Quantum Cloaking Makes Molecules Invisible KentuckyFC writes "An international team of physicists has applied the ideas of cloaking to the quantum world and worked out how to hide quantum objects such as molecules. In the quantum world, seeing

Category :Technology | 3 views | read more | 2008-11-16 16:31:00

On the Economics of the Kindle perlow writes "Just how many books a year would you need to read before the cost of Amazon's Kindle is justified? The answer is not so cut-and-dried. If you're a college student and all of your texts

Category :Technology | 3 views | read more | 2008-11-16 15:18:00

Pinpointing Creativity In the Brain The Times Online has a lengthy story about the work being done to solve mysteries regarding the brain and various aspects of neuroscience. They discuss some of the "brain-training" myths and look at t

Category :Technology | 6 views | read more | 2008-11-16 14:05:00

Some Schools Welcoming Patent Firm, Others Wary theodp writes "Intellectual Ventures (IV) will be setting up shop at the top of a Four Seasons this week as Headline Sponsor of the Ready to Commercialize 2008 conference hosted by the University of T

Category :Technology | 6 views | read more | 2008-11-16 12:54:00

Second <em>World of Warcraft</em> Expansion Launched, Conquered The much-anticipated second expansion to World of Warcraft, entitled Wrath of the Lich King, launched on Thursday, introducing a new continent, raising the level cap to 80, and bringing a wealth of ne

Category :Technology | 5 views | read more | 2008-11-16 11:46:00

How To Build a Web 2.0 Government? UltraAyla writes "With the announcement that President-Elect Obama will record his weekly address as a YouTube video to be posted at Change.gov, questions arise as to how an Internet-fueled candidacy

Category :Technology | 3 views | read more | 2008-11-16 10:35:00

NASA Draws On Open Source For Shuttle Bug-Tracking thefickler writes "NASA has built a new software package to track problems with the Space Shuttle using open source tools from Mozilla. '[Alonso Vera, the lead of the Ames Human-Computer Interaction G

Category :Technology | 3 views | read more | 2008-11-16 09:25:00

Toyota Demands Removal of Fan Wallpapers An anonymous reader writes "TorrentFreak reports that Toyota's lawyers have recently contacted computer wallpaper site Desktop Nexus in a blatant example of DMCA abuse. Toyota issued a blanket request

Category :Technology | 4 views | read more | 2008-11-16 08:16:00

Apple Quietly Releases Safari 3.2 99BottlesOfBeerInMyF writes "Yesterday Apple quietly slipped out an update to their Safari Web browser to version 3.2. The notable feature is that it finally adds anti-phishing technology, an area whe

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A Replica of the First 4004 Calculator mcpublic writes "For the 37th anniversary of Intel's 4004, the world's first off-the-shelf, customer-programmable microprocessor, vintage computer enthusiast Bill Kotaska has successfully built a repl

Category :Technology | 5 views | read more | 2008-11-16 04:05:00