Boom in electronic gadgets prompts libraries to offer more ebooks
Are iPads sending people to their local public library? Sunnyvale, Calif., official Lisa Rosenblum thinks so.
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Jun 6, 2014
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News tagged with digital electronics
New rapid synthesis developed for bilayer graphene and high-performance transistors
Researchers at University of California, Santa Barbara, in collaboration with Rice University, have recently demonstrated a rapid synthesis technique for large-area Bernal (or AB) stacked bilayer graphene films that can open ...
Nanomaterials
May 1, 2014
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MtGox says co-operating with Tokyo police
Failed Bitcoin exchange MtGox said Wednesday it has submitted "electronic records" and other documents to the Tokyo police after it collapsed in February admitting losing half a billion dollars' worth of the digital currency.
Business
Mar 26, 2014
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Entrepreneur makes Bitcoin gift to US college
In what may be the first college donation of the new electronic currency, a Bitcoin entrepreneur has made a $10,000 virtual donation to a Washington state liberal arts college.
Business
Feb 19, 2014
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California company seeks audio rebels
High Fidelity isn't just the name of a movie. For the better part of two decades, consumers have been willing to trade audio quality for convenience, forgoing their high-fidelity home stereos for white earbuds. But a Sacramento ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Feb 17, 2014
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University's bitcoin gimmick masks accountability problem with online currency
Cumbria University is to allow some students to pay their tuition fees in bitcoin, the digital currency hitherto more associated with drugs and guns.
Internet
Jan 23, 2014
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Hynix posts record operating profit in third quarter
South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix on Tuesday posted a record operating profit in the third quarter to September, boosted by strong demand from phone manufacturers and higher chip prices.
Business
Oct 29, 2013
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Tablet computers replace traditional textbooks in a Finnish school
This autumn, the schoolbags of pupils attending the Savonlinna Teacher Training School of the University of Eastern Finland are much lighter than before, thanks to tablet computers. Approximately half of the school's pupils ...
Other
Sep 9, 2013
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Facebook in fresh privacy row with new policy
Facebook is drawing fire from privacy activists again, after unveiling a new policy which could turn users' data and pictures into advertising.
Internet
Sep 5, 2013
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New component in the quantum electronics toolbox
The coherence of quantum systems is the foundation upon which hardware for future information technologies is based. Quantum information is carried by units called quantum bits, or qubits. They can be used to secure electronic ...
Quantum Physics
Aug 29, 2013
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