11. Social media is worth the investment, say indian cios
February 03, 2013
Last week, Gartner claimed that half of enterprises are wasting money on social media . But Indian CIOs who are bullish on the social media spacevehemently defend their digital marketing spends by claiming thatit does indeed link back to measurable business outcomes. "Having a million likes on yo...
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12. Review: pdf studio 7 pro has a non-standard user interface
February 03, 2013
Qoppa s PDF Studio 7 Pro is a Java-based PDF creation and manipulation tool that runs onMac, Windows, and Linux computers. While it s not particularlybeautiful to look at and doesn t conform to anything that would beconsidered standard Macintosh UI design, it does offer a usefulcollection of fea...
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13. Wikipedia warns users about malware injecting ads into its pages
February 03, 2013
Visitors to Wikipedia who see advertisements on the site have mostlikely fallen victim to a browser-based malware infection,Wikimedia Foundation, the organization operating the website, saidon Monday. "We never run ads on Wikipedia," said Philippe Beaudette, directorof community advocacy for the...
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14. Nearly one-tenth of hemisphere's mammals unlikely to outrun climatechange
February 02, 2013
A safe haven could be out of reach for 9 percent of the WesternHemisphere's mammals, and as much as 40 percent in certain regions,because the animals just won't move swiftly enough to outpaceclimate change. For the past decade scientists have outlined newareas suitable for mammals likely to be dis...
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15. Chicago police cameras more effective when clustered
February 02, 2013
The report, co-authored by Rajiv Shah, University of Illinois atChicago adjunct assistant professor of communication, suggests thatblue-light cameras should be concentrated in high-crime areasrather than spread throughout a city. This "hotspot" approach differs from the way cameras areused in ma...
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16. Olympic preview: men's and women's 200 individual medley
February 01, 2013
By John Lohn GILLETTE, New Jersey, May 14. AS we creep closer to the OlympicGames in London this summer, Swimming World will produceevent-by-event previews of the action set to unfold. As part ofthis series, we'll not only look at the leading contenders in eachevent, we'll also provide a hist...
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17. Coming soon: a 12-foot-tall robot you can ride and steer
February 01, 2013
[Credit: Suidobashi Heavy Industry] Here at GeekTech, we cover a lot of advanced robots, but what wereally want to see is progress in the exoskeleton front (think Iron Man suit). Meet Vaudeville (sometimes called Kuratasu), a 12-foot-tall, five-ton mech thatyou can get inside of and control lik...
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18. 10 ways to make android faster, more productive, and more securethan the iphone
February 01, 2013
iPhone users love to brag about their smartphones. They line uparound the block and stand in line for hours when a new one isreleased. Yet, for many users, Android is clearly the superiorplatform. Yes, its Achilles heel is a big one: security.
Android's openness and large m...
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19. How to hit the treatment target and breathe without causingcollateral damage during radiotherapy
January 31, 2013
In an earlier presentation, Ms Fanneke van den Boomen, from theCatharina Hospital, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, described how sheand her colleagues had compared results from two different kinds ofCT scan to see which could more accurately estimate safety marginsfor radiotherapy treatment where b...
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20. Protein identified that stimulates brown fat to burn calories
January 31, 2013
Scientists have identified a protein which regulates the activationof brown fat in both the brain and the body's tissues. Theirresearch, which was conducted in mice, was published in the journal Cell. Unlike white fat, which functions primarily to store up fat, brownfat (also known as brown ad...
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