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Eyes and invisibility at the Royal <endeca_term>Society</endeca_term>

Eyes and invisibility at the Royal Society

...On Monday, ZDNet UK visited the Royal Society's annual Summer Science Exhibition, which brings together cutting-edge science and... Read more

5 July, 2011 by Jack Clark

China to overtake US in science research

...scientific research activity over the next two years, according to a Royal Society report. In particular, China will overtake in terms of global share of... Read more

29 March, 2011 by Jack Clark
David Brin: state secrecy and science fiction

David Brin: state secrecy and science fiction

...effects technology can have on people. In 1998, he wrote The Transparent Society, an award-winning book investigating privacy, surveillance, people's rights and the... Read more

19 September, 2011 by Mary Branscombe

Colossus of computing conservation Tony Sale dies

...Museum in London. In 1989, he helped set up the Computer Conservation Society, a specialist group of the British Computer Society. Two years after that... Read more

30 August, 2011 by Tom Espiner
Tech schemes vie for massive EU funding

Tech schemes vie for massive EU funding

...and 'complexity science', it would provide new insights into the functioning of society and possibly the discovery of new laws of nature. Dynamic data sources... Read more

4 May, 2011 by David Meyer

Iana allocates final IPv4 address blocks

...The event, World IPv6 Day, is being co-ordinated by the Internet Society. "The notion is of a rigorous test of services that are already... Read more

4 February, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Google, Facebook to trial IPv6 access on key domains

...in preparation for the transition to the new internet protocol, the Internet Society has said. Major internet domains will trial IPv6 — championed by Vint Cerf... Read more

13 January, 2011 by Ben Woods

Seminal UK computer Edsac to be recreated

...to see it at all stages in the process, the Computer Conservation Society said in its announcement on Thursday. The Edsac computer, pictured here in... Read more

13 January, 2011 by Rupert Goodwins

BCS leaders win vote over transformation plan

The leadership of the British Computer Society won a crucial vote on Thursday, fighting off a challenge from a... Read more

1 July, 2010 by Ben Woods
An Inter-Networking Mechanism Using Stepwise Synchronization for Wireless Sensor Networks

An Inter-Networking Mechanism Using Stepwise Synchronization for Wireless Sensor Networks

To realize the ambient information society, multiple wireless networks deployed in the region or carried by users are... Read more

8 October, 2010

Photos: AI enters the home and the workplace

...Elsewhere at the Royal Society exhibition was this holographic radar scanner for landmines. The holographic radar scanner... Read more

7 July, 2010 by Nick Heath
Amusing Ourselves to Death (by Neil Postman) 2.4.2

Amusing Ourselves to Death (by Neil Postman) 2.4.2

...must listen for anyone who hopes to understand what the new information society might be like. A well-produced effort for serious listening. Library JournalEXPERIENCE... Read more

22 January, 2012
MAMI: Mi Ayuda Mueve Ilusiones HD 2.0.1

MAMI: Mi Ayuda Mueve Ilusiones HD 2.0.1

...micro-grants. We are a team of people committed to the current society and its values, we put at the service of the group of... Read more

6 October, 2011
MAMI: Mi Ayuda Mueve Ilusiones 2.0.1

MAMI: Mi Ayuda Mueve Ilusiones 2.0.1

...micro-grants.We are a team of people committed to the current society and its values, we put at the service of the group of... Read more

6 October, 2011
Videoraman 1.1

Videoraman 1.1

...regional development and the Hellenic Public ,in the framework of the program "Society of Information"Hellas co-financed development programs www.hellaskps.gr Europe information... Read more

23 July, 2011

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Moley

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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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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...

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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...

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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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Lonnie

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!

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Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

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BrownieBoy

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496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

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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...

23 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