Remembering Mandelbrot, the father of fractals

Oct. 17, 2010   1 Comment  

Maple tree branches.

Mandelbrot developed a field of math with far reaching applications.

Bringing recon night-vision to your car

Oct. 29, 2009   1 Comment  

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Night-vision technology on your car

Psychsoftpc to offer NVidia’s 3D gaming kit

Oct. 29, 2009   2 Comments  

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This is probably the closest you’ll ever get to a holodeck.

Rest in peace, Geocities

Oct. 26, 2009   1 Comment  

The author of our favorite webcomic xkcd redesigned his homepage today as a tribute to the passing of Geocities.

Geocities is putting out the lights tonight

Google, Bing to start indexing tweets, status updates

Oct. 26, 2009   1 Comment  

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Twitter finds a way to monetize its stream

Google to launch new partnered music search

Oct. 22, 2009   Leave a Comment  

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Teaming up with iLike and Lala to add music streams to search

American Cancer Society changes stance on cancer screening

Oct. 21, 2009   5 Comments  

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Over-screening may have led to over-diagnosis.

Scientists create scaffold to grow new bones

Oct. 20, 2009   Leave a Comment  

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A novel material that holds drugs directing synthesis of bone

Beer pong will give you swine flu

Oct. 19, 2009   1 Comment  

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Though we doubt this will stop a single college student this year

Google to open own e-book store

Oct. 18, 2009   Leave a Comment  

Google’s commitment to open means all devices are welcome.

Researchers link social isolation to tumor growth

Oct. 6, 2009   Leave a Comment  

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Housing mice alone results in larger breast cancer tumors

Air Force test fires futuristic laser gun

Oct. 5, 2009   Leave a Comment  

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Pew pew pew!

Zipcar: Car sharing for the future

Oct. 5, 2009   Leave a Comment  

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The business and technology that put the zip in Zipcar

Free anti-malware tool Microsoft Security Essentials is live

Sept. 29, 2009   Leave a Comment  

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No excuses, protect yourself

Yappler Sync helps you find, share apps

Sept. 29, 2009   Leave a Comment  

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Check out what you and your friends are downloaing in the App Store.

Bank emails sensitive data to random Gmail, mayhem ensues

Sept. 27, 2009   Leave a Comment  

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How do you fix this? Sue Google, of course

Scientists announce first HIV vaccine to show protection

Sept. 24, 2009   Leave a Comment  

Micrograph showing HIV fusing with a cell membrane on entry. © 2002 by Bruce Alberts et al.

Though limited in efficacy, science has proof of concept in an HIV vaccine.

Pizza Hut introduces new iPhone app

Sept. 24, 2009   Leave a Comment  

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Order pizza from the comfort of your couch with this slick app.

FDA’s ban on flavored cigarettes starts today

Sept. 23, 2009   2 Comments  

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The FDA hopes to curb young smoking

Twilight Tracker app bring Twilight mania to the iPhone

Sept. 22, 2009   Leave a Comment  

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Connect with other Twilight fans