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Survey: A third of IT projects exceed budget

September 13, 2007 Research finds that poor forecasting, increases in scope and conflicts between multiple projects result in overspending. TAGS: chief information officer, survey, forecasting, project, Computer Associates International Inc., information technology

Google: These books are free

August 30, 2006 Search giant makes PDFs of entire public-domain works available for download and print. TAGS: Google Book Search, Google Inc., copyright law, Adobe PDF, domain, project, work

New tool screens spam, digitizes books

May 24, 2007 The ReCaptcha service turns annoying spam-avoidance chores into a productive project to digitize books.Image: Killing two birds with two words TAGS: pattern recognition, project, spam, API, word, blog, photograph, Microsoft Corp., e-mail

EC funds counterterrorism tech research

September 12, 2007 Forty-four research projects are to be funded, including a technique for video detection of abnormal behavior in crowds. TAGS: European Union, commission, development, project, security, video

Mozilla gets social bug with The Coop

April 4, 2007 Project is designed to create an add-on with which friends' avatars can share links and photos from Web services.Image: The Coop comes calling TAGS: avatar, project, Web service, Mozilla Corp., Web browser, Firefox, photograph, link

Researcher launches Month of PHP Bugs

March 2, 2007 Initiative focuses on the widely used scripting language with the aim to improve security. TAGS: PHP, scripting language, researcher, project, security, vulnerability, bug

U.K. developing unmanned fighter jet

December 12, 2006 Country's defense department earmarks $242 million to build technology for stealth, pilotless fighter jets. TAGS: robot, U.K., project

Hawaiian firm shrinks solar thermal power

September 14, 2007 It's not as common as solar photovoltaic panels, but Hawaiian start-up Sopogy thinks small-scale solar thermal makes sense.Photos: Concentrating on solar power in Hawaii TAGS: Hawaii, renewable energy, photovoltaics, electricity, project, California

A look inside Google's open-source kitchen

December 13, 2006 Google's Chris DiBona says the search giant has a lot of involvement in open source, but is also a firm believer in proprietary software. TAGS: open source, open-source developer, open-source project, Google Inc., phishing, open-source software, social networking, project, activity, code, Java

Online library offers 1.5 million works and counting

November 27, 2007 The Universal Digital Library, backed by several major libraries around the globe, is more about preservation and less about getting clicks. TAGS: Barnes & Noble Inc., computer science, university, project, intellectual property, library, professor, e-book, work, Google Inc.

Satellite 'sentinels' to help track climate change

November 13, 2007 European project that will monitor different climate elements in Europe from space aims to help fight climate change. TAGS: U.K., satellite, project, professor, monitor

HP backs African recycling research

September 18, 2007 The technology vendor is working with partners on improving the safety and environmental impact of electronic waste-recycling in the region. TAGS: Africa, project, region, waste, South Africa, equipment, information technology, organization, HP, health, process

Google backs character-recognition research

April 11, 2007 Ocropus, an open-source project based in Germany, aims to develop advanced handwriting recognition for e-library creation. TAGS: handwriting recognition, open source, project, Google Inc., Germany

National Library of Scotland to digitize archive

May 16, 2007 Rare books will become e-books at library whose collection includes copies of every publication in the U.K. going back to the Middle Ages. TAGS: Scotland, archive, project, library, collection, U.K.

Apple plugs four security holes

February 15, 2007 Four issues identified by the Month of Apple Bugs project receive fixes from the company's developer. TAGS: Apple iChat, flaw, Apple Computer, attacker, project, patch management, security, Apple Macintosh

Microsoft to catch up on its reading

October 18, 2006 Super scanner and Cornell join Microsoft's project to digitize tomes for the Windows Live Book Search project. Photo: Robotic scanner TAGS: Google Book Search, Microsoft Windows Live, project, scanner, Google Inc., work, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Wikibooks takes on textbook industry

September 28, 2005 Project aims to create open-ended curriculum that would offer a free, licensable alternative to traditional textbooks. TAGS: Jimmy Wales, textbook, curriculum, biology, project, open source, college, Wikipedia, Google Inc.

Full steam ahead for Nevada solar project

March 12, 2007 A new power plant in the desert taps into solar-thermal energy to pour on the electricity for nearby Las Vegas.Images: Solar thermal heats up in the desert TAGS: plant, electricity, Nevada, heat, Las Vegas, project, power, utility

Zap to do three-wheeled car in 2009

January 31, 2008 Three-wheeled cars may make a comeback with the craze over electric cars coming to a boil. TAGS: niche, car, motorcycle, project

MIT offers City Car for the masses

November 5, 2007 A project to improve urban transportation will make its debut this week in Milan.Images: MIT's stackable electric car TAGS: shopping cart, transportation, car, Milan, vehicle, project, robot, GPS, idea
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