Carbon nanotubes show promise for high-speed genetic sequencing (w/ Video)
Dec 31, 2009 Science
Faster sequencing of DNA holds enormous potential for biology and medicine, particularly for personalized diagnosis and customized treatment based on each individual's genomic makeup. At present however, sequencing technology remains cumbersome and cost prohibitive for most clinical applications...Tags: Biology, Carbon Nanotubes, Clinical Applications, Diagnosis, Dna, Genomic, High Speed, Makeup, Medicine, Promise, Technology
French online piracy law in force
Dec 31, 2009 General
The first effects of France's controversial new law against internet piracy will begin to be felt as the new year starts.Tags: Internet Piracy, New Year, Piracy Law
Don’t send special keys in 10.6’s Screen Sharing
Dec 31, 2009 Software
I use OS X's Screen Sharing a lot--with five Macs scattered about the house, it's often the easiest way to work on another machine. In Snow Leopard, Apple changed the handling of certain "special" keys--Command-Tab for the application switcher, Command-Option-Escape for the force quit dialog, and...Tags: Apple, Application Switcher, Command Option, Dialog, Lot, Macs, Os X, Snow Leopard
NEWS: WEBSITE OF THE DAY - Hype Machine
Dec 31, 2009 Software
Hear about the next big thing before the masses
Today will be full of predictions and forecasts and lots of people talking about the next big thing and what to look out for in 2010.
If music’s your bag then bookmark this.
It brings the b...
Tags: 0000, Buzz, Email Form, Email Tags, Fri, Gap, Gap Commercial, Hype Machine, Music, Pocket Lint, Software Online
NEWS: VIDEO OF THE DAY - Resolution song
Dec 31, 2009 Software
Sing along with this anthem for the perpetually realistic
This is definitely me.
I spend days, even weeks, deliberating over what my New Year resolutions will be and within hours have abandoned all of them.
2010 will be no different, but I am ...
Tags: 0000, Anthem, Email Form, Email Tags, Form Software, Fri, Good Luck, Little Ditty, New Year, New Year Resolutions, Online Video, Pocket Lint, Video Of The Day, Video Software
More stupider user tricks: IT horror stories redux
Dec 31, 2009 General IT
Idiot-proof your enterprise with these 10 hard-luck lessons of boneheaded IT miscuesTags: Boneheaded, Hard Luck, Horror Stories, Idiot Proof
First look: Amazon brings MapReduce to the Elastic Cloud
Dec 31, 2009 General IT
Based on Hadoop, MapReduce equips users with potent distributed data-processing toolsTags: Amazon, Mapreduce, Processing Tools
Will Capgemini convince enterprises to trust the cloud?
Dec 31, 2009 General IT
Several tech companies now support Amazon.com's Web services, though at different levelsTags: Amazon, Tech Companies, Trust Companies
Cloud computing to the max
Dec 31, 2009 General IT
Some companies could move most of their apps to the cloud. Here's how one did it.WiMax is here: What you need to know
Dec 31, 2009 Telecoms
Early adopters, analysts reveal the pros and cons of the wireless broadband service
