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A formula for procrastination

January 11, 2007 Can you assign a formula to putting off to tomorrow what you can do today? One professor believes you can. TAGS: formula, professor, equation, motivation, theory, researcher, person

Bringing color to the color-blind

April 12, 2007 Tenebraex's Peter Jones illuminates issues of night vision and color blindness in a data-driven world. Photos: Tenebraex tech for color blindness, night vision TAGS: Peter Jones, Polaroid, theory, brain, color, founder, camera

FTC allows Google-DoubleClick merger to proceed

December 20, 2007 In a 4-1 vote, regulators give their blessing to the controversial union, despite outcry from competitors and privacy advocates. TAGS: DoubleClick Inc., merger, regulator, advertiser, Google Inc., online advertising, acquisition, commission, theory, Microsoft Corp.

This is your brain on a microchip

May 11, 2006 Cognitive computing experts say the day that computers work like brains is getting closer. TAGS: Jeff Hawkins, brain, microchip, computer memory, computing, Artificial Intelligence, platform, theory, IBM Corp.

What happened in Roswell stays in Roswell

August 2, 2007 UFO capital of the world perseveres, with centerpiece museum holding its place amid all manner of alien curios and souvenirs.Photos: UFO mania in Roswell TAGS: museum, alien, conclusion, military, evidence, theory

A cyberspace update for hoary legal doctrine

April 4, 2007 Attorney Eric J. Sinrod says the ancient concept of "trespass" increasingly is being used to adjudicate cyberspace disputes. TAGS: Tickets.com, trespass, Ticketmaster Corp., cyberspace, court, defendant, America Online Inc., theory, eBay Inc., Internet Service Provider, cell phone, server, e-mail

Supercomputer simulates black hole collision

April 19, 2006 NASA calls the simulation a breakthrough in the observation of black holes and in the understanding of the universe. TAGS: supercomputer, universe, Intel Itanium 2, gravity, wave, theory, scientist, merger, pattern, energy

The 'good enough' theory of software

June 1, 2006 Callidus Software CEO Robert Youngjohns warns against the notion that software no longer delivers a competitive advantage. TAGS: incentive based compensation, competitive advantage, Callidus Software Inc., incentive, business process, economy, theory, commission, software company, agency, solution

IBM AlphaWorks: From software theory to fact

June 5, 2008 Laura Bennett, senior engineering manager at IBM's software development community, discusses how the group helps turn research concepts from the labs into practical products. TAGS: software engineering, Semantic Web, IBM Corp., data visualization, community, software-as-a-service, RAD, division, programming, theory, Web 2.0, career, health care, open source, health, information technology

New Vistas for Microsoft--so why not Europe?

August 24, 2006 Policy analyst George A. Pieler says EC regulators are taking the wrong tack when it comes to the software giant. TAGS: Europe, principle, antitrust, theory, Microsoft Corp., Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows Vista, PC, Microsoft Windows

The plot behind killing electric cars

August 28, 2007 Why are we still driving gasoline-powered cars? CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos says there's plenty of blame to go around. TAGS: General Motors, automobile company, Toyota, Toyota Prius, conspiracy, car, Ford, Honda, vehicle, Japan, theory, U.S., battery

Hawking's cosmological riff

November 11, 2005 One of the world's most famous physicists offers his observations on the origin of the universe. TAGS: universe, origin, inflation, scientist, audience, theory, conference

Investor doesn't see browser in Google's future

October 6, 2004 Board member John Doerr discusses the future of the search giant--and the Web itself. TAGS: Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com Inc., Web service, investor, IPO, Web 2.0, Google Inc., conference, development, RSS, theory, Web browser

Are people more polite in virtual worlds?

August 2, 2007 Virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier theorizes that people behave better in the alternate digital realm than in blogs or chat rooms. TAGS: virtual worlds, Second Life, virtual reality, meeting, IBM Corp., blog, theory, Sun Microsystems Inc., forum

Keeping up with the (Dow) Joneses

May 7, 2007 Rumblings of a Microsoft-Yahoo deal may not have panned out, but in the merger world, the pursuers and pursued are still out in force. TAGS: Internet portal, takeover, Dow Chemical Co., Larry Ellison, merger, acquisition, CEO, theory, Yahoo! Inc., media, America Online Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Next-gen DVD war could be messy--or not

August 16, 2006 Conference attendees have different theories as to how the format competition between HD DVD and Blu-ray will play out. TAGS: Sonic Solutions, DisplaySearch, HD-DVD, Blu-ray, adoption, DVD, conference, theory, format, movie, TV, video

A picture paints a thousand words in court

May 24, 2006 As tech invades the courtroom, attorney Eric J. Sinrod cautions that computer-generated animation may open a Pandora's Box. TAGS: defendant, testimony, jury, evidence, Pennsylvania, impact, motion, court, wife, trial, theory, animation
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