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Ten years on, a SARS legacy in the everyday details
HONG KONG -- Alarming at the time, the deadly virus left the Hong Kong public with cleaner habits and greater preparedness for future outbreaks.
1 | April 25, 2013 3:00am |
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Honeywell releases designer smart thermostat
Honeywell is going high end with its new Wi-Fi Smart Thermostat and is tapping its formidable sales and distribution channels to turn up the heat on its competition.
1 | April 24, 2013 8:37pm |
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Nest connects smart thermostats to the grid
Nest Labs has partnered with several utilities to take the intelligence embedded in its learning thermostat beyond the home and onto the grid.
1 | April 23, 2013 2:29pm |
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Alternative nuclear energy race heats up as Canadian company enters
Terrestrial Energy's safe, liquid reactor could be ready in eight years.
10 | April 23, 2013 4:55am |
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Netflix now has more U.S. subscribers than HBO
Will the streaming service become the next HBO?
5 | April 23, 2013 4:42am |
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Why young Americans still aren't driving
The U.S. economy is getting better, so why aren't people driving more?
16 | April 23, 2013 4:00am |
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Startup helps restaurants streamline online menu management
With MustHaveMenus, restaurant owners can update and share information with potential diners far more efficiently and cost-effectively.
April 23, 2013 3:00am |
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LED devices let divers talk underwater
Can LED technology replace voice communication underwater?
3 | April 23, 2013 12:36am |
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White House Science Fair inventions find cancer, brings music to deaf
Artificial limbs, cancer detection, music for the hearing impaired, rockets, water filtration - these are all some of the ideas that were presented today at the White House Science Fair in...
April 22, 2013 8:57pm |
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Tech industry begins to press educational institutions for big data skills
Silicon Valley vendor takes the big data skills challenge to the university level.
1 | April 22, 2013 6:47pm |
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Google fined again for Wi-Fi data collection
Google's Street View service, which sends out camera-equipped cars to map the world, has been fined once again for capturing more than just images.
1 | April 22, 2013 9:33am |
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First quarter 2013 slow for venture funding, but software still shines
Venture capitalists continued to put money into software and media ventures, but have backed away from clean technology and life sciences in the first quarter of 2013.
April 22, 2013 7:22am |
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Goggles with data dashboards: Distraction or the future?
With Google Glass on the horizon and firms manufacturing high-tech eyewear, is a line being crossed in terms of safety?
2 | April 22, 2013 5:55am |
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World's biggest battery will store solar electricity in Japan
The $204 million whopper is part of a renewable energy push.
11 | April 22, 2013 4:35am |
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Q&A: Nathan Cooke, designer and instructor at MIT's D-Lab
In a Nairobi slum, newly minted entrepreneurs run more than 160 public toilets and transform their waste into fertilizer -- and someday they'll turn it into electricity.
2 | April 22, 2013 4:00am |
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IBM attempts to harness the power of two thousand suns
Can a new project aimed at concentrating sunlight bring solar power back in fashion?
3 | April 22, 2013 2:38am |
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Firms aren't interested in mergers and acquisitions, study finds
Erring on the side of caution seems more important than boosting innovation or research by purchasing firms for many businesses.
April 22, 2013 1:39am |
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This app pauses video if you look away from the screen
It also mutes your iPhone if you shush it. Touch-free controls for your touchscreen devices are here.
1 | April 19, 2013 1:57pm |
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Pentagon seeks a new breed of secure smartphone
It seems that U.S. intelligence and defense officials want to bring their mobile technology and security up a gear.
April 19, 2013 6:21am |
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The country with fastest growing consumer market after China and India
And how to sell there, where spending will increase by $1 trillion a year, according to McKinsey.
April 19, 2013 4:29am |
