Jim Giles, consultantTech-savvy campaigns get mixed results, as the Arab Spring shows (Image: William Dupuy/Picturetank)Gavin Newsom's Citizenville shows that technology can empower people, but the book fails to explore deep-rooted problems within the democratic processTHERE'S a lot of crime in Oakland, California. But until a few years ago, citizens had little way of assessing the scale of the...
Two Nobel Prize winners share their success stories
Label: Technology SINGAPORE: Fifteen internationally-renowned scientists were in Singapore recently for the inaugural Global Young Scientists Summit.Among them were Nobel Prize winners Eric Cornell and Ada Yonath, who gave talks, participated in panel discussions and mentored young scientists during their time in Singapore.The discoveries that garnered them the prestigious Nobel Prize were years in the...
Get a Microsoft Surface RT 32GB tablet for $424
Label: LifestyleYou can grab a Surface RT for as little as $400 (if you don't mind waiting on a partial rebate).(Credit:Microsoft)Microsoft's Surface RT tablet has seen its share of headlines since it debuted in October -- not all of them good. For example, last month a patch prevented some users from accessing the Windows Store, and before that, the 32GB Surface RT was revealed to have only 16GB of available storage.Well,...
Year of the Snake: The Serpent Behind the Horoscope
Label: Health On February 10, people all around the world will ring in the Lunar New Year with paper lanterns and firecrackers. At the heart of it all sits the snake, a slithery reptile feared for its sharp fangs and revered for its undeniable charm. (Watch videos of some of the world's deadliest snakes.)Those born in the Year of the Snake are said to be intelligent and quick thinking, but they can...
Vatican Says Pope Benedict Will Resign Feb. 28
Label: Business Pope Benedict XVI announced today that he will resign Feb. 28, saying his role requires "both strength of mind and body."The pope's decision makes him the first pontiff to resign in nearly 600 years. A conclave to elect a new pope will take place before the end of March. The 85-year-old pope announced the decision to resign in Latin during a meeting of Vatican cardinals.VIDEO:...
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Time to rinse! AI assistant helps clean your teeth
Label: World FOR most of us, brushing our teeth is just a tedious part of the daily grind. But for people with dementia or learning difficulties, such tasks can be difficult. They could soon gain more independence thanks to an AI designed by Christian Peters at Bielefeld University in Germany and his colleagues. ...
Three Korean doctors slain in north Nigeria: police
Label: Technology KANO, Nigeria: Men armed with knives slit the throats of three South Korean doctors in a pre-dawn attack Sunday in a volatile town in northeastern Nigeria in the latest in a spate of killings of foreigners in recent months, police said.The attack in Potiskum also came just two days after gunmen killed at least 10 people in horrifying attacks on two Nigerian polio clinics in a new blow...
LA Microsoft Store not mobbed, but Surface has a following
Label: LifestyleThe Surface Pro(Credit:Brooke Crothers)LOS ANGELES -- The launch of the Surface Pro at the Microsoft Store in LA's Century City was a relatively low-key affair compared with the debut of the Surface RT. When I arrived just after 10 a.m. there was a small line (see photo). That said, both versions -- 64GB and 128GB -- of the Surface Pro had sold out immediately. Of course, no one would say how many...
Mars Rover Curiosity Completes First Full Drill
Label: Health For the first time in history, humans have drilled a hole into rock on Mars and are collecting the powdered results for analysis, NASA announced Saturday.After weeks of intensive planning, the Mars rover Curiosity undertook its first full drill on Friday, with NASA receiving images on Saturday showing that the procedure was a success.Curiosity drilled a hole that is a modest 2.5 inches...
Paternos Issue Report, Challenge Freeh's Findings
Label: Business Former FBI director Louis Freeh is standing by his conclusion that former Penn State coach Joe Paterno and three top administrators concealed child sex abuse allegations against Jerry Sandusky.Freeh responded Sunday to a new critique released by Paterno's family that called Freeh's report last July inaccurate and unfounded, resulting in a "rush to injustice." Patrick...
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