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Can IT Make Airports Greener — and More Efficient?
By admin on October 21, 2009 | Comments Off
A million-dollar research project just announced aims to bring computing power to bear on every aspect of airport operations, with the goal of cutting waste and pollution while reducing delays and speeding baggage handling.
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Universe Has 100x More Entropy Than We ThoughtBy admin on October 6, 2009 | Comments Off
eldavojohn writes “Previous estimates are now thought to skimp on the entropy of the observable universe. The researchers contend that super-massive black holes are the largest contributor of entropy. Since they contribute two orders of magnitude more than previously thought, the total of all the observable universe is correspondingly higher. The paper highlights (in gruesome detail) new issues that arise with these new calculations — like estimating (more…)
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Gamers are more aggressive to strangersBy admin on October 4, 2009 | Comments Off
Victorious gamers enjoy a surge of testosterone – but only if their vanquished foe is a stranger. When male gamers beat friends in a shoot-em-up video game, levels of the potent sex hormone plummeted.
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Windows 8: More early clues start to emergeBy admin on September 24, 2009 | Comments Off
As soon as Microsoft releases the final bits of a new Windows release to manufacturing — and often before — many users’ thoughts turn to what’s next.
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More Britons ‘to attend Olympics’By admin on September 3, 2009 | Comments Off
Public enthusiasm for attending the 2012 London Olympic Games has risen almost 30% following the Beijing Games, a survey for the BBC suggests.
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