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Apple co-founder Wozniak sees trouble in the cloud

Aug 04, 2012 (AFP)

Steve Wozniak, who co-founded Apple with the late Steve Jobs, predicted "horrible problems" in the coming years as cloud-based computing takes hold. Wozniak, 61...

Lockheed Martin-ARINC Team Submit Bid for USAF Rapid Deployment Air Traffic Control Radar System

Aug 03, 2012 (SPX)

Industry team Lockheed Martin and ARINC has submitted its proposal for a new, transportable air traffic control (ATC) radar system that will enable U.S. Air For...

Lockheed Martin Submits Final Proposal for Air and Missile Defense Radar

Aug 03, 2012 (SPX)

Lockheed Martin has submitted its final proposal to the U.S. Navy to design, build, integrate and test the new Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) for the futu...

Too cool to follow the law

Aug 03, 2012 (SPX)

So-called glass-formers are a class of highly viscous liquid materials that have the consistency of honey and turn into brittle glass once cooled to sufficientl...

Samsung set to debut new Note phone

Aug 03, 2012 (UPI)

While Apple and Samsung are locked in battle in a California courtroom over patent disputes, Samsung is preparing to release a new smartphone, analysts say. Sam...

Apple asks for verdict after Samsung 'misconduct'

Aug 02, 2012 (AFP)

With a major patent trial barely underway, Apple has asked a judge to rule against Samsung, saying lawyers for the South Korean firm improperly disclosed inform...

New coating evicts biofilms for good

Aug 02, 2012 (SPX)

Biofilms may no longer have any solid ground upon which to stand. A team of Harvard scientists has developed a slick way to prevent the troublesome bacterial co...

Oracle agrees to $306 mn settlement in SAP case

Aug 02, 2012 (AFP)

US business software giant Oracle said Thursday it agreed to accept a $306 million settlement from German rival SAP to shortcut the appeals process in a suit ov...

Camouflage of moths: Secrets to invisibility revealed

Aug 02, 2012 (SPX)

Moths are iconic examples of camouflage. Their wing coloration and patterns are shaped by natural selection to match the patterns of natural substrates, such as...

10-year-old problem in theoretical computer science falls

Aug 02, 2012 (SPX)

Interactive proofs, which MIT researchers helped pioneer, have emerged as one of the major research topics in theoretical computer science. In the classic inter...

Raytheon awarded contract to advance Dual Band Radar development

Aug 02, 2012 (SPX)

Raytheon has been awarded two U.S. Navy contracts for the Dual Band Radar, the multimission air defense radar for the future USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), Americ...

Adding a '3D print' button to animation software

Aug 02, 2012 (SPX)

Watch out, Barbie: omnivorous beasts are assembling in a 3D printer near you. A group of graphics experts led by computer scientists at Harvard have created an ...

From Microns to Centimeters

Aug 02, 2012 (SPX)

Imagine a machine that makes layered, substantial patches of engineered tissue-tissue that could be used as grafts for burn victims or vascular patches. Sounds ...

Apple extends gains in surging tablet market: survey

Aug 02, 2012 (AFP)

Apple extended its dominance in the sizzling tablet computer market in the second quarter of 2012, with the iPad grabbing 68 percent of global sales, a survey s...

Quantifying the Environmental Impact of Structural Materials with B-PATH

Aug 01, 2012 (SPX)

A new software tool from scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) will help architects, engineers, and urban planners better asses...

BELLA Laser Achieves World Record Power at One Pulse Per Second

Aug 01, 2012 (SPX)

On the night of July 20, 2012, the laser system of the Berkeley Lab Laser Accelerator (BELLA), which is nearing completion at the U.S. Department of Energy's La...

Speed and power of X-ray laser helps unlock molecular mysteries

Aug 01, 2012 (SPX)

By outrunning a laser's path of destruction, an international research team has created 3D images of fragile but biologically important molecules inside protein...

The Daily iPad news app cuts staff

Aug 01, 2012 (UPI)

The Daily, News Corp.'s iPad-only news application, based in New York, says it is laying off 50 employees, nearly a third of its work force. In changes first re...

Apple, Samsung lawyers spar in court over patents

Jul 31, 2012 (AFP)

Lawyers for Apple and Samsung debated the differences between copying and honest competition as opening arguments were held Tuesday in a huge patent trial invol...

Microsoft confirms Surface tablet release

Jul 31, 2012 (UPI)

Microsoft has revealed Oct. 26 as the release date for its Surface tablet computer, to coincide with the U.S. release of Windows 8. The date was included in a U...