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Recent figures revealed by research firm Gartner say that Mac sales in Australia have increased some 52 percent in the second quarter. This is almost six times the rate of the overall PC industry, CourierMail reports, also adding that Australia's figures for Mac adoption have even topped US numbers.In the US, th... |
21 August 2008
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The quote "Everybody loves Pokemon" gets a whole new meaning starting today, since the fantasy world of the anime/games series was finally turned into something as real as possible and not because of a fanboy's tattoo. No, things are very serious: a team of Japanese researchers (from Osaka Bioscience Institute i... |
31 July 2008
13:06 GMT |
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If any of you still believe that the whole "breakfast should be the biggest meal of the day" theory is false or outdated at best, think again: a recent study comes to confirm what has become the staple of countless weight loss diets in recent decades - namely the belief that a big breakfast followed by a moderately-s... |
18 June 2008
06:57 GMT |
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It might sound funny at first, but we keep hearing about researches showing that gamers have nothing against in-game ads: actually, we hear this so often that we're tempted to believe it's true, especially having in mind that TV shows kind of got us used to that. It's not us saying it, but researches.T... |
17 June 2008
04:19 GMT |
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Whenever scientists are not conducting researches to prove that video games are bad for one's health, they tend to study some really important things and the results might prove to be really funny, in the end. It is exactly what happened with this latest study about video games conducted at the University of Cop... |
12 June 2008
03:18 GMT |
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For many of us, flip flops are the perfect summer shoes, and a true blessing for our feet on those dreaded days when the weather is hot and we still have to run errands or just do a lot of walking outside. Light and comfortable, we can easily find a model and color that suit our style and the time of day. However, re... |
7 June 2008
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If you're past the menopause age, are suffering from type two diabetes and have a fondness for chocolate, a team of researchers at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital definitely have the perfect job for you. You will need your GP's approval to embark on this quest, but once you get that, you're... |
6 June 2008
12:29 GMT |
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We read about teen violence almost every day - and by the looks of it, this dramatic phenomenon is not going anywhere soon. We often hear representatives of the authorities complaining that the sources of teen violence are difficult to deal with - broken families, poverty, substance abuse - however, scientists have u... |
30 May 2008
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It's not a secret anymore: modern society is confronted with an epidemics of child obesity and researchers are working round the clock to find ways to deal with the current situation - ways that do not involve double mastectomies in teenage boys or gastric bypass surgery on severely obese teenage girls.One of th... |
29 May 2008
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It has been a while since we last talked about the results of a study about video games and how they affect or improve our lives and now is the perfect time for a change because a new research has been conducted and the results might sound a bit strange: this time, video games are not at all bad for our health!Of cou... |
27 May 2008
06:58 GMT |
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Most women living in modern societies feel the pressure associated with dieting, weight loss and keeping in shape. The truth is, aggressive advertising and contemporary beauty standards tell us that we have to be thin to be successful, which often prompts us to look at ourselves in the mirror very critically and crav... |
26 May 2008
07:56 GMT |
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Diabetes is one of the most widespread diseases of the moment, a metabolism disorder that has grown to reflect some of the deepest vices of modern lifestyle. Type two diabetes, which accounts for the vast majority (about 90%) of all diabetes cases, is closely linked with obesity and physical inactivity. At the moment... |
24 May 2008
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Over the years, celebrities have often set the trend in dieting, and where they led, many of us didn't hesitate to follow. Two of the most famous celebrity trends that became instant hits among millions of people around the world were the Atkins and the GI diet. Each of these eating plans had its strengths and w... |
16 May 2008
10:20 GMT |
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Aspirin has long been attributed all sorts of miraculous properties. Ever since the little pills containing acetylsalicylic acid (see if you can say that three times in a row without blinking) entered our lives more than a century ago, their popularity rose and fell depending on the latest medical research that point... |
14 May 2008
06:45 GMT |
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Ever since mobile phones got popular on the worldwide markets, researchers have been trying to find a link between their emitted radiation and brain cancer conditions. However, given the fact that the achieved results are absolutely irrelevant, anti-mobile phone groups started to pinch other sensitive chords: gonad c... |
25 April 2008
11:11 GMT |
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Remember the urban myth claiming that computer users are more exposed to repeated strain injury risks? Despite the fact that there were no reports of people suffering from RSI or carpal tunnel conditions in more than 12 years of hardcore computer use, researchers at the Cornell University claim that the myth might be... |
21 April 2008
03:47 GMT |
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They got 11 video cameras, 14 state-of-the-art microphones, they built a temperature-controlled data-storage room in their basement, loaded it with 5 Xserves and a 4.4TB Xserve RAID, backup tape drives as well as robotic tape changers. What is all this for, you ask? To capture "practically every waking moment of thei... |
18 April 2008
07:13 GMT |
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You rather associate bamboo with exotic furniture, but the textiles of the future could be bamboo-made. A new research carried out at the Colorado State University and presented at the 235th national meeting of the American Chemical Society shows that bamboo textiles protect against harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation... |
18 April 2008
04:46 GMT |
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There are game-related research results that drive me completely mad and such insane things that make me laugh all day. Dr. Pat Holliday's latest book and "discoveries" on video games are, fortunately, part of the latter category. And, trust me, this is the craziest stuff you've ever heard since anti-games ... |
8 April 2008
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Microsoft has announced a new initiative designed to offer financial backup to projects that diverge from mainstream academic research. Building a computer simulation of the brain, stem cell manipulation and plate tectonics are just three examples of the research projects the Redmond company is sponsoring via its A. ... |
3 April 2008
04:15 GMT |
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Every now and then some psychologists, scientists or general researchers come up with a study that makes us, the gamers, feel a little bit better and hope that the general game-hating will drop (at least a little). Of course, these types of studies are far less than those who prove the contrary - but at least they do... |
2 April 2008
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Supercomputing company Interactive Supercomputing has introduced a less than usual service that lets users tap into a supercomputer for a small fee. Since total ownership costs for a machine rigged with hundreds of cores would bring any average user to bankruptcy, buying supercomputing time seems the only acceptable ... |
1 April 2008
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It's not just StatCounter who has revealed that a highly increased percentage of people is using the iPhone for web browsing, but M:Metrics too, a mobile media authority dealing with measurement of mobile social networking. According to them, 85% of iPhone owners use the internet on a regular basis on their hand... |
21 March 2008
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Europe's GEANT, the world's highest-speed computer network is currently linking up with other computer infrastructure in order to create a global research super-network. The statement has been issued by the European Commission at a recent meeting in Brussels.The GEANT network is a multi-gigabit computer net... |
3 March 2008
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University of Texas recently unveiled Ranger, world's second most powerful supercomputer. The high-performance computing cluster was built by Sun and is comprised of 15,744 quad-core AMD Opteron processors for a total of 62,976 cores, 123 terabytes of memory and 1.7 petabytes of storage.According to David Rich, ... |
25 February 2008
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To say it short and begin as no news should, here is the conclusion: video games make you dumb. Loud and clear, that is what some German scientists from Kriminologischen Forschungsinstituts Niedersachsen (KFN) have found out. And, yes, I will always be fascinated by the results of these studies. Then laugh for a whol... |
18 February 2008
08:12 GMT |
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It seems that scientists are not only interested in researches that prove how bad video games are for your body, mind and soul. Some of them actually appreciate the video consoles (OK, not the games) and start using their power to conduct very important scientific researches. Yes, I said "important", not those resear... |
18 February 2008
06:33 GMT |
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In what could be the scientific breakthrough of the millennium, a Stanford University researcher basically claims that men like playing video games more than women do. Duh! I am completely shocked by this, I never ever, ever thought that men could like video games more than women do or, even worse, become game addict... |
6 February 2008
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Cisco has released a plan to boost the Indian number of networking engineers from about 60,000 as available today to 360,000 within five years. The new engineers will be trained by Cisco and certified on Cisco networking gear and technologies. There have been rumors recently that alleged that Cisco is having financia... |
5 February 2008
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Having poured over $7 billion in Research and Development in 2007, Microsoft gave a clear indication of its commitment to driving innovation. And the Redmond company is by no means at the end of the road. In fact, as a sign of its increasing focus on R&D, the company announced that its sixth research lab would be ope... |
4 February 2008
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Yup, that's true (at least, according to yet another study regarding video games) - girls prefer 2D games over the 3D ones. The Georgia Institute of Technology are the ones that conducted this great study that finally proved that size does not matter, looks don't matter, nothing seems to matter. Ok, maybe w... |
19 December 2007
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I don't know how it feels like to be a young mother or a mother of any kind, but I bet that if I had been born a girl, I would have been the worst mother ever. Not because I wouldn't have taken care of my kid or never listen to what he/she would say, but because I would spoil the damn brat with anything he ... |
26 November 2007
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According to a report from the Information Commissioner's Office, as many as 4.5 million young people would rather colleges, universities or potential employers didn't conduct an internet search on them unless they could first remove content from social networking sites.After all, who would welcome the oppo... |
23 November 2007
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The PlayStation 3 console is not only one of the most advanced gaming devices in the world, but also the perfect tool in the research of robotics. A couple of UCI students used the console to take part in IMB's Cell Broadband Engine Professor University Challenge. The three youngsters worked together with two D... |
15 October 2007
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Ever wanted to know what vulnerabilities sites have? What can be exploited and how efficient it will be? Well, WhiteHat Security has released a security statistics report on their website for everyone to see. It's pretty insightful and if you are just a little bit tech-savvy I don't think you'll have a... |
11 October 2007
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The Kelsey Group has conducted a study that showed mobile Internet to be a greatly important feature in what they look to receive from their handsets. Almost half of the phone users surveyed said that this will be an important aspect in choosing one device over another when they make their next cellular purchase.Alth... |
9 October 2007
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Almost forty percent of business users in the Nordic region use mobile e-mail when they are away from the office. A recent survey, conducted by Nokia and TeliaSonera, in association with Gallup, showed the great popularity that this service has managed to reach.The research showed that most mobile email users find th... |
4 October 2007
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From the long list of potential dangers that mobile phones could bring to its frequent users, here comes another one. Cellulars are a strong potential threat to their user's hearing. Old news, perhaps, but there's a new research to prove it.The annual meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology, Head ... |
1 October 2007
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ABI Research has just revealed the results of a recent study coming from them. It looks like year 2008 will be a great one for boosting the touchscreen handset production. More than 100 million such devices are expected to ship until the end of next year.Apple's iPhone is surely responsible for a great amount of... |
28 September 2007
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Surprisingly enough, the number of countries where the number of mobile phones surpasses that of people living on that territory is quite large. The UK is at the top of cellular consumption, showing that there is one and a half handsets for each Briton. That must be why finding your better half is so important nowada... |
15 September 2007
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A recent study done by BitDefender experts shows us that spam messages have seriously outnumbered normal mail activity. I guess you have noticed that as well, I know I sure did - out of 10 messages I got, about 6 or 7 were crap. In the first six months most spam was actually image spam, a fact which only seems natura... |
6 September 2007
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We all know why gamers play World of Warcraft... It's because the game features a virtual world that allows you to be whoever you want to be and really live a character's virtual life. While many see WoW as a method of social isolation, it turns out that the game can help scientists save lives. You might r... |
21 August 2007
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The iPhone has undergone a large number of tests since its release. Most of them have been conducted in order to crack it or at least test its weaknesses and demount its mythical status. User Centric's research, although not looking to do this intentionally, also casts a bad light on Apple's handset.User Ce... |
17 August 2007
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Ericsson has just partnered with the British Midlands Development Corporation in order to open a new research and development facility in British Midlands. This comes as one more step forward made by the Swedish company towards expanding their service area and bringing their solutions on a new market.As part of the n... |
13 August 2007
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Motorola has just earned the top place in the latest Vendor Matrix top, as ABI Research has concluded in their study results. Nokia has managed to reach only the second place, but is moving up rapidly, with Samsung and LG sharing the place following it.It is quite surprising to see Motorola at the top of this ranking... |
10 August 2007
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The end of the second quarter has brought, along with its figures, grounds for drawing the line and making financial comparison between companies' earnings. Results reveal nothing out of the ordinary, but a steady increase in profits, with no sudden changes.ABI Research is the one which has added all results and... |
7 August 2007
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SIGGRAPH 2007 is the stage where Microsoft will unveil a set of research projects designed to take high-quality digital photography to the next level. The Redmond company aims to no less than introduce simplicity in average digital imagery editing scenarios. The Microsoft projects will streamline the way photographer... |
6 August 2007
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Paul Horn, the director of IBM's Research division for 11 years announced that he is retiring and that he will take up a post as academic scientist at the New York University. His successor, John Kelly, is currently IBM's senior vice president of technology and intellectual property.Horn's work at IBM ... |
18 July 2007
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Digital Life America has taken high interest in establishing who the real buyers of Apple's iPhone will turn out to be. They have just made public the results of their research and the information is quite interesting. As it seems, almost three quarters of the iPhone buyers will be men. This may not come as such... |
8 June 2007
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The Mountain View company plans to expand its presence in Israel and opened a new center in Tel Aviv. This is the second research and development center in the country, this latest one having no less than 30 employees. According to Reuters, the office is led by Yossi Matias, algorithms expert and Internet technologie... |
4 June 2007
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