British researchers have invented something out of Star Trek: a printer that can print out plastic pieces of itself, that can be assembled into a complete unit...that can then print out pieces of itself. It's a...
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" It could be a long time before Omar Khan goes to college: as long as 38 years, according to Orange County prosecutors, who have arrested and charged the 18-year-old student with breaking into his prestigious high...
Thd Khan network is reportedly trafficking plans for advanced nuclear weapons with the latest electronic capabilities, officials said. One missile that could readily carry one of their designs: an Iranian missile...
Is your computer roaring like a 747 taking off? Does your computer overheat?Chances are, it does, and even more frequently than you know. IBM has developed a prototype that uses cold water to cool your chips."A...
"A teenager who is sad and maybe even considering suicide may be reluctant to tell a doctor about life-threatening troubles. But the same teenager is far more likely to tell a computer a secret that he or she would...
With our tech toys, computers and all, some tasks that we think would be routine, become time oglers.That was the case yesterday when some minor computer tinkering turned into a headache.I did not fall off the face of the earth.My usual Green Day piece on Tuesday fell by the...
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCertainly the Bill Gates and Musicians and Recording Companies of the World must be smiling, as a proposal to allow US/Canada Border Guards search and seizure of your Ipod...
"A team of biology and mathematics experts has created living computers by adding genes to Escherichia coli bacteria, showing that computing in living cells is feasible."
"In what sounds like a low-budget horror film, voracious swarming ants are invading Texas homes, short-circuiting fuse boxes and wrecking computers. They have ruined pumps at sewage pumping stations, fouled computers...
Should we be on the look out for 4 horsemen?"DALLAS - In what sounds like a really low-budget horror film, voracious swarming ants that apparently arrived in Texas aboard a cargo ship are invading homes and yards...
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Fidel Castro apparently never liked computers - I know the feeling and felt the same way ten years ago - but progress catches up with everybody. Embrace it, you might make a fortune.
While these machines will not win any performance awards, these Intel-based PCs are making history simply by appearing in a Cuban electronics store. Even with diminished specs, the personal computers now available in...
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As Raul moves Cuba into the 21st Century many continue to wonder where its all headed. Salaries continue to put the luxury of a home PC or a weekend at a hotel resort clear out of reach for most Cubans. "Cubans are...
The first legalised home computers have gone on sale in Cuba, but a ban remains on internet access.This is the latest in a series of restrictions on daily life which President Raul Castro has lifted in recent weeks.Crowds formed at the Carlos III shopping centre in Havana,...