Why do we yell at our computer when it struggles to work? Why do some cars look like they're smiling? Why does your guitar seem free-spirited? This is because of our innate human tendency for anthropomorphism: the ascription ...
Social Sciences
Mar 25, 2022
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(Phys.org) —What is an Obake? Two definitions have emerged; MIT inventors would enjoy close attention on the newer one. The older definition is that they are creatures in Japanese folklore that shift shapes. The second ...
Internet powerhouse Google is giving Web searchers the thrill of speed with a turbo-charged engine that displays suggested Web links as fast as a person can type.
Internet
Sep 8, 2010
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Bluetooth Smart innovator CSR plc has developed the world's thinnest wireless touch interface to demonstrate the revolutionary potential of the technology for computing interfaces. The flexible device, which is less than ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 4, 2013
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Intel has been slow playing catch-up to ARM in the mobile area, but, based on the latest announcement from ARM, Intel will need to work all the harder to upstage a show of innovation in the latest twin rollout ...
Google on Wednesday began letting people get monthly reports summarizing what they have been up to at the Internet titan's free online services.
Internet
Mar 28, 2012
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An Army scientist recently won a best paper award at the Association for Computing Machinery's 26th Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization for discovering that most people cannot distinguish between liking ...
Computer Sciences
Sep 7, 2018
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Lenovo is betting that the colorful, more affordable ultrabooks that it unveiled Monday will help it maintain its momentum and continue to snap up market share.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jun 5, 2012
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Google on Tuesday unveiled a new look for its free email service, inviting users to switch if they like what they see.
Internet
Nov 1, 2011
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If you're amazed - and maybe even a little alarmed - about how much Google seems to know about you, brace yourself. Beginning Thursday, Google will operate under a streamlined privacy policy that enables the Internet's most ...
Internet
Feb 29, 2012
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