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  High-Tech Tongues Give Disabled Total Control

  A new technology allows disabled people to control everything from wheelchairs to computers with their tongue. A small magnet is pierced into the person's tongue which traces the movement of the tongue and sends the signals to a computer.

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  Computer Could Call Football Plays

  New program uses fast, real-time analysis of all the offensive and defensive possibilities.

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  Scientists Create Clear Image of Tiny Molecule

  A new technique reveals the atoms and bonds within a molecule.

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  Hacker Attacks: 6 Things You Must Know

  Where is your computer vulnerable? Computer security consultants Izaac Falken and Brett Scudder answer critical questions most often asked about hacker threats.

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  Mock Supernova Created by Supercomputer

  New supercomputer techniques could help render supernova models in more detail.

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  Bacteria for Brains

  Some math problems can only be solved by throwing exponentially more computer processors at them. Bacteria could be the answer.

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  China Responsible for Most Spam

  Nearly three-quarters of the Web sites advertised in computer spam studied by a researcher so far in 2009 are tied to China.

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  Military Domains: Air, Land Sea and Now Cyberspace

  New Cyber Command to watch over and protect U.S. military computer systems.

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  Successor to Silicon?

  A new method and material could lead to dramatically faster, more efficient computer chips.

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  Dive Deep: Virtual Tour of the Mariana Trench

  A computer simulation of the deepest trench in the ocean - 6.8 miles (10,902 meters) down - takes you were no humans have ever been. Only Nereus the robot has gone so deep.

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  White House to Name Cyber Czar

  The new czar will be charged with protecting the country's computer networks.

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  Swine Flu's Worst-Case Scenario Simulated

  Large-scale computer simulations run by a team of researchers show worst-case scenario projections of about 1,700 cases of swine flu for the United States four weeks from now.

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  Internet Has Lots of Room to Grow

  Globally, only 23 percent of people are online.

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  Step Made Toward Instant-on Computers

  Ferroelectric material could lead to computer that turn on instantly.

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  You Pay, Computer Prays For You

  Information Age Prayer is a site that charges you a monthly fee to say prayers for you.

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  "Class, SHUT-UP!" - Computer Modeling Misbehavior

  Is this the beginning of real-time teacher performance monitoring? Interaction maps show order and disorder in teacher-student relationships.

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  After You Die, Your Data Lives On

  Watch what can transpire - after you expire - if you don't leave your login info for your loved ones. Your final words should actually be your passwords. Account access after death is tricky.

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  Scientist Catches Criminals Online

  From poker-website phishing schemes to coordinated website attacks, Yampolskiy looks at activity patterns.

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  Hot Air? Google Searches Generate Greenhouse Gases

  Controversial calculation disputed by the search engine giant.

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  'Tetris' Game Quells Bad Flashbacks

  Playing Tetris could be a key to reducing flashbacks among people with post-traumatic stress disorder.

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  Ideas Sought to Protect Earth from Space Rocks

  Now is your chance to protect Earth from being walloped by space rocks.