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    Virginia man gets prison time for online threats 02/10/2009 07:24:00

    An Oakwood, Virginia, man who used a social-networking Web site to make threats of school shootings throughout the country has been sentenced to four years in a federal prison.
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    Fast chip runs on fumes 10/02/2009 08:44:00

    Mobile computing devices that need charging once a day would need it just once a month with a new type of chip that uses a thirtieth of the power of conventional chips and is seven times faster by virtue of underlying logic that embraces error in its calculations.
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    Little tech wins big as nanocar inventor takes science award 23/12/2008 04:09:00

    The inventor of a car slightly wider than a strand of DNA took the top prize in nanotechnologies this week. James Tour, a professor of chemistry at Rice University, won the Foresight Institute Feynman Prize for experimental nanotechnology for his nanocar, which is four nanometers across and includes a chassis with an engine, a pivoting suspension, and rotating axles attached to rolling buckyball wheels each made of 60 carbon atoms.
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    Researchers create graphite memory only 10 atoms thick 19/12/2008 04:27:00

    Researchers at Rice University have demonstrated a new data storage medium made out of a layer of graphite only 10 atoms thick.
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    Can supercomputers help save the economy? 01/12/2008 07:15:00

    President-elect Barack Obama will soon outline an economic stimulus plan that likely will include billions of dollars for infrastructure projects, such as roads, bridges and new schools. Obama also is hearing calls for new funding to improve the information infrastructure and the virtual highways it runs on, and to broaden access to high-performance computing (HPC) systems.
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    Former HP open-source exec hired by GNOME Foundation 08/07/2008 08:19:19

    As its open source desktop software grows in popularity across a wider range of electronic devices, the GNOME Foundation has decided to hire a new executive director to continue its spread.
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    100 e-mail bouncebacks? You've been backscattered. 05/05/2008 08:03:00

    The bounceback e-mail messages come in at a trickle, maybe one or two every hour. The subject lines are disquieting: "Cyails, Vygara nad Levytar," "UNSOLICITED BULK EMAIL, apparently from you."
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    Nanotech researchers create darkest man-made material 24/01/2008 08:03:02

    Nanotechnology researchers have built the darkest material ever made by man.
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    Geek stars: The secret (nerdy) life of celebrities 30/10/2007 09:28:07

    We at Computerworld would be the last to say that science and technology aren't creative pursuits. Still, when most people say, "Oh, she's very creative," they're probably not talking about the subject's ability to perform higher math or engineer a network. Such people might be amazed to learn of the remarkable number of actors, directors, musicians and other celebrities who nurture an inner geek.
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    Security hole found in Google desktop search 21/12/2004 08:35:26

    Researchers at Rice University have discovered what they say is a flaw in the beta version of Google's Desktop Search product that could allow third parties to access users' search result summaries, providing a sneak peek at part of the content of personal files.
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    Random chip structures to reduce manufacturing cost 21/10/2003 09:24:42

    A new chip-making technique developed by researchers at three U.S. universities could help lower the cost of future chips by replacing transistors with wires made from gold atoms and organic molecules that connect randomly placed structures, the team announced Monday.
 
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