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Amazonian indigenous culture demonstrates a universal mapping of number onto space
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The ability to map numbers onto a line, a foundation of all mathematics, is universal, says a study published this week in the journal Science, but the form of this universal mapping is not linear but logarithmic.
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By analyzing brain activity, a computer model can correctly guess which word a person is pondering, new research suggests. Eventually, the results may help scientists understand the roots of certain kinds of cognitive problems.
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KDE vs. GNOME: Is One Better?
One of the hardest things for users of other platform to understand is that GNU/Linux does not have a single graphical display.
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Akamai reports what we already know: US broadband not so hot
It's no surprise that average broadband speeds in the US don't measure up to, say, South Korea. But there are a number of other countries that do better than the US, and even within the country, certain states are way ahead of others. A new report from Akamai has the details. Read More...
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Prosecutors Raid Samsung SDS Headquarters
Police investigating alleged software piracy by Samsung SDS yesterday raided the headquarters of the systems integration service provider.
donga.com |
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IBM Opens 7th Client Center in Russia
IBM today announced the opening of a client center in the city of Perm in the Russian Federation as part of the company's regional expansion.
Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance |
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YouTube Declines Senator Lieberman Request to Remove Terrorist-Produced Videos
If US Senator Joe Lieberman had his way, videos of a droning Osama bin Laden and fuzzy car bombs would be banned from the internet.
YaleGlobal Online |
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Microsoft Expects To See 50% Increase For Windows Mobile
Microsoft has said that it expects Windows Mobile sales to increase by at least half in the company's FY 2008/2009.
Tom's Hardware |
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Google Demos Slew of App Dev Tools For The Web
Google wooed the crowd at its I/O developer conference with the release of products aimed at making it easier for developers to build Web applications.
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Google posts strong April paid click figures
Boosting its market lead, the search giant posts strong growth in paid clicks for April, while competitors Yahoo and Microsoft post declines, according to ComScore.
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Walt Disney - Vod And Dvd Releases Will Soon Come On Same Day Say Moguls
Walt Disney Co. chief Robert Iger and News Corp Chairman Rupert Murdoch each predicted that movies will be released on video-on-demand platforms on cable and the Internet ...
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Anti-P2P Group Takes Down Revision3 Site
The chief executive of online video network Revision3 on Thursday accused MediaDefender, an anti-P2P contractor, of taking down the company's video-distribution operations over the Memorial Day weekend.
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National Lampoon and Dice.com Roll Out a Cast of Characters in New WebTV Series, ''National Lampoon's The Lemmings'' ...
LOS ANGELES----National Lampoon, Inc. , the most widely recognized brand in comedy, and maniaTV.com, a leading provider of long and short form internet television, today announced Dice.com as the official sponsor for the new sketch comedy show, "National Lampoon's The Lemmings".
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Zuckerberg Won't Be Microsoft's Monkey Boy
Selling Facebook to Microsoft would not be the best way to fulfill its mission of enabling people to connect with one another, said Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of the social network. During the D6: All Things Digital conference in Carlsbad, Calif., Zuckerberg was asked whether he would consider selling if Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer offered $15 billion for the network.
TechNewsWorld.com |
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Did Real Estate's Wonkiest Web Site Inspire New Josh Hartnett/David Bowie Film?
Besides the thrill of watching David Bowie lean forward all Bond-villian-like and say, "We don't much like the way you conduct your business," the trailer for the new Josh Hartnett film August will thrill New York real estate wonks that use the research Web site PropertyShark . Mr. Hartnett plays Tom Sterling, a luxury car-driving, babe-bedding start-up mogul behind an Internet start-up ...
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China Finance Online Reports Unaudited First Quarter 2008 Results
China Finance Online Co. Limited , a leading Chinese online financial information and listed company data provider, today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008:
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NAR, DOJ Reach Settlement on Anti-Trust Suit
The Department of Justice and the National Association of Realtors have reached a settlement on an anti-trust suit regarding the listing of internet-based real estate brokers.
Commercial Property News |
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Intellon's Technology, the Baseline for HomePlug 1.0, Integrated into New TIA-1113 International Standard by ...
OCALA, Fla., BUSINESS WIRE -- Intellon Corporation (Nasdaq:ITLN), a leading provider of HomePlug(R)-compatible integrated circuits (ICs) for home networking, networked entertainment, Ethernet-over-Coax (EoC) and smart grid applications, applauded the decision by the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) to incorporate HomePlug 1.0 powerline technology into its newly published ...
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Utilities Increase Web-based Offerings for Customer Self-Service, According to New Chartwell Report
More utilities are enticing customers to self-service transactions on the Internet by broadening their online services, Chartwell finds in its latest report, Web-based Customer Service in the Utility Industry 2008.
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ExactTarget Nationwide Digital Marketing Tour Heading to Denver
ExactTarget, a leading provider of on-demand, email and one-to-one marketing solutions, is bringing its series of one-day seminars, "Route 1to1: The New eMarketing Essentials," to the Westin Tabor Center in Denver, Colo. on June 12, 2008. Sponsored by Omniture, salesforce.com and SLI Systems, this nationwide email marketing tour is designed to respond to the needs of marketing professionals. ...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 26th Nov 2005 17:02 UTC, submitted by Mehta Bhai
"The Linux community was left stunned when Windows Server software outsold Linux in the server market. Gartner, Inc. recently reported that sales of Windows systems accounted for nearly 37 percent of all server revenue in the last quarter while Linux accounted for 31.7 percent.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 26th May 2006 20:32 UTC
Dell and Google have struck a deal , Google's CEO confirmed on May 25. Speaking at an investor conference in Las Vegas, Google CEO Eric Schmidt acknowledged that Dell and Google have reached an agreement.
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Deputies make Internet gambling busts
Pinellas County Sheriff's deputies and officers from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement have arrested the managers of three businesses, accusing them of maintaining gambling establishments.
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Recent Original Stories
Massachusetts' plan to standardize desktop applications on OpenDocument, an open standard not supported by Microsoft Office, essentially comes down to a matter of control , according Stephen O'Grady.
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Microsoft's grand plan to eliminate phone numbers
I've been puzzling over transcripts of a couple of recent speeches by Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates where he discussed his vision for the end of phone numbers. But it wasn't until today, when I learned more about Microsoft's "Echoes" services platform for telcos that I began piecing together how Gates...
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