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 Army Lifts Ban on Social Media 

Soldiers can use Twitter, Facebook from bases

Jun 11, 09 2:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US Army has lifted a years-long ban on online social networks, commanding bases to let soldiers access sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr so they can “tell the Army story,” Wired reports. The change doesn’t apply to all overseas bases or other armed forces, and it... More »

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technology • Internet • Facebook • US Army • military bases • Twitter

LED Spells End of Disposable Light Bulbs

Long-lived fixtures could cut energy use
in half in 20 years

May 30, 09 7:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - The rapid advance of light-emitting diode technology is blazing the way to greener lighting, the New York Times reports. LED lighting, once used only in the likes of traffic lights and scoreboards, is now being adopted by a growing number of cities and businesses. Experts say the lights, which last... More »

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 Microsoft's New 
 Search Engine: Bing 

'Decision engine' gives users more control over results

May 28, 09 1:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Microsoft wants “Bing” to replace “Google” as your verb of choice for Internet search, PC World reports, with CEO Steve Ballmer unveiling the search engine today at a conference in California. Bing—already available for a test run—will be fully rolled out by Wednesday. The runner-up... More »

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technology • Google • Internet • Microsoft • search engine • Steve Ballmer • Microsoft Live Search • Jay-ZTV • Bing

OPINION

 Introducing Web 3.0 

Mossberg and Swisher: it's an iPhone revolution

May 27, 09 11:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Web 2.0’s a thing of the past, write Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher for All Things D. "Something major is happening at the intersection of tech and media, and we think it deserves its own new hyped-up name,” they announce. Web 3.0 is the era... More »

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technology • Internet • Web 2.0 • iPhone • Walt Mossberg • iPod Touch • web 3.0 • mobile services • mobile Internet • gadget • handhelds • mobile devices • Jay-ZTV

(Newser) - Just-released patent applications suggest Microsoft has indeed created a so-called “Magic Wand” to rival the Wii remote, the BBC reports. It could come out at next month's industry expo in Los Angeles. The applications say the wand has "biometric sensors" that would detect "fingerprint, hand geometry, hand... More »

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technology • Microsoft • Xbox • sensors • video games • Wii

 'Hardware
 Hackers' 
 Get Handy 

Programmers leave screens for soldering irons

May 19, 09 2:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Seeking an escape from the confined world of their computer screens, programmers are applying their technological know-how to the physical world, building and tweaking an array of devices with their hands, the Boston Globe reports. “My normal job is way up in the clouds,” said a programmer at... More »

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technology • computer programming • software • programmers • software developers • hacking • invention • gadget

 Google Suffers Global Hiccup

For 2 hours, most services were unavailable

May 14, 09 2:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Google was down for nearly 2 hours earlier today in a mysterious and widespread outage, PC World reports. Services from the home search page to Gmail, YouTube, Maps, and News were unavailable to users in the US and as far away as China. The glitch—quickly dubbed #googlefail on Twitter—... More »

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technology • Google • Internet • AT&T • Twitter • failure • Jay-ZTV

Pentagon Backs iPhone,
iPod Apps for Combat Troops

Pentagon develops apps for ubiquitous Apple devices

May 11, 09 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - With more than 30,000 third-party applications now available for the iPhone and iPod touch, a new organization is getting into the game: the American military. As the Independent reports, the Pentagon thinks Apple's gadgets are ideal for "network centric warfare" and is funding projects for everything from translation... More »

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technology • Pentagon • iPhone • Apple • US military • iPod • iPod Touch • Iraq war • iPhone applications • Afghanistan war • App Store • Jay-ZTV

Tech Breathes New Life Into Ancient Manuscripts

Digitization, scanning of crumbling manuscripts preserves history

May 8, 09 10:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ancient documents have long odds of making it to the present intact, between fires and bugs and the other ravages of time. But today’s technology can tease information even out of charred papyrus scrolls, thanks to CT scans, infrared imaging, and X-ray fluorescence. And from there, digital images can... More »

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technology • artifacts • preservation • digitizing • ancient history • ancient writings

20% of Americans Drop Landline for Cell: Study

20% of households only use cell phones

May 6, 09 2:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - As Americans trim their spending, more are getting rid of landlines. In the second half of last year, 20% of households had only cell phones, outnumbering for the first time the 17% who had just landlines. The 3% jump from the first half of 2008 is the largest increase since... More »

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technology • cell phones • recession • Americans • land lines • survey

(Newser) - Amazon is set to introduce a tabloid-sized version of the Kindle tailored to display newspapers—just one of many e-readers in the pipe that just might toss a life-preserver to print journalism, the New York Times reports. In fact, Engadget expects the new Kindle to debut Wednesday at a... More »

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technology • media • E Ink • Kindle • News Corp • Amazon • newspaper industry • Hearst • e-readers • Plastic Logic

 Invisibility Cloak Takes 
 'Big Step Forward' 

'Carpet' technique bends and flattens light around objects

May 1, 09 7:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two teams of researchers say they're getting close to making a perfect invisibility cloak a reality, the BBC reports. The scientists—using a silicon-based material that eliminates the flaws of earlier, metal-based efforts—successfully made objects invisible at optical wavelengths by bending light around them and producing the illusion of... More »

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technology • invention • invisibility

 Think Hard: 
 Telekinetic Toys 
 On Their Way 

Concentration 'magically' lifts ball in tube

Apr 23, 09 12:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two companies are set to release toys this fall that kids can operate using only their minds—and that’s just the beginning of a telekinetic revolution, experts say. To use one toy, intrigued individuals wear a headset and concentrate on anything. The toy senses the brain’s electrical activity... More »

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technology • toys • mind • Mattel • neurons • gadget • telekinesis

UK Privacy Cops Won't Block Google Street View

Privacy groups overruled in favor of technology

Apr 23, 09 10:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Google Street View can keep capturing everyday British embarrassments, the nation’s information commission says, rejecting privacy groups that hoped the tech giant would be stopped. The agency ruled such a drastic step “disproportionate to the relatively small risk of privacy detriment.” British law allows filming from public... More »

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technology • Google • United Kingdom • privacy • Street View • ruling

(Newser) - Tired of texting your long-distance lover to say how much you care? A Scottish research lab hopes to connect couples with something a bit more poetic: "painted" light. Users of Mutsugoto wear touch-activated rings tracked by motion-sensing cameras mounted above their beds; caress your own arm and a matching... More »

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technology • love • light • dating • romance • relationship

ANALYSIS

 India's Medical Innovators 
 Have Much to Teach US 


Experts search for better, cheaper methods

Apr 18, 09 6:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sure, US hospitals lead the world in the latest technology—but they could learn a thing or two from India’s improving health care system, where pioneers are demonstrating how to give superior care without unnecessary costs, the Economist reports. “In our country’s patient-centric health system, you must... More »

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health care • technology • health care costs • India • hospital

ANALYSIS

 Conficker Worm Threat Lingers 

27 tech giants have banded together to fight it

Apr 2, 09 11:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - April Fools’ Day passed without major incident, but the Conficker computer worm is still contacting 500 websites daily from millions of infected computers, reports PC World. A conglomerate of 27 tech heavyweights—including Microsoft, Facebook, and AOL—have managed to limit the peer-to-peer worm’s communicability. But Conficker is still... More »

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technology • file sharing • computer virus • hackers • peer-to-peer • antivirus • Conficker

 BlackBerry Users 
 Get an App Store 

RIM hopes it'll draw more customers

Apr 1, 09 5:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - RIM's latest effort to quench their Blackberry users' iPhone envy is an application store, the Wall Street Journal reports. The company expects about 1,000 applications to be posted at the new App World this week—still a trickle compared to Apple's 15,000. Those now available include apps for... More »

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technology • cell phones • Research In Motion • BlackBerry • smartphones • iPhone applications

(Newser) - Honda today demonstrated new technology it hopes will make the Jetsons look old-fashioned. The company unveiled a special helmet that allows its wearer to control a robot by thought alone, the Guardian reports. The helmet scans brain activity and relays it to a computer, which then instructs the robot what... More »

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technology • Honda • robot

 Soaring Iraq Stock Market 
 Gets Electronic Trading 

Booming exchange will do away with writing prices on whiteboards

Mar 27, 09 9:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Stock traders in Baghdad are preparing for a bonanza: the introduction of electronic trading, which will replace the current system of writing prices on whiteboards, reports the Times of London. Iraq's market has risen 30% this year as improved security and dirt-cheap prices—the most expensive stock costs about 9... More »

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Iraq • technology • Baghdad • stock exchange • bull market

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