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There may still be another 18 months or so before the next presidential election, but it's already become very clear that Web 2.0 technologies have changed the terrain of the political campaign process. MySpace, Facebook, YouTube and "Second Life" have all become a standard part of this new campaign...
Microsoft has decided to slash several key features from its Windows Server virtualization software, code-named "Viridian," in an effort to meet quality goals and a release deadline. The new hypervisor-based virtualization technology, available as part of Windows Server "Longhorn," will ship without...
Global warming may hit the eastern United States harder than scientists thought, resulting in extremely hot summers. Average summer high temperatures could reach almost 10 degrees higher in 2080 than they do today. Eastern U.S. summer daily highs currently average in the low to mid-80s Fahrenheit. T...
Tightening controls over distribution of commercial satellite photos may not be in the best interest of the nation, according to academic and industry experts on the subject. "It is sometimes more advantageous for our military to have satellite imaging broadly available, especially if you're in a s...
Observers of recent legislative action in Sacramento should be forgiven for thinking they have been transported back to 2002, when policy makers were pushing government mandated software standards and micromanagement of cell phone companies. Five years later, in 2007, the same bad policies are bein...
IBM will begin investing $1 billion per year across its businesses to dramatically increase the energy efficiency of information technology. As part of its "Project Big Green" plan that includes new products and services, IBM aims to sharply reduce data center energy consumption and to transform the...
Game maker Electronic Arts revealed details on its forthcoming title, "The Simpsons Game," Wednesday during an event announcing the new video game as well as 12 other new titles. Set for release this fall, the game turns the tables on the characters of the well-known TV family: The whole Simpsons cl...
Social networking portal MySpace will host a series of hour-long sessions on college campuses that will allow people to ask questions of presidential candidates both in person and via the Web. The "Presidential Town Hall" series is MySpace's latest foray into national politics. The social networking...
A team of astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has mapped temperature variations over the surface of the giant gas planet HD 189733b, revealing it is likely being whipped by roaring winds. "We have mapped the temperature variations with longitude across the entire surface of the planet t...
The success of Apple's iPod, sales of which recently surpassed 100 million units, not only changed the way digital audio player makers thought of and designed their devices. It also caught the eye of mobile phone manufacturers. After adding cameras, then video recorders, it was natural that cell pho...
For the second time this year, hackers have victimized the University of Missouri. The names and Social Security numbers of 22,396 current or former students who were employed by UM during 2004 may have been compromised, according to university officials. The hacker or hackers reportedly gained acce...
In an unprecedented cooperative effort to combat climate change, 31 states have joined forces to create The Climate Registry, a national initiative to track greenhouse gas emissions. The newly formed Climate Registry is a tool to measure, track, verify and publicly report greenhouse gas emissions ac...
Xbox 360 owners may be in for a pleasant surprise the next time they connect to Xbox Live using the next-generation console. Microsoft released its Spring Update for the Xbox 360 Wednesday on a rolling basis to the Xbox Live community. The software upgrade brings with it communications support for W...
Chip maker Intel is set to launch an overhaul of its Centrino laptop platform -- the first to use flash memory chips, which should mean faster performance and longer battery life. The latest Centrino, dubbed "Santa Rosa," is the fourth generation of the company's successful laptop platform brand tha...
Leading scientific institutions from around the world have collaborated on one the largest Web projects to date: a global effort to document all 1.8 million named species of plants and animals on Earth in a free online resource called "Encyclopedia of Life." Similar to Wikipedia, the Encyclopedia of...
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