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08.21.08

Microsoft’s Photosynth stitches pictures into 3D collages

Last night, Microsoft agreed to share one of its favorite web toys. Photosynth, a dazzling application that’s been kicking around Microsoft’s back shop for more than a year, released a public beta version on Wednesday.
The clever code takes flat digital images and sows them into a 3D collage. For example, if I’m selling my condo, […]

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08.21.08

Evergreens scrub out the poultry smell

Scientists looking for ways to take the “phew” out of poultry farming – at least for the farms’ neighbors – may have found an answer in trees.
Researchers from the University of Delaware have found that by ringing a farm with trees, they could cut off-site ammonia and dust emissions by more than half and odors […]


08.20.08

Ship emissions: sizing up a big problem

Those who go down to the sea in ships – or go to see them in port – may soon be able to breathe easier. Scientists have made the first measurements of ship emissions involving particles less than a millionth of a meter in size. They say it’s an important step in establishing and monitoring […]


08.17.08

Take your profile with you online

A common complaint about the Internet is that the typical user has to maintain multiple personal profiles on multiple sites, ranging from Facebook to Last FM. Enter mEgo, a personalized portable profile that travels online with you across social networks. The mEgo.com body-shaped widget, which resembles a high-tech baseball card on your screen, stores all […]


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Plushgun’s Daniel Ingala: Web-savvy fans voted the band’s music to the top of the OurStage charts.

08.21.08

OurStage hosts online talent show

Website helps new artists bypass Net’s sonic traffic jam and attract the notice of record labels.

Reporter Matthew Shaer discusses a new marketing tool for live music groups.

Reporter Matthew Shaer

08.21.08

Designs for a better world emerge from M.I.T. summit

Diverse teams brainstorm and build simple solutions to help developing nations.

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08.20.08

Will US-Russia tensions extend to space?

Without Russia, NASA couldn’t send astronauts to the space station between 2010 and 2015.

Reporter Peter N. Spotts talks with csmonitor.com’s Pat Murphy about the US-Russian space relationship.

Reporter Peter N. Spotts

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08.20.08

New sea change forecasts present a slimy picture

Column: Overfishing, a potential mollusk invasion, and the rise of slime threaten ocean ecology.

Science columnist Robert Cowen discusses how algae at one of Beijing’s Olympic venues could portend environmental trouble.

Columnist Robert Cowen

08.15.08

Screen wars: stealing TV’s ‘eyeball’ share

Television, the long-dominant medium, becomes just one of many video outlets.

Reporter Greg Lamb discusses the evolving nature of television programming, and why it may move away from the television altogether.

Gregory M. Lamb

08.14.08

A 3-D look down the RabbitHole

Poster-size moving holograms set to invade ads and art.

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08.14.08

iPhone apps are fun and quirky – but are they safe?

You can link to webcams or make yourself sound like a cartoon. But you might also pick up a virus.

08.08.08

An asteroid cop gets ready to patrol

Set for launch in 2010, a Canadian satellite will look for near-Earth asteroids that could pose a threat to the planet.

Reporter Patti Lane discusses some possible methods to prevent asteroid impacts.

Reporter Patti Lane

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08.07.08

Europe’s Large Hadron Collider tests the bounds of physics – and budgets

08.06.08

Will Google search favor Google content?

08.06.08

An unexpected find on Mars

08.05.08

What’s black and dirty and messing with the climate?

08.04.08

Video-gaming strives for respect. Is it a sport?

08.01.08

The future of tech in just one word: plastics

07.31.08

Auteur? Shop your movie to the ‘soc-net’ set

07.31.08

Program helps Arizona prisoners get ready for real life

07.30.08

How to make your kids’ computer time educational – and fun

07.25.08

Many new ‘friends’ to be made online, but what about dollars?

07.24.08

Free site lets you build your own social network

07.23.08

A water pump for the people

07.23.08

Fish hum, grunt, and growl to get their message across

07.22.08

A city locked out of its own data network

07.22.08

Efforts to rein in online fight videos

07.18.08

Can plug-in hybrids ride to America’s rescue?

07.17.08

Online tales of everyday heroes

07.16.08

Pittsburgh is robot country

07.16.08

Rise in lawsuits against bloggers

07.15.08

The FCC scolds Comcast, but there’s still a long Internet fight to come

07.11.08

The field narrows for e-books

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