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A High-Tech Alternative for Hollywood Hopefuls

Sunday, February 7th, 2010

“House lights up!” proclaimed the silver-haired former lawyer who, with blue jeans, black T-shirt, black safari jacket and Nikes, looked oh-so Hollywood in an oh-so Chicago bastion, the Merchandise Mart.
As four understudies from the Second City comedy troupe entered the sound stage, they were trailed by film students climaxing three weeks [...]

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Buy Now, Pay Later (Maybe With Your Allowance)

Sunday, February 7th, 2010

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BUSINESSES don’t let 13-year-olds pay for purchases with a promise. At least they didn’t before last week.
A new payment option for anyone without a credit card or a debit card, no matter how young, has just become available. It’s initially offered by FooPets and Puzzle Pirates, online game companies that [...]

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The Dozens of Computers That Make Modern Cars Go (and Stop)

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

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The electronic systems in modern cars and trucks — under new scrutiny as regulators continue to raise concerns about Toyota vehicles — are packed with up to 100 million lines of computer code, more than in some jet fighters.
“It would be easy to say the modern car is a computer [...]

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Smart Dust? Not Quite, but We’re Getting There

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

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In computing, the vision always precedes the reality by a decade or more. The pattern has held true from the personal computer to the Internet, as it takes time, brainpower and investment to conquer the scientific and economic obstacles to nudging a game-changing technology toward the mainstream.
The same pattern, [...]

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iPad Blurs Line Between Devices

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

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After months of feverish speculation, Steven P. Jobs introduced Wednesday what Apple hopes will be the coolest device on the planet: a slender tablet computer called the iPad.
For all the hoopla surrounding it, however, the question is whether the iPad can achieve anything close to the success of the [...]

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Robotic Audi TTS to tackle Pikes Peak at race speed – without a driver

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The team at the Center for Automotive Research at Stanford (CARS) are aiming to send a specially-equipped robotic Audi at break-neck speed up the tight bends that lead to Pikes Peak without a driver … something that hasn’t been done before.
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