Samsung Galaxy S III (Credit: CNET) Just days ago, Samsung announced the Samsung Galaxy S III , the global, quad-core, Android Ice Cream Sandwich successor to its best-selling smartphone ever, the Galaxy S II ...
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Inside information from the bigwigs of the wireless world
Impossible connections, dropped signals, phantom networks—why wireless Internet still seems stuck in the Stone Age
As consumer telescopes and techniques improve, will there be implications for national security?
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Ocean floats provide yet more evidence of global warming, revealing that rainy regions are getting wetter and dry regions drier much faster than predicted
In 1936, whilst studying for his Ph.D. at Princeton University, the English mathematician Alan Turing published a paper, “ On Computable Numbers, with an application to the Entscheidungsproblem,” which became the foundation of computer science...
Malware like Flashback, which has infected hundreds of thousands of Macs, could become commonplace as cyber attackers target Apple
The grand scheme, a stepping-stone to string theory, is still high on physicists' wish lists. But if no solid evidence surfaces soon, it could begin to have a serious PR problem
Online game informs researchers and policymakers about caring for watershed areas
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Letters to the editor from the January 2012 issue of Scientific American
With federal investigators turning up millions of bogus electronics in military systems, the Defense Department is searching for a better way to spot the fakes
New technology that increases the warning time for tornadoes and hurricanes could potentially save hundreds of lives every year
Science as a new cause célèbre
A new tool reveals your virtual footsteps and who's taking note
Missing source code can allow bad science to slip through the cracks and means extra headaches for scientists who want to closely follow up on new studies or check for errors
Detailed maps of the debris field, high-definition images and online gaming technology could lead to virtual expeditions to the Titanic site
Next-generation science e-books may help keep young people engaged
