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IBM breakthrough could measure rapid changes to atoms

IBM breakthrough could measure rapid changes to atoms SAN JOSE, Calif.–Scientists at IBM Research say they have figured out for the first time how to record rapid changes at the level of individual atoms. Until now, it has usually taken hours to get a picture of what is happening to a single atom. But according [...]

FCC officially frees TV white space spectrum

Federal Communications Commission formally release the television spectrum white space The Federal Communications Commission today unanimously approved new rules for the use of unlicensed white space spectrum in a move that could pave the way for more unused wireless spectrum to be released in the future. White space is unused spectrum that sits between TV [...]

Utility pros fret over consumers in smart grid

Pros fret assistance to consumers in smart grid WASHINGTON–How successful utilities are at motivating consumers to actively manage energy will go a long way toward determining whether many smart-grid investments improve the country’s energy efficiency. At the GridWise Global Forum here this week, consumers, although absent, are playing a starring role, a reflection of how [...]

With Foursquare, life is a virtual game

With Foursquare, life is a virtual game New York (CNN) — Dennis Crowley was jogging across a New York bridge when he spotted something exciting: a cartoon mushroom, spray-painted on the sidewalk. It looked like something out of Nintendo’s “Super Mario Bros.,” which Crowley grew up playing. He stomped on the mushroom as he ran [...]

Google reveals new service for ‘multi-million channel’ TV

Google reveals new service for ‘multi-million channel’ TV (CNN) — Saying it will “change the future of television,” Google on Thursday rolled out Google TV — the internet giant’s venture into web-TV integration. The application, run by Google’s Android operating system, lets users search for content from their television, DVR and the web. “Here we [...]

HP developing a ‘Dick Tracy’ wristwatch

HP developing a ‘Dick Tracy’ wristwatch Palo Alto, California (CNN) — Hewlett-Packard says it’s developing a next-generation wristwatch for the U.S. military. The printing and computer company says the watch will have a flexible display that shows maps and other strategic information to soldiers in remote combat fields. The watch’s screen will be made of [...]

Togetherville: A social network for kids

Togetherville: new social network for children (Wired) — One of the challenges for the newest generation is how to gain fluency in online networking without being able to draw on large, diverse social networks of their own. On Tuesday, Togetherville announced the open beta launch of a new online community for kids and their caretakers. [...]

Google offers free fonts for the Web

Google’s new tool free fonts for web CNET) — In an attempt to move beyond drab typography on the Web, Google on Wednesday released 18 freely usable fonts and an open-source tool designed to smooth over browser issues in displaying downloaded fonts. A number of Web designers — if not all readers — are excited [...]

Google: A new consumer electronics power broker

Google: the new consumer electronics and power broker, Google TV   Six tech industry CEOs don’t often appear in the same place at the same time. Google, the dominant search company of our time, has clout in consumer electronics as well.  (Credit: James Martin/CNET)   SAN FRANCISCO–Could the long-awaited marriage of the television and the [...]

Google giving up on Nexus One’s online store

Google to abandon Nexus one store on the Internet Google rolled out the Nexus One with fanfare in January, but sales at Web-only store never took off.   (CNN) — Google’s Nexus One smartphone will start being sold in brick-and-mortar stores, said the company Friday in acknowledging that its experiment with Web-only sales has been [...]