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Science & Tech News tagged with computer

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory Investigates the Sun's Cycle of Highs and Lows
Science & Tech  (tags: astronomy, computer, concept, discovery, energy, interesting, nasa, NewTechnology, news, research, scientists, science, space, study, technology, world )

PinkMindy
- 1 day ago - astronomy.com
How intense will the next solar cycle be? Can we predict when a violent solar storm will blast Earth with energetic particles? Could a prolonged period of inactivity on the sun plunge Earth into a prolonged winter?
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The Environmental Impact of Spam Email
Science & Tech  (tags: computer, humans, interesting, internet, research, study, technology )

Daphna
- 19 days ago - sayiamgreen.com
A recent publication by McAfee suggests that an estimated 62 trillion spam emails were sent worldwide in 2008. The paper argues that this volume of spam requires an energy use of 33 billion kilo-watt hours which is equivalent to:
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Universal Phone Charger Approved, Could Save 13.6 Million Tons of CO2 : TreeHugger
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Daphna
- 24 days ago - treehugger.com
Earlier this year we caught word that the EU might force universal cell phone chargers onto manufacturers. "Force" is a little rough...more like "require them to be environmentally responsible and simply logical and quit manufacturing planned obsolescence
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Six Green Lies That Tech Companies Tell
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All Green
- 40 days ago - nbclosangeles.com
A lot of tech manufacturers tout their wares as "green" these days. After all, saving the one planet we have is in everyone's interests. But if you're truly trying to go green with your electronics, you need to separate the actual green practices with the
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High School Senior Tells Adults: Get Off Facebook!
Science & Tech  (tags: technology, facebook, children, parents, social websites, computer, internet, interesting )

Dee
- 54 days ago - voices.washingtonpost.com
Adam Turay, 17, is a senior at South County Secondary School in Fairfax County. He is editor-in-chief of his school paper, The Courier, is a member of his school's "It's Academic" team and plays guitar and keyboards in a rock band.
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Top 10 Most Spammed States in the Country
Science & Tech  (tags: technology, computer, spam, internet, e-mail, resilient botnets )

Dee
- 54 days ago - abcnews.go.com
Idaho is the most spammed state in the country, with a 93.8 percent rate of spam in its e-mail stream, according to security firm Symantec's Message Labs Intelligence.
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Black Holes May Devour Stars From The Inside
Science & Tech  (tags: astronomy, computer, discovery, concept, humans, interesting, investigation, nasa, news, NewTechnology, research, science, scientists, study, technology, black holes, gemma-rays )

PinkMindy
- 59 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
As if they weren't considered beastly enough, black holes can dive into nearby stars and devour them from the inside out, scientists now suggest. Such invasions by such black holes could help explain the most powerful explosions in the universe.
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Facebook: Protect My Privacy-Take Action
Science & Tech  (tags: petition, technology, internet, humans, society, computer )

Daphna
- 61 days ago - change.org
Facebook quizzes: What do they know about you? If you are on Facebook, you've undoubtedly seen the quizzes that are so popular on the site. Perhaps you or your friends have even taken some. These quizzes might be fun. But it's s
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Planck Telescope's First Glimpse
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PinkMindy
- 64 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The Planck observatory, launched in May, is surveying radiation that first swept out across space just 380,000 years after the Big Bang. The light holds details about the age, contents and evolution of the cosmos.
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How to Make Your PC as Fast as the Day You Bought It
Science & Tech  (tags: computer, technology, internet, programs, performance )

Daphna
- 70 days ago - howlifeworks.com
One of the most frustrating things in life is a slow computer. Every few years, we buy an expensive new PC and love how fast it starts up, runs programs, and loads web sites. Inevitably, though it starts to slow down, until eventually we a
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How the Internet Makes a Local Crime a Federal One-Cop Cops Plea for E-Mailing Nude Pics to Woman He Arrested
Science & Tech  (tags: abuse, society, law, crime, computer, investigation, internet )

Suzybell
- 76 days ago - current.com
A small-town Kansas cop e-mailed naked pictures of himself to a woman he pulled over for drunk driving, offering a sexual relationship in exchange for helping her avoid the charges. A local problem became a federal case after investigators found that his
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TIMELINE: Internet Turns 40 TodayâEUR¦ or Does It? - ABC News
Science & Tech  (tags: computers, computer, history, internet, science, society, technology, arpanet )

Jelica
- 78 days ago - abcnews.go.com
Though it might try to hide its graying hairs, it was 40 years ago today that computer scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles, established a network connection between two computers, creating the very first node of what we now know as the
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'Sex,' 'Porn' On List Of Kids' Top Web Searches
Science & Tech  (tags: abuse, children, culture, computers, discovery, society, computer, environment, research )

Suzybell
- 98 days ago - kdka.com
Cupertino web security company Symantec released a list of the top web searches kids make, and age-old curiosity about sex isn't far from the top of the list.Symantec uses their family safety service OnlineFamily.Norton to track 3.5 million searches by k
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Google Ocean: Has Atlantis Been Found Off Africa?
Science & Tech  (tags: atlantis, ancient, archaeology, computer, discovery, history, humans, interesting, investigation, internet, news, research, technology, world )

Rosa
- 99 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
Last night Atlantis experts said that the unexplained grid is located at one of the possible sites of the legendary island, which was described by the ancient Greek philosopher Plato.
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Brace Yourselves for Another Round of Prank E-Mails
Science & Tech  (tags: tech, computer, internet, E-mails, Hoax, Mars, astronomy, science, investigation )

Dee
- 106 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Every August e-mails circulate which suggest we are about to have a close encounter with Mars. The e-mails are a hoax, but they say something about our fascination with the Red Planet.
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