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  And Supercomputing Could Save Us All

  By Marc Hertz | Thu Nov 19, 2009 7:01 PM ET

  wants to get more powerful computing involved in the pursuit of educating others about the Earth's potentially dire future.According to this ComputerWorld article, Gore, who spoke at the SC09 conference (a supercomputing conference in Portland, Ore.), was quoted as saying, "Supercomputin Read More

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• iPhone and Verizon, Don't Tease Us

  By Marc Hertz | Mon Nov 9, 2009 8:13 PM ET

  this potential pairing, I'll admit I got a little excited. But because this is just speculation at this point, I won't be holding m Read More

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  Twitter's Got Lists

  By Marc Hertz | Mon Nov 2, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  Stewart are tweeting about, you simply put them together in one list and have easy access to their celebtastic tweets. And as mentioned in this ComputerWorld article, "Lists can be either private or public, which allows others to view your list and even subscribe to those tweets withou Read More

  More like this in: Ashton Kutcher, Shaquille O'Neal , Martha Stewart, Twitter, Microblogging, Technology, Celebrity
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  Have Your Mac and Eat, Too

  By Steve Tanner | Sat Oct 24, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  since the company earlier this month announced that it planned to license its Mac clone technology to other vendors.But its latest move, reported by ComputerWorld, takes the cake for sheer audacity.Psystar has just released a software utility that allows ordinary Joes with Inte Read More

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  Cutting the Power Cord: The Next Frontier?

  By Steve Tanner | Sun Oct 4, 2009 3:46 PM ET

  a prototype that successfully powers household appliances, but it's still too early to actually be practical, according to an article published by ComputerWorld.The still-evolving technology was able to provide a standard, 100-volt power supply to a 22-inch TV minus wires, which is encouraging Read More

  More like this in: Sony USA, Technology, College, Television, Electronics, Television Sets, Technology, Gadgets, Cutting-edge
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  New Microchip Detects Cancer

  By Steve Tanner | Tue Sep 29, 2009 6:54 PM ET

  experimental new chip detects cancer cells at the early stage, when the disease is still treatable.The chip is made with "nanowires," according to a ComputerWorld article, which can detect trace amounts of cancerous biomarkers. Lead investigator Shana Kelley, quoted in the article, said th Read More

  More like this in: Technology, Cancer, BlackBerry, Nanotechnology, University of Toronto, Technology, Science, Tech Does Good, Healthcare
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  160 Gigs in Your Hot Little Hand

  By Steve Tanner | Wed Sep 9, 2009 7:13 PM ET

  later. About the size of a credit card, the 1.8-inch Toshiba drive is designed for use in the next generation of handheld devices, according to the ComputerWorld article linked above.A Seagate 5 GB micro drive is pictured, in absence of a Toshiba photo, but it gives you an idea of just how tin Read More

  More like this in: Apple, Storage, Seagate Technology, TOSHIBA Corporation, Technology, Gadgets
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  MABNs to Untether Hospital Patients

  By Steve Tanner | Wed Sep 2, 2009 12:18 PM ET

  getting rid of all those monitoring wires?Silicon Valley-based GE Healthcare is reportedly working on it, as explained in an article published by ComputerWorld. The solution is a so-called "Medical Area Body Network" (or MABN), a wireless network running on a dedicated spectrum for use b Read More

  More like this in: Health, Healthcare, Silicon Valley, Federal Communications Commission, Technology, Science, Tech Does Good, Gadgets, Healthcare
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  Space Elevator as Global Warming Solution?

  By Steve Tanner | Tue Aug 18, 2009 12:01 AM ET

  Only a fraction of the sun's rays actually make it through our thick atmosphere, which is a good thing, so this may help overcome that obstacle.A ComputerWorld article covering last week's 2009 Space Elevator Conference discusses the very real  possibility that solar energy harvested in spac Read More

  More like this in: Technology, Science, NASA, Space, Solar Energy, Space Debris, Science Fiction
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  Literally, a Feel-Good Technology

  By Judy Mottl | Mon Aug 10, 2009 6:16 PM ET

  transforms mini computer devices such as smartphones, netbooks and PDAs into sensual computing devices.As writer Mike Elgan explains in a recent ComputerWorld article, haptics is on the verge of changing everything we've come to know about smartphone input capabilities.Just think about you Read More

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