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Twitter ‘can censor by country’

by admin on 27 Ocak 2012

Twitter says it now has the technology to censor tweets on a country by country basis, as it continues to expand internationally.
BBC News – Technology

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Primitive Attraction: Magnetized Moon Rock Points to Lunar Core’s Active Past

by admin on 27 Ocak 2012

The moon of today is a static orb with little to no internal activity; for all intents and purposes it appears to be a dead, dusty pebble of a world. But billions of years ago the moon may have been a place of far more dynamism–literally.

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Scientific American – News

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“Super WiFi” Blankets First County in U.S.

Ocak 26, 2012

A campaign to free up spectrum hoarded by old media bears fruit. New Hanover County, North Carolina just rolled out Super WiFi, which is its actual name, not just a patronizing euphemism I’m deploying because I think you can’t handle “a new WiFi standard operating in the ‘white spaces’ between 50-700Mhz, where previously only television [...]

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Better Place Launches Electric Fleet in Israel

Ocak 26, 2012

A network of fast battery-switching stations offers an unusual business model for electric cars. In four years, the electric-car company Better Place has traveled from startup to starting line. Last week, a fleet of 100 electrically powered Renault Fluence ZE sedans set out in a caravan along Israeli highways, signaling the start of the company’s [...]

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Smallest-Ever Nanotube Transistors Outperform Silicon

Ocak 26, 2012

A nine-nanometer device shows that nanotubes could be a viable alternative to silicon as electronics get even tinier. The smallest carbon-nanotube transistor ever made, a nine-nanometer device, performs better than any other transistor has at this size. Technology Review RSS Feeds

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O2 apology for mobile disclosure

Ocak 26, 2012

O2 apologises for a problem that could have exposed users’ mobile phone numbers to websites. BBC News – Technology

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Eye Study Is a Small but Crucial Advance for Stem-Cell Therapy

Ocak 25, 2012

The results show that the treatment can be safe, but whether it can be effective is another question. The first published clinical trial of stem-cell therapy is a tremendous boon to the company leading the experiment—but it’s only a small step forward for the field. Technology Review RSS Feeds

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Startup Makes Peel-Off Solar Cells

Ocak 25, 2012

Astrowatt’s wafer-making method could mean cheaper solar power. Today, most solar cells are made with a process that turns almost half of the raw material—highly refined and processed crystalline silicon—into sawdust. A new process developed by startup Astrowatt aims to eliminate most of this waste while making solar cells more efficient. Technology Review RSS Feeds

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