News tagged with number
ICANN grants .xxx but delays opening domain gates
The group in charge of Internet addresses on Friday opened the door for websites ending with ".xxx" but delayed deciding whether to open the floodgates for other suffixes.
Mar 18, 2011 |
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Art contest draws Google into another privacy flap
(AP) -- Google Inc. thought it was doing a good deed last month when it opened an annual art contest to more kids across the United States. The gesture instead has turned into another opportunity for Google's critics to ...
Feb 24, 2011 |
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Number one rules in nature: study
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from The Australian National University have used a long-forgotten mathematical rule to reveal that in nature the number one dominates, as well as detect natural events like earthquakes ...
Feb 17, 2011 |
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Periodic table of shapes to give a new dimension to maths (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Mathematicians are creating their own version of the periodic table that will provide a vast directory of all the possible shapes in the universe across three, four and five dimensions, linking ...
Feb 16, 2011 |
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Kindle puts readers and friends on same page
Amazon on Monday released a preview version of a Kindle software update that puts electronic book readers on the same page with friends still clinging to ink and paper works.
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Feb 07, 2011 |
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Words help people form mathematical concepts (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Language may play an important role in learning the meanings of numbers, scholars at the University of Chicago report.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 07, 2011 |
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Internet address warehouse empty
The global warehouse for Internet addresses ran empty on Thursday.
Feb 03, 2011 |
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NY document: ID theft ring targets Apple stores
(AP) -- Dozens of people have been charged with forming a prolific identity theft ring that used thousands of stolen credit card numbers to shop at Apple stores around the country, according to a court document and a law ...
Feb 02, 2011 |
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Google lets users move numbers to Voice
(AP) -- Google's Voice calling application is adding a long-promised feature: the ability to move a phone number from a cell phone or landline to Google's service.
Jan 26, 2011 |
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Providing work for Haitians with a phone call
One year after an earthquake killed more than 200,000 people in Haiti, two MIT Media Lab students have launched a trial for a free service meant to help Haitians find jobs as part of the country's reconstruction.
Jan 25, 2011 |
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Internet exhausting addresses, but no IPocalypse
The Internet is running out of addresses. With everything from smartphones to Internet-linked appliances and cars getting online, the group entrusted with organizing the Web is running out of the "IP" numbers ...
Jan 23, 2011 |
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New math theories reveal the nature of numbers
For centuries, some of the greatest names in math have tried to make sense of partition numbers, the basis for adding and counting. Many mathematicians added major pieces to the puzzle, but all of them fell ...
Jan 20, 2011 |
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Hacked iTunes accounts for sale online in China
Hacked user accounts for Apple's iTunes Store are for sale on China's largest retail website Taobao, providing illegal access to credit card details for music and TV downloads, state media said Thursday.
Jan 06, 2011 |
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Scientists find first evidence that many universes exist
(PhysOrg.com) -- By looking far out into space and observing what’s going on there, scientists have been led to theorize that it all started with a Big Bang, immediately followed by a brief period of ...
Dec 17, 2010 |
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Congress acts to stop scams using false caller IDs
(AP) -- Congress moved Wednesday to stop scammers who use fake caller IDs to trick people into revealing Social Security and credit card numbers and other vital information.
Dec 15, 2010 |
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