Research articles

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  Microsoft: Windows XP costs businesses five times more than Windows 7

  By Andrew Webster on May 26, 2012 04:18 pm + 151 comments

  While many of us are thinking about the eventual shift to Windows 8, Microsoft is still trying to Continue reading…

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  MIT's computer algorithms can tell why you're smiling better than a human can

  By Bryan Bishop on May 26, 2012 10:24 am + 4 comments

  While some recent studies have found that investment in facial recognition technologies hasn't yet Continue reading…

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  MIT researchers develop a way to inject drugs at near speed of sound without needles

  By Tom Warren on May 25, 2012 08:40 am + 28 comments

  MIT scientists are developing a needle-less injection technology that could see doctors Continue reading…

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  NASA develops speedy vacuum tube prototype for computers in space

  By Andrew Webster on May 24, 2012 11:26 am + 9 comments

  While semiconductors replaced vacuum tubes as the go-to way to conduct electrical current in our Continue reading…

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  Android Malware Genome Project wants to fight malware by understanding it

  By Andrew Webster on May 23, 2012 11:14 am + 12 comments

  Android malware is increasingly becoming a concern for users, but a team of researchers at North Continue reading…

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  Amazon book reviewers as reliable as professional critics, says Harvard research

  By Adi Robertson on May 17, 2012 09:35 am + 16 comments

  Literary pursuits are beset on all sides, it seems. Not only do computers rank student essays about Continue reading…

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  Mind-controlled robotic arm lets paralyzed test subjects drink from a thermos

  By Adi Robertson on May 16, 2012 09:51 pm + 9 comments

  One of the most appealing promises of robotics is that mechanical prostheses could one day give Continue reading…

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  Nielsen's 'top five smartphone apps' data raises more questions than it answers

  By Nathan Ingraham on May 16, 2012 08:49 pm + 41 comments

  Mobile marketing continues to grow in importance for advertisers, and as such Nielsen's made mobile Continue reading…

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  Google Docs Research sidebar looks up terms, adds images, quotes, and citations

  By Adi Robertson on May 15, 2012 02:26 pm + 29 comments

  Google Docs has a lot going for it as an office or writing tool, and we imagine the Research Continue reading…

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  Navy building web apps to fight maritime piracy

  By Andrew Webster on May 15, 2012 12:49 pm + 1 comments

  The US Navy is kicking off a new project that will attempt to fight maritime piracy with the help of Continue reading…