Posted on March 4th, 2008 by moneyvsdebt
New algorithm could pave the way to improved sensor networks
Ranking blogs that deliver the biggest bang for the buck may not seem to flow naturally from detecting contamination in a city water system.
With a new mathematical formula, however, Carlos Guestrin and his research team at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh are [...]
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Posted on March 4th, 2008 by moneyvsdebt
Sleuthing has led to several investigations by medical journal editors
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Presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton called it “change you can Xerox.” Barack Obama, her opponent [...]
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Posted on February 2nd, 2008 by moneyvsdebt
Bidding reached $18.55 billion on Friday in the U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s record-setting auction of government-owned wireless airwaves, but there were no new offers for two large, closely watched slices of spectrum.The total bidding, which covers five separate blocks of spectrum in the auction, was up from $15.64 billion on Thursday.
There were no new bids [...]
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Posted on February 2nd, 2008 by moneyvsdebt
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Repairs to one Mediterranean cable expected by February 12
Cable reported cut Friday off Dubai in Persian Gulf
Extensive Internet failure has affected much of Asia, the Middle East, north Africa
Analysts say no chance of similar Internet loss in United States
An undersea cable carrying Internet traffic was cut off the Persian Gulf emirate of Dubai, officials [...]
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Posted on January 14th, 2008 by moneyvsdebt
At a recent meeting, the International Organization for Standardisation (ISO) voted to approve Adobe’s PDF as an international document format standard. The vote was passed with 13-to-one in favour and PDF is set to become the ISO 32000 Standard. As a result, Adobe will no longer have sole control over what is already the de [...]
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