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8 Things You Need To Know About Watches
24/06/2011 12:54
Few things say more about a man than his watch. Its character, look and style can give others a peek into a man's background (and priorities) without having to ask a single question. That is why purchasing a watch is such a personal -- and important -- decision.
Of course, there are men out there...
Norton Mobile Security 2.0 Beta
19/06/2011 13:32
Norton Mobile Security 2.0 Beta
Editor's Note: Product not yet tested. The following description is from the manufacturer.
In conjunction with announcing the one-year anniversary of the "Norton Everywhere" initiative, Symantec today released Norton Mobile Security 2.0 Beta. The successor...
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Intel's New Laser-Like Focus
24/06/2011 12:50
Yesterday, company officials announced that they had created, in partnership with researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara, a new silicon-based computer chip capable of processing laser beams.
This might not sound like much, but it's actually a big deal. This latest development...
Engineers Understanding Your Role as a Leader
24/06/2011 12:48
Another important aspect of being a good leader is understanding your role. As a leader, your role is to help those that you are leading to do their job to the best of their ability. Therefore in order for you to succeed, you should strive to help them succeed. This is a difficult concept for many...
Top 10 Things That Women Invented
20/06/2011 19:58
At the end of the 20th century, only 10 percent of all patents were awarded to female inventors [source: Bedi]. When you compile a list of the most famous inventions of the past few centuries, few women will show up as the creators of those items. It's not that women lack ingenuity or a creative...
Outperforming Moore's Law
20/06/2011 19:51
Outperforming Moore's Law
The electrical efficiency of computing has risen faster, for a longer time, than computational speed and cost
By Jonathan G. Koomey / March 2010
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The number of transistors on a chip has doubled about every two...
A short history of the computer
20/06/2011 19:50
A short history of the computer
The Analytical Engine “might act upon other things besides number, were objects found whose mutual fundamental relations could be expressed by those of the abstract science of operations... Supposing, for instance, that the fundamental relations of pitched sounds in...
What Young Engineers Want Out of the Revolutions
20/06/2011 19:49
Fed up with their countries' stagnant politics and economies, chronic unemployment and underemployment, low living standards, and lack of opportunities, young men and women took to the streets earlier this year in Egypt and Tunisia and overthrew their governments. Young engineers were among the...
Google Getting into TV!
19/06/2011 13:48
Google Getting into TV!
Google announced news that has the potential to be
groundbreaking with their plan to launch Google TV. It promises to blend
high definition television with web content, data from their wildly
popular Android device, and from the Windows Media Center. Their...
Nano-LEDs emit full visible spectrum of light
19/06/2011 13:43
Nano-LEDs emit full visible spectrum of light
The new nano-LEDs have a unique structure that consists of 40-nm-thick nanodisks sandwiched between two layers of nanorods, resulting in a nanodisk-in-nanorod geometry. The nanodisks are made of indium gallium nitride (InGaN), a...
First self-powered device with wireless data transmission
19/06/2011 13:41
First self-powered device with wireless data transmission
Abstract
We demonstrate the first self-powered system driven by a nanogenerator (NG) that works wirelessly and independently for long-distance data transmission. The NG was made of a free cantilever beam that consisted of a...
Nanoparticles may help inhibit Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders
19/06/2011 13:37
Nanoparticles may help inhibit Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders
Nanoparticles of the right dimensions and shape may be the key in combating the plaque that destroys neurons and leads to symptoms associated with Alzheimer's disease, a new report...