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- Texting a Pain in the Neck, Study Suggests
- Texting on cell phone could cause similar chronic pain problems as typing.
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- Origin of Household Dust Pinned Down
- A new computer model that simulates how dust comes into and out of homes may help communities dealing with contaminated waste sites
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- 10 Things You Must Know About Malware Infections
- The latest semi-annual Security Information Report (SIR) from Microsoft has been released, and its 232 pages carry reminders of some important facts about personal comput...
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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.
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