Solar cells that go anywhere win MIT invention prize

Your windows, curtains and wallpaper may soon start harvesting energy from sunlight as it spills into your room thanks to a prize-winning inventor who is putting solar cells on just about any surface.

“The barriers to adoption and installation are…

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Entrepreneur’s New Invention – “Under The Weather”

Entrepreneur’s Invention Featured in Walmart’s “get on the shelf” National Contest
Entrepreneur and Cincinnati resident, Rick Pescovitz, is hoping for as many votes as he can muster in order to get his invention, Under the Weather, a shelter for inclement…

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Let the World Know!

Share technology news and innovations from your corner of the world.  Download the free “Syncast” app below, and post your videos from anywhere in the world.…

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Investments into Natural Gas

Is it true that the United States will be the next energy powerhouse in the world?

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Toshiba Excite 10x Tablet Review

I was sold on the idea that I would be the proud new owner of the world’s thinnest tablet, at least for the time being.

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24 Hours of Daytona: Bridging Old & State Of The Art Technology

24 Hours of Daytona – There is no sport that provides a better example of the cross between the classic and new technology than the current state of motorsports and auto racing. This bridge between varying degrees of technology is…

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Porsche Ride for Charity at Rolex 24 2012

 
At the world-famous Rolex 24 hours of racing at Daytona International Speedway this past weekend, visitors had the opportunity to get the ride of their lives courtesy of  Brumos Porsche Motorcars, a Jacksonville Porsche dealer and 24 hour race…

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Revolutionary Camera doesn’t take pictures

The Descriptive Camera works a lot like a regular camera—point it at subject and press the shutter button to capture the scene. However, instead of producing an image, this prototype outputs a text description of the scene. Modern digital cameras…

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Data Storage Invention May Change Future Tablets and Phones

Researchers at Helmholtz Center in Berlin, Germany, have developed a magnetic valve that could be an enabling technology for spintronics.
New Stability for RAM memory
The advantage of the new valve means data remains intact even after the electric current…

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New Water Packaging Technology at the Miami Beach Half Marathon

A new water technology was seen at the Miami Beach Half Marathon this past Sunday

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Study Looks At TV-Related Web/Social Media Behavior

Social media has already transformed how people interact with one another.  Now, a new study released by Horowitz Associates for the annual State of Cable and Digital Media, finds that four in 10 (39%) TV viewers that have the internet…

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Zlango Introduces World’s First Virtual Store For Mobile Messaging

SAN FRANCISCO  –  Zlango, the pioneering leader in image-rich mobile messaging, today announced the launch of its Virtual Goods Store for mobile messaging. Users can add personalization and visual expression to every-day texting with image-rich, high impact text message icons…

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A Different Kind Of Digital Generation Gap

This weekend, we got the latest in a recent spate of articles arguing how technology and social media has led humanity to lead lonelier, shallower lives with a diatribe from MIT’s Sherry Turkle in The New York Times, who believes…

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Mark Zuckerberg gets married at surprise wedding

The day after Facebooks giant IPO, CEO Mark Zuckerberg married his longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan

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Facebook)

By almost any standard, Mark Zuckerberg has had a week to remember. Yesterday, he started his day off by ringing the NASDAQ bell and taking his small social networking company public by raising $16 billion. Earlier in the week, his longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan graduated from medical school. And today, just for good measure, the two shocked a bunch of friends and family with a surprise wedding in the Facebook CEO’s back yard.

Today, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg changed his marital status to married.

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Screenshot by CNET)

A look at Zuckerberg’s Facebook page reveals that he is now “Married to Priscilla Chan.” That was not the case yesterday, the day that the company went public in a spectacularly hyped IPO that may have ended up … [Read more]

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S.Korea’s Twitter generation may give liberals upset win

By Jack Kim and Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s liberal opposition, bolstered by the under-40s and power of social media, could spring a surprise win in this week’s parliamentary

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Accused LulzSec hacker pleads guilty in Sony breach

By Mary Slosson LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Accused LulzSec hacker Cody Kretsinger pleaded guilty on Thursday in federal court in California to charges of taking part in an extensive computer breach of

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China’s Alibaba tests social shopping with Pinterest clone

By Melanie Lee SHANGHAI (Reuters) – It is a marriage made in heaven for shopping addicts. Social shopping, the merger of social networking and e-commerce which has hooked millions of users in the

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New Zealand’s Telecom to start 4G mobile trials

 New Zealand’s Telecom Corp Ltd is to start customer trials of fourth generation (4G) mobile technology later this year laying the groundwork for the eventual deployment of a network, the company said on Monday.

The nation’s dominant telecommunications company said…

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Australian court rules Google liable for misleading ads

CANBERRA (Reuters) – Search giant Google Inc engaged in “misleading and deceptive” conduct by allowing misleading paid advertisements to be shown with Internet search results, an Australian court

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Australian Senate no legal haven for Wikileaks boss

CANBERRA (Reuters) – A seat in Australia’s parliament for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange would do nothing to protect him from his legal battles in Britain and Sweden, or any potential legal fight

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Aviva Investors Accidentally Fires 1,300 Employees

 
LONDON — Aviva Investors accidentally fired 1,300 people via email on Friday before being forced to retract the message.
The email, which was sent from the human resources department told 1,300 of Aviva’s global staff to surrender any company…

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Robin Gibb Woke From Coma To Sound Of His Music

LONDON – Bee Gees singer/songwriter Robin Gibb awoke from a coma while music from his latest composition, the recently released classical work “The Titanic Requiem”, was playing, his son said on Monday.
The 62-year-old star of the disco era, who…

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Google defends privacy policy to European watchdog

By Leila Abboud and Claire Davenport LONDON (Reuters) – Web search giant Google defended the lawfulness of its new privacy policy and the measures it had taken to educate users about it, in a letter

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2012 LAAD Security Show

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL -  The 2012 LAAD (Latin America Aerospace and Defense) Security Exhibition, the most important trade show for the defense and security industry in Latin America, welcomed 146 exhibitors from 14 countries and over 7,600 visitors to…

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Scientist beams up a real “Star Trek” tricorder

(Reuters) – Starships, warp speed, transporters, phasers. Think “Star Trek” technology is only the stuff of fiction? Think again.
Dr. Peter Jansen, a PhD graduate of the Cognitive Science Laboratory at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, has developed a…

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World Bank must mirror global shift: Okonjo-Iweala

By Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Emerging economies must be given a fair shot at leading the institutions at the heart of global finance or they will end up going their own way, a

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World Bank must mirror global shift: Okonjo-Iweala

By Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Emerging economies must be given a fair shot at leading the institutions at the heart of global finance or they will end up going their own way, a

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Samsung sees smartphones leading Africa growth

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co aims to double its share of the sub-Saharan smartphone market to 20 percent by next year, as it focuses on affordable handsets, the head of its Africa

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Obama vows steps to breach Iranian "electronic curtain"

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama accused Iran on Tuesday of imposing an “electronic curtain” to stop the free flow of ideas and information into the Islamic republic and promised a new

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