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Online tool can detect patterns in US election news coverage

The US presidential election dominates the global media every four years, with news articles, which are carefully analysed by commentators and campaign strategists, playing a major role in shaping voter opinion. ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New web tool to improve accuracy of global land cover maps

An interactive web tool has been developed to improve the accuracy and extent of global land use and forest cover information. The new 'Geo-Wiki' uses Google Earth and information provided by a global network of volunteers ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Review: Google Docs, the perfect bridesmaid

(AP) -- For do-most-of-it-yourself brides, wedding planning means lists, lists and more lists, with some spreadsheets thrown in for good measure. There are also the long, endlessly pored-over documents of ...

Technology / Internet

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sandia cyber project looks to help IT professionals with complex DNS vulnerabilities

Sandia National Laboratories computer scientist Casey Deccio has developed a visualization tool known as DNSViz to help network administrators within the federal government and global IT community better understand ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

NIST improves tool for hardening software against cyber attack

(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have dramatically enlarged a database designed to improve applications that help programmers find weaknesses in software. This ...

Technology / Software

created Nov 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google Analytics inventor moving concept to physical stores with Euclid

Startup Euclid Dynamics' co-founder, Scott Crosby, the guy who built the technology behind Google Analytics while with Urchin Corp, (since purchased by Google) has been hard at work moving the concept to real world business ...

Technology / Software

created Nov 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast report

New software helps researchers find meaning in massive scientific data sets

(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the biggest challenges today's scientists face is sorting and making sense of the massive amounts of data produced by advanced scientific instruments and supercomputers. In response ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 24, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Re-learning how to help professionals share their practice

(PhysOrg.com) -- Online tools developed in Europe have created completely new approaches in pedagogy -- the science of education.

Technology / Software

created May 14, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

EBay, GM to start trial program to sell new cars

(AP) -- Hundreds of General Motors' California dealers will let consumers haggle over the prices of new cars and trucks through the eBay online marketplace under a trial that begins Tuesday.

Technology / Internet

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Software tool helps Web developers identify seizure-causing content

(PhysOrg.com) -- In 1997, an episode of the popular Pokemon cartoon gained worldwide attention when more than 800 Japanese children with photosensitive seizure conditions were admitted to the hospital after viewing the cartoon ...

Technology / Software

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

iTeacher: Program Brings Web 2.0 to the Classroom

(PhysOrg.com) -- Online media and social networking Web sites - Web 2.0 standards like Facebook and YouTube - are the new tools for communication and entertainment among K-12 students. Safety and inappropriate content issues, ...

Technology / Software

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0