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Researchers seek funds to study cell phone safety
News Scientists have long debated whether cell phones pose health risk and are now looking for money to fund research to help resolve issue.
Tags: Cellular phones, Children, public health, Wireless, radio frequency, researcher, health care, agency, radio, Cellular phones
Gartner: Loosen up on social networks, security
News IT research firm tells its clients total lock-down on social networks and security is not only impossible, it's a bad idea. Industry must move "from control to greater autonomy".
Tags: Networking technology, Network security, Social Networking, Security, Information Technology, network, Gartner Inc., performance, corporate computing, China
Technology is a 'double-edged sword'
Insight newsmaker Inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil weighs in on human vs machine intelligence, and the dangers of advanced technologies.
Tags: Supercomputing, Personal Computers, Data warehousing/business intelligence, Intelligence, Gene, Computer, RNA, emotional intelligence, voice recognition software, Consciousness
IBM: Computing rivaling human brain may be ready by 2019
News Leading scientist, working with colleagues from several top universities, has pioneered computational analysis that rivals that of a cat's cortex. Human brain could be just a decade away.
Tags: Supercomputing, Multiprocessor servers, Brain, IBM Corp., Nanotechnology, Computing, Computer, DARPA, financial system, financial
Can the Internet affect your brain?
News With Western children spending more than six hours per day in front of a screen, an eminent neurologist says it's no coincidence more children are being treated for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Tags: Web sites, Games, Brain, Identity, Gartner Inc., computer, Wikipedia, social networking, London, network
IBM gets DARPA cognitive computing contract
News Initiative is first of several phases intended to eventually reproduce the computing power of the brain, as well as its efficiency.
Tags: Supercomputing, Brain, IBM Corp., Nanotechnology, Computing, Tool, DARPA, Computer, News.com, blog
Researchers still uncertain whether cellular phones are safe
News Leading scientists gathering in Washington, D.C., this week say more research is needed to once-and-for-all determine whether cell phones pose major health risks.
Tags: Cellular phones, DNA, Conference, Wireless, researcher, scientist, health care, American Cancer Society, Cellular phones
In death do we digitally depart
Blogs My parents never really sat me down for that dreaded discussion about death, but I knew at an early age that life was in...
Do-it-yourself iPhone apps
News Services that do the coding for you make it easy for nontechies to create iPhone apps. Applications to the Apple App Store are exploding.
Tags: Mobile applications, Smart phones, Google Inc., Apple Inc., Ovum, App, Tom Johnson, MEDL Mobile, mobile, Mobile applications
Biometric scanners to delve inside your brain
News Brain activity scanners and heart rate sensors are among the next generation of biometric security devices being developed by the EU.
Tags: Biometrics, Security, Sensor, Scanner, RFID, European Union, voice recognition, computer, RFID chip, microphone
Study: Video game play may improve eyesight
News Playing action video games may help adults improve their ability to notice subtle differences in shades of gray, according to a study.
Tags: Games, Video Game, Action Game, Training, Action Video Game, Video, video-game training, researcher, Microsoft Office, knowledge
Wearable bot said to make the weak stronger
News The Hybrid Assistive Limb out of Japan promises to "expand and improve physical capability" up to tenfold, and could assist in rehabilitation and heavy labor.
Tags: Hardware, Business applications, Battery, Suit, Muscle, Manufacturing, Isaac Asimov, Bot, Cyberdyne, computer
NSW health IT gets US$460M injection
News New South Wales special commissioner Peter Garling has prescribed a "one-off injection" to remedy a system bogged down by, among other things, paper and technical inadequacies.
Tags: Web sites, Business broadband, Database management, Privacy, Broadband, Clinician, E-health, CIO, Hospital, electronic health record
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First-time project managers need failures
Techguide One of the greatest impediments to first-time project managers' success is their need to succeed. There are three things they really need--and early success isn't one of them.
Tags: IT project management, Project management, Training, Paul Glen, project manager, career, IT administration, North America, information technology, consultant
