Today's News
Most Malware Tied to 'Pay-Per-Install' Market
- 06.09.2011
- Computing
- By Brian Krebs
A shadowy industry lets spammers and other cybercriminals pay their way into your computer.
Android or Windows? Now You Don't Have to Choose
- 06.09.2011
- Communications
- By Erica Naone
- 2 Comments
A startup lets smart-phone apps run as fast as normal on a PC or laptop.
The Search for E. coli Gains Speed
- 06.08.2011
- Biomedicine
- By Kate Baggott
Strain-specific tests quickly rule out bean sprouts as the cause of the deadly outbreak.
Pixel Trickery Helps Create a Brighter Screen
- 06.08.2011
- Computing
- By Kate Greene
Tablets could be lighter and last longer thanks to a new screen technology.
Tracking Down Twitter's Best Rumor Spreaders
- 06.08.2011
- Web
- By Erica Naone
- 2 Comments
A new approach could help marketers target users with the most influence.
Today's Blogs
The Five Worst (Hard) Science Fiction Movies Ever
Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony Hope to Change the Game
Will iTunes Match Let Apple See Your Pirated Music?
Could Better Displays Prevent Nearsightedness?
The Dark Matter Data Bonanza
Live TV Coming to the Xbox
iTunes Match Is the Ghost of Lala
Natural Gas Could 'Muscle Out' Renewables
Imaging Method Reveals Hidden Brain Injuries
- 06.08.2011
- Biomedicine
- By Brittany Sauser
- 1 Comment
The brains of soldiers who have been exposed to blasts show tissue damage up to a year later.
GE Combines Natural Gas, Wind, and Solar
- 06.07.2011
- Energy
- By Kevin Bullis
- 5 Comments
The hybrid plant could be the cheapest and easiest way to add renewable energy to the grid.
Using Wi-Fi for Navigating the Great Indoors
- 06.07.2011
- Communications
- By Tom Simonite
A phone can locate you indoors to within a few paces by combining Wi-Fi signals and the jolt of your footsteps.
Startup's Battery Could Provide Cheaper Grid Storage
- 06.07.2011
- Energy
- By Kevin Bullis
- 9 Comments
The key is a modular design, which could make the technology practical as a way to keep the grid stable and reduce electricity costs.
Why Didn't Apple Launch a Music Streaming Service?
- 06.06.2011
- Web
- By Erica Naone
Data-hungry apps are colliding with limited data plans.
Apple Puts the Cloud into All Its Devices
- 06.06.2011
- Computing
- By Tom Simonite
Photos, songs, and documents created on one Apple device will soon magically appear on others you own.
A Big Test for New Internet Addresses
- 06.06.2011
- Web
- By Kristina Bjoran
- 2 Comments
Why Google, Facebook, and others are taking part in World IPv6 Day this week.
Keeping Neurons Alive in Parkinson's Patients
- 06.06.2011
- Biomedicine
- By Courtney Humphries
- 1 Comment
An upcoming clinical trial will attempt to solve problems that have plagued one potentially promising treatment.
Can Google Know Where the Gmail Attack Came from?
- 06.03.2011
- Web
- By Erica Naone
- 2 Comments
The company blames China, but none of the evidence is definitive—which is the nature of such attacks.
An Ultra-High-Definition 3-D TV
- 06.03.2011
- Materials
- By Katherine Bourzac
- 3 Comments
New electronics enable a jump in performance in a prototype display made by Samsung.
What Will a Nuclear-Free Germany Cost?
- 06.03.2011
- Energy
- By Peter Fairley
- 40 Comments
Merkel's plan to exchange nuclear reactors for offshore wind farms and a stronger grid could cost more than expected.
Arabic Social Startup Stays Local
d1g.com shows the value of building a social networking site around local customs.
Stimulating New Therapy for Epilepsy
- 06.03.2011
- Biomedicine
- By Lauren Gravitz
Electrodes placed on the forehead can ease seizures and more.
U.S. Aims Missiles at Hackers
- 06.02.2011
- Web
- By David Talbot
- 5 Comments
The Pentagon will treat cyberattacks as acts of war—but how will it identify the enemy?
Researchers Crack Audio Security System
Spammers could create new accounts more cheaply.
Tapping Quantum Effects for Software that Learns
- 06.01.2011
- Computing
- By Tom Simonite
- 24 Comments
Defense contractor Lockheed Martin paid $10 million for a "quantum computer" that is also being tested by Google.
How Friends Influence Gadget Adoption
- 06.01.2011
- Web
- By Erica Naone
- 3 Comments
Buying habits revealed via social networks could predict whether a product takes off or not.
Sony Sets Its Sights on Augmented Reality
- 05.31.2011
- Computing
- By Duncan Graham-Rowe
The future of mobile gaming will merge the virtual and real worlds.
Startup Hopes to Make Sickness Social
- 05.31.2011
- Web
- By Erica Naone
- 2 Comments
Social networking data could give clues to outbreaks of disease.
The Limits of Tornado Predictions
- 05.26.2011
- Computing
- By Kristina Bjoran
- 2 Comments
Meteorologists can use many technologies to forecast tornadoes, but the predictions aren't as precise as they'd like.
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