The Coming Wireless Spectrum Apocalypse and How It Hits You
Big carriers want more spectrum as they push aside smaller competitors
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How to Maintain Your Privacy on the Web
Tech Talker: Quick & Dirty Tips to Navigate the Digital World
How the iCloud Hack Happened and How to Avoid Being Next
Tips: Do not give any online retailer your credit card information; use two-factor authentication in g-mail; and do not "daisy chain" e-mail accounts
The YardMap Network
A citizen science project designed to cultivate a richer understanding of bird habitat for both professional scientists and people concerned with their local environments
Who Killed YouTube on the iPhone--Apple or Google?
Did Apple kick YouTube to the curb, or did Google have a part in its disappearance from iOS? (Credit: Screenshot by Ben Parr/CNET) YouTube will no longer come standard on the iPhone and iPad , and the Internet is jumping to conclusions as usual...
Avatar Officer Installed at Arizona-Mexico Border Station
A new kiosk is expected to streamline applications for frequent traveler benefits, freeing up human officers to catch drug smugglers
Can Facebook Show How to Reduce the Growing Energy Use of the Internet?
Computer design and server farm location could dramatically reduce the energy required to run Facebook and the rest of the Internet, reducing greenhouse gases, too
5 Common Computer Mistakes to Avoid
Tech Talker: Quick & Dirty Tips to Navigate the Digital World
Why Siri Is Still the Future
Speech-recognition software is great—unless you're trying to use it on a phone
Photo Supposedly Shows iPhone 5 Assembled from Leaked Parts
Could this be Apple's latest?
Why Is Everyone on the Internet So Angry?
A perfect storm engenders online rudeness, including virtual anonymity and thus a lack of accountability, physical distance and the medium of writing
How to Save Wet Electronics
Tech Talker: Quick & Dirty Tips to Navigate the Digital World
Professor Offers Proof that McDonald's Tried to Take His Google-Style Glasses
The new image on Mann's blog. (Credit: Steve Mann Screenshot:Chris Matyszczyk/CNET) Many who dream of adorning their faces with technology were stunned to hear that Google-type glasses might not be welcome at McDonald's...
Coning In: New Ways to Tap Old Data Boost Hurricane Forecast Accuracy
To more accurately predict storm tracks, landfalls and damage risks, researchers are focusing their attention on individual storms and past behavior to reduce the "cone of uncertainty"
How to Back Up Your Computer Data
Tech Talker: Quick and Dirty Tips to Navigate the Digital World
Update: The Quake-Catcher Network
Southern California residents called on to install mini-sensors that record earthquake data beneficial to science, emergency response and seismic safety
Brain Bluffs Humans Differently Than Machines
The temporal parietal junctions of poker players behaved differently when they were bluffing another human versus bluffing a computer. Cynthia Graber reports
Mixed Signals: Smart Phone Sensors Recruited to Deliver Indoor GPS
Duke University researchers are developing a mobile app that uses wi-fi antennas, cellular radios and other detectors to guide smart phone users
The 62nd Annual Lindau Meeting: Connecting Generations of Physicists
More than 20 Nobel laureates and about 550 young researchers from dozens of countries will meet at Germany's Lindau Island on Lake Constance from July 1-6 to discuss classic and cutting-edge physics...
