News tagged with time
Time zone database has new home after lawsuit
The organization in charge of the Internet's address system is taking over a database widely used by computers and websites to keep track of time zones around the world.
Oct 16, 2011 |
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New York Times offers journalists buyouts
The New York Times said Thursday it would offer buyouts to more than a dozen journalists as it seeks to cut costs in an "uncertain" economy.
Oct 13, 2011 |
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IBM and EKZ make electric vehicle charging more convenient with new smartphone application
IBM Research today announced that it has teamed with EKZ, the electricity utility provider of the Canton of Zurich in Switzerland, on a new pilot project that will allow consumers to conveniently charge electric ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Oct 13, 2011 |
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New mystery on Mars' forgotten plains
(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the supposedly best understood and least interesting landscapes on Mars is hiding something that could rewrite the planet's history. Or not. In fact, about all that is certain is that ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 12, 2011 |
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Timing particle flight
A team of UT Arlington researchers is designing a new, time-of-flight detector that could one day significantly boost measurement capabilities at the Large Hadron Collider, or LHC, in Geneva, Switzerland.
Oct 12, 2011 |
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Studios' view-everywhere system has soft launch
(AP) -- A Hollywood initiative that aims to revive home video sales by enabling you to watch your purchased movies on multiple devices had a soft start Tuesday as Warner Bros. released "Horrible Bosses" without ...
Oct 11, 2011 |
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HBO Go comes to TV, through Roku players
(AP) -- HBO's Internet streaming service, which gives subscribers access to its shows on PCs, smartphones and tablets, is going back to where it all started: the TV.
Oct 11, 2011 |
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NYSE site hobbled by outages, firm reports
(AP) -- The New York Stock Exchange's website was apparently hobbled twice Monday, possibly the result of computer attacks as part of the anti-Wall Street protests, according to a company that monitors website response times.
Oct 11, 2011 |
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More U.S. consumers spurn cable TV bills
In July, the Benediktssons of Chandler, Ariz., declared their independence from cable television.
Oct 10, 2011 |
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Light speed
The recent news of neutrinos moving faster than light might have got everyone thinking about warp drive and all that, but really there is no need to imagine something that can move faster than 300,000 kilometres ...
Oct 10, 2011 |
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Caltech beats out Harvard for top ranking
(PhysOrg.com) -- According to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, California Institute of Technology, or Caltech, has beaten out Harvard to take the top spot for the first time since they s ...
Oct 07, 2011 |
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Carlos Slim ups stake in NY Times to 8.1 percent
Carlos Slim, the Mexican magnate believed to be the world's richest individual, has increased his stake in the The New York Times Co. to 8.1 percent, regulatory filings showed Thursday.
Oct 07, 2011 |
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FTL neutrinos (or not)
The recent news from the Oscillation Project with Emulsion-tRacking Apparatus (OPERA) neutrino experiment, that neutrinos have been clocked travelling faster than light, made the headlines over the last week ...
Oct 03, 2011 |
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