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China says looking forward to cyber talks with US
May 31, 2013 11:17 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsChina is looking forward to "even-tempered talks" on cybersecurity when a Chinese military delegation meets with U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel over the weekend, the Foreign Ministry said Friday, as Washington continues to press Beijing over the issue ahead of a summit next week.
Hong Kong’s three screens market expands
May 31, 2013 10:57 am | by GFK | CommentsIn today’s highly-connected and increasingly mobile society, it has become almost a necessity for modern consumers in developed markets to have round-the-clock access to at least one of the three screens— laptop, media tablet and smartphone.
Army's new mobile network to support its Afghan security mission
May 31, 2013 12:00 am | by U.S. Army | CommentsAs the U.S. mission in Afghanistan evolves from full spectrum combat operations to a support role in helping Afghan forces take hold of their country's security, unit commanders emphasize the need for network mobility. Warfighter Information Network-Tactical Increment 2, the Army's improved tactical network communications backbone, was designed to fulfill such a mission....
Splunk 1Q revenue up, adjusted loss matches views
May 30, 2013 7:13 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsSplunk Inc.'s shares slipped Thursday after the data-management software maker's quarterly revenue topped Wall Street's expectations but its adjusted profit only matched views. In an apparent bit of profit-taking on a stock that has risen 56 percent so far in 2013, shares in the San Francisco...
Japan set to become world’s largest solar revenue market in 2013
May 30, 2013 3:58 pm | CommentsJapan’s solar installations surged by a stunning 270 percent (in gigawatts (GW)) in the first quarter of 2013, positioning the country to surpass Germany to become the world’s largest photovoltaics (PV) market in terms of revenue this year. Although Japan is forecast to install fewer GW than China (which is forecast to be the largest market in GW installation terms) in 2013...
How the turtle got its shell
May 30, 2013 12:16 pm | by Yale UniversityYale University | CommentsNew research led by Tyler Lyson of Yale University and the Smithsonian Institution pushes back the origins of the turtle shell by about 40 million years, linking it to Eunotosaurus, a 260-million-year-old fossil reptile from South Africa. The work strengthens the fossil record and bolsters an existing theory about shell development while providing new details about its precise evolutionary pathway.
Company seeking money to build space telescope
May 30, 2013 12:05 pm | by DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP, Associated Press | CommentsA Washington company that wants to send robots into space to mine precious metals from asteroids has found another way to use the expensive technology it's developing for its space venture. Planetary Resources Inc. announced Wednesday it plans to launch an extra space telescope in early 2015 to be used by the general public...
Not LOL: Service allows bully reporting by text
May 30, 2013 12:01 pm | by PHILIP ELLIOTT, Associated Press | CommentsA leading education technology company on Wednesday announced it would give schools a free and confidential way for students to tell school officials via text that they are being bullied or are witnessing bullying. Blackboard's TipTxt program could change the school climate — or reveal just how pervasive student-on-student harassment has become.
SKorea fosters startups as it seeks economic shift
May 30, 2013 11:58 am | by YOUKYUNG LEE, AP Technology Writer | CommentsAmong the policies aimed at nurturing a "creative economy," South Korea is pouring more than 3 trillion won ($2.7 billion) into funding startups, establishing a third stock market to help new ventures raise money, and changing laws to lower hurdles for crowd-funding.
Motorola: 1st US-assembled smartphones coming
May 30, 2013 11:57 am | by WILL WEISSERT, Associated Press | CommentsCellphone pioneer Motorola says it's opening a manufacturing facility that will produce the first smartphone ever assembled in the U.S. — its new flagship device, Moto X. The Texas site was once used by fellow phone manufacturer Nokia, meaning it was designed to produce mobile devices...
UN expert urges moratorium on 'killer robots'
May 30, 2013 11:50 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsNations should agree to a moratorium on developing robots for war that can function autonomously before it is too late to stop their use, a U.N. human rights expert warned Thursday. U.N. special rapporteur Christof Heyns urged a temporary freeze on producing or using so-called killer robots, saying it would give nations time to think through the implications...
China says US hacking claims faulty
May 30, 2013 11:44 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsRecent allegations of Chinese hacking of Pentagon defense programs are faulty and underestimate China's ability to produce its own defensive weaponry, the country's Defense Ministry said Thursday. Newly publicized claims allege that China employed cyberattacks to access data from nearly 40 Pentagon weapons programs...
Intelligent street lights adapt to conditions in Finland
May 30, 2013 11:33 am | CommentsVTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a dimmable LED street light that consumes significantly less energy than current lighting systems, while improving the lighting characteristics. The street lights were tested in Helsinki with user experiences collected.
Cold climate wind energy showing huge potential
May 30, 2013 11:30 am | by EurekAlert! | CommentsWind energy capacity is growing rapidly in the cold climates of the world. According to the latest forecasts, between 45 and 50 gigawatts of wind energy will be built in cold climates by 2017, which would mean an increase of as much as 72 per cent since the end of 2012 and investments amounting to approximately EUR 75 billion.
Einstein's 'spooky action' common in large quantum systems
May 30, 2013 11:28 am | by EurekAlert! | CommentsEntanglement is a property in quantum mechanics that seemed so unbelievable and so lacking in detail that, 66 years ago this spring, Einstein called it "spooky action at a distance." But a mathematician at Case Western Reserve University and two of his recent PhD graduates show entanglement is actually prevalent in large quantum systems and have identified the threshold at which it occurs.
