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NEWS ABOUT: computing

computing stories: 5 news summaries

 Après Le Deluge: 
 French Battle 
 Anglo Terms 
 in Web Age 

Experts struggle to create equivalents for terms like 'cloud computing'

Oct 14, 09 4:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Defenders of the French language are fighting a rear-guard action against a flood of Anglo-Saxon computing terms. In a process that lags far behind advances in technology, experts are tasked with finding French equivalents for new computing technology. The terms must then be passed by a panel of linguists and... More »

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Internet • France • language • translation • terminology • foreign languages • computing • French

(Newser) - Nokia is charging into the mobile computing market with its first netbook, PC World reports. The phone company’s Booklet 3G features 3G connectivity for Internet access and packs a healthy 12 hours of battery life. The tiny laptop—10 inches—runs Windows and has Nokia’s Ovi mobile... More »

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Apple • Microsoft Windows • Nokia • laptop • 3G wireless networks • Netbooks • mobile devices • computing • Booklet 3G

OPINION

 Google Quietly Conquers 
 With Irresistible Apps 

Columnist worries about being so tied to giant, but everything just works so well

Nov 24, 08 10:28 AM CST
(Newser) - Despite near-total lack of marketing, Google finds its way into Web lovers’ hearts with an irresistible bundle of applications. “Having grown up in the vapor trail of the ’60s, I learned to be wary of large, centralized organizations,” David Carr writes in the New York Times. “... More »

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Google • marketing • search engine • Google Apps • computing

Quantum Internet
Gets Closer

New kind of Net would be automatically secure

Apr 15, 08 12:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - A recent quantum computing breakthrough is a step towards creating a quantum Internet—which would be "automatically secure," a researcher told Technology Review. A Northwestern University professor has created a fundamental element of a quantum computer, a quantum logic gate, within an optical fiber, where previous gates... More »

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Internet • computer • quantum computing • computing • supercomputer • quantum Internet • Prem Kumar • Northwestern University

 New Electronics 
 Can Stretch, Fold 

Bendable circuits perform as well as rigid circuitry

Mar 28, 08 1:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - New research showing that it’s possible to make stretchable, bendable complex electrical circuits could open the door to wearable computers and to health-monitoring systems that can be implanted, Technology Review reports. Previous bendable circuitry was too slow for complex computing, but the new circuits, of ultra-thin silicon on... More »

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University of Illinois • silicon • bendable electronics • computing • wearable computers • Northwestern University

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