NewsFactor - IBM, in collaboration with five universities, announced plans Thursday to create computing systems that simulate and emulate the brain's abilities for sensation, perception, action, interaction and cognition while rivaling its low power consumption and compact size. The goal is to solve the problem of information management.
Publ.Date : Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:45:08 GMT
NewsFactor - Online games, social-networking Web sites, and chat rooms are empowering and motivating for teens and help with their development, according to a study released Thursday by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation at the American Anthropological Association's annual meeting. The study covered three years and 5,000 hours of observing teens online.
Publ.Date : Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:46:29 GMT
BusinessWeek Online - With the recession in full swing, industries across the charts have been laying off hundreds of employees -- making the job market increasingly competitive. So what's a freshly unemployed tech professional to do? Hit the streets and start networking. As the hordes of job-seekers descend upon trade shows, conferences, and meet-ups around the country, a few mobile startups could be poised to profit from their misery: digital business-card services.
Publ.Date : Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:08:43 GMT
PC Magazine - NBC News has made a big pitch to the Facebook generation, offering users of the social-networking site the chance to test their knowledge using video from the network's vast archives.
Publ.Date : Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:03:26 GMT
Reuters - NBC News has made a big pitch to the Facebook generation, offering users of the social-networking site the chance to test their knowledge using video from the network's vast archives.
Publ.Date : Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:05:14 GMT
NewsFactor - Nokia and IBM on Thursday launched IBM Lotus Notes support for Nokia's S60-based mobile phones. That means millions of Lotus Notes users will be able to access their e-mail on Nokia devices in December.
Publ.Date : Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:50:54 GMT
AFP - Google has bought a 75 hectare (185 acre) property in the north of Austria to erect a new European server farm within two years, the US Internet search engine giant said Thursday.
Publ.Date : Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:44:26 GMT
InfoWorld - Sun Microsystems has heard from a company concerned about the vetting process of Java and open source, a Sun official said on Wednesday.
Publ.Date : Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:15:00 GMT
Reuters - Nokia smartphones will be able to access IBM Lotus Notes corporate email starting from next month, the two firms said on Thursday, as the world's top handset maker battles Blackberry-maker RIM.
Publ.Date : Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:13:47 GMT
Reuters - A Missouri woman established a fake identity online to torment a vulnerable teenage girl who later committed suicide, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday in a trial that is being closely watched by the burgeoning social networking industry.
Publ.Date : Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:18:25 GMT
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