am torn, though, because I checked out...

3 hours ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Fedora 17 - The "Beefy Miracle" Arrives
pjc158

Why is it that Newzealand has the guts to stand up to the USA and ask to see the evidence and we don't!

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Dean Talboys

What a farce! Hopefully the European court will see where this is leading.

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Wouldn't surprise me if Samsung actually really had problems producing the white model (as Apple did - it would make more sense) and this non-story...

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those conformation letters are hard to figure out what is which letters it is a pain in the back side. Please make it more Ledge-able being better...

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

17 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

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BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

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apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

22 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

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SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

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Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

1 day ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

1 day ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

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BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

1 day ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC