Regrowing a fingertip cut off in an accident
Regrowing a fingertip cut off in an accident sounds like something from a futuristic movie. But with innovative technology developed by the U.S. Army, such regrowth is possible today.
This remotely controlled robot, called BEAR, could help remove injured soldiers from battlefields.
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Oldest web on Earth
Oxford University paleobiologist Martin Brasier says the web, which is encased in amber, is 140 million years old, making it the world’s oldest ever discovered. The dark globules are thought to be pieces of burnt sap.
Amazing… How strong the web must have been that it lasted more than 140 million years. I wonder if they can [...]
Brain injury - foriegn accent
A brain injury can be devastating: It can leave you blind, deaf, and even paralyzed. In the grand scheme of things, ending up with a different voice with an unfamiliar accent as a result of brain injury may seem minor. But Foreign Accent Syndrome (FAS) can be distressing too, because our voice, like our face, [...]
What are the benefits and advantages of using fuel cells?
New Markets. Fuel cell power system markets could exceed $3 billion worldwide by 2000, according to a recent Arthur D. Little, Inc., study.
A mere one percent of the global vehicle market, 450,000 vehicles, would mean an another $2 billion or more.
Another recent study projected global demand for [...]
Google fixes problem with Apps Start page
Google has solved a problem that affected the layout and functionality of the "Start" pages of its Apps hosted collaboration and communications suite.
Although the bug had the potential to affect many customers, it manifested itself only in instances when Apps administrators had customized their organizations' Start page, said Rishi Chandra, Google Apps product manager.
The problem arose [...]
Top 10: Google miffs admins, IT jobs, Apple notebooks
Google annoyed administrators when it made changes to Google Apps "Start" portal pages without letting them know it was updating layout and functionality of those pages. Some administrators reported at a discussion forum that they were swamped with angry calls from end-users who couldn't access Gmail accounts. On a slightly brighter note, there are some [...]
E-voting report: Several states still vulnerable
Several U.S. states still are not doing all they can to ensure the accuracy of votes over electronic voting machines, and 10 states received inadequate grades in three of four categories of safeguards, a report from three voting security advocacy groups said.
Somewhere in the United States, voting systems will fail on Election Day Nov. 4, [...]
Mozilla offers alpha version of mobile browser for N810
Mozilla plans to release on Thursday an alpha version of its mobile browser for Nokia's Internet tablets.
It's the first public release of the browser, code-named Fennec, and it will work on Nokia's N810 and N800 devices.
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In addition to the alpha release for [...]
Adobe fixes ‘clickjacking’ flaw
Adobe Systems has released a new version of its Flash Player software, fixing a critical security bug that could make the Internet a dangerous place for Web surfers.
The new Flash Player 10 software, released Wednesday, fixes security flaws in Adobe's multimedia software including bugs that could allow hackers to pull off what's known as a [...]
TopCoder eyeing SMB market
TopCoder, a company known for its competition-based software development services, is turning its sights on the SMB market with a new portal called TopCoder Direct that will come out of beta at the end of October.
Whereas TopCoder has previously used its community of programmers to develop custom applications for enterprises, the new offering will enable a wide range [...]
Cisco, SAP launch joint cross-layer composite application
In an atmosphere where government fines for breaches in privacy regulations are increasing, SAP and Cisco unveiled this week Data Privacy Composite Application by SAP and Cisco at the SAP TechEd conference in Berlin.
The application supports compliance with a company?s data privacy policies as well as any external requirements from government agencies. If, for example, [...]
Cisco, SAP launch joint cross-layer composite application
In an atmosphere where government fines for breaches in privacy regulations are increasing, SAP and Cisco unveiled this week Data Privacy Composite Application by SAP and Cisco at the SAP TechEd conference in Berlin.
The application supports compliance with a company?s data privacy policies as well as any external requirements from government agencies. If, for example, [...]
Security the focus as Microsoft, Oracle patch bugs
It's the mother of all patch days for enterprise IT shops, with both Microsoft and Oracle releasing critical software updates Tuesday.
Microsoft kicked things off Tuesday morning with 11 security updates, including fixes for critical security bugs in Windows Active Directory, Internet Explorer, Excel, and the Microsoft Host Integration Server, which integrates Windows computers with IBM mainframes.
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Google, Microsoft spark interest in modular datacenters
Interest in modular datacenters is growing, fueled by high-profile endorsements from Microsoft and Google. But the model raises new management concerns, and efficiency claims may be exaggerated.
Modular, containerized datacenters being sold by vendors such as IBM, Sun, and Rackable Systems fit storage and hundreds, sometimes thousands of servers into one large shipping container with its [...]
Sun UltraSparc T2 Plus servers get double the processing power
Sun boosted the processing capabilities of its most popular Unix server line today with the aim of attracting bigger IT workloads, including databases, ERP applications, and large server-consolidation projects.
The new system, called the Sparc Enterprise T5440, is based on Sun's eight-core UltraSparc T2 Plus processor, a version of the company's T2 chip that was designed to [...]