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Games pay off for tertiary students
News Over half of students in Singapore-Massachusetts Institute of Technology program get jobs in the sector, while two games go commercial.
Tags: Games, Product development and design, Software engineering/development, Certification, Microsoft Xbox Live, Singapore, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, R&D, strategy, computer game
Net neutrality back in spotlight for debate
Insight Clause in application for U.S. broadband stimulus grants has renewed the debate over Net neutrality, as new bill is introduced and discussion now focuses more on wireless services.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Web sites, Verizon Communications Inc., Wireless, Broadband, Net Neutrality, FCC, Internet, service provider, Mobile/Wireless
Green technologies to watch
News The pace of change surrounding technology in clean energy and efficiency has not been this fast in years.
Tags: Green IT, Battery, Technology, Storage, Innovation, Yergin, Renewable Energy, electric vehicle, lithium-ion, financial
Transparent plastic solar cells fitted into windows
News Konarka teams up with window maker Arch to put its transparent solar cells between panes of glass for power-generating windows.
Tags: Green IT, Clean Technology, Photovoltaics, Cell, Electronics, solar cell, Massachusetts, CEO, window, agreement
Facebook hits 175 million user mark
News Social networking site adds 25 million active users in little more than a month.
Tags: Domain names, Web sites, Web 2.0, Antarctica, Nigeria, Massachusetts, Japan, social networking, Russia, Harvard University
Analysis firm IDC cuts 5 percent of staff
News The Framingham, Mass.-based firm says the cuts include 26 research analyst positions.
Tags: Layoffs, International Data Corp., Gartner Inc., market research company, Framingham, Massachusetts, research analyst, Worker, analyst, market research
Jobs to skip Macworld keynote as Apple backs out
News CEO Steve Jobs planning to skip his annual January keynote address, and the Mac maker is ending its relationship with IDG's Macworld Expo.
Tags: Digital media, Apple Inc., Event, International Data Group, Framingham, Massachusetts, Boston, San Francisco, job, marketing
Why don't we want to pay our teachers more?
Blogs In March 2007, I got the opportunity to visit the Indian Institute of Technology in Mumbai. It was interesting to visit ...
Three men indicted in largest US data breach
News Florida man accused of stealing credit card data from TJX is among those named in breach involving Heartland, 7-Eleven, Hannaford Brothers and others.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, PC security, Data security, Fraud, 7-Eleven Inc., Identity Theft, SQL, computer, SQL Injection, debit card
US Justice Dept defends massive file-swapping fine
News In move that echoes Bush administration arguments, U.S. President Barack Obama's Justice Department says Jammie Thomas' US$1.92 million fine for infringement of 24 songs is constitutional.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Web sites, RIAA, file-swapping, U.S. Department Of Justice, attorney, P2P, Kazaa, Bush Administration, U.S. Congress
Scientists use virus to help build battery
News Researchers have used a genetically-modified virus to assemble materials for an energy-efficient battery, which they say could be used in hybrid cars.
Tags: Components, Battery, Carbon Nanotube, Nanotube, carbon nanotube network, biology, Power supplies, surge suppression, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, virus, scientist
Obama names science and technology team
News U.S. president-elect Barack Obama has named leaders in climate change, cancer research, and genetic research to head his science and technology team.
Tags: R&D, Defense/military, Federal Government, Politics, Science, Human Genome Project, Oregon State University, John Holdren, Eric Lander, Lubchenco
MIT chips away at lithium ion barrier
News American university researchers make battery breakthrough, which could mean good news for electric automakers and impatient cell phone users.
Tags: Components, Battery, Chip, car battery, electric vehicle, graduate student, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, lithium-ion, lithium-ion battery, barrier
Juniper Networks pulls security talk from conferences
News Network infrastructure company cancels researcher's talk at Black Hat and Defcon about ATM insecurities after a vendor complains.
Tags: Network security, Hacking, Federal Government, Business applications, ATM, Security, Conference, Cisco Systems Inc., Juniper Networks Inc., E-book
US researchers claim vast data-density increase
News The density achievable with the technology could potentially enable the contents of 250 DVDs to fit onto a surface the size of a coin, according to one of the researchers.
Tags: Storage, R&D, Photovoltaics, Storage, DVD, polymer, Semiconductor Manufacturing, University of Massachusetts, electronic media, photograph
