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Preparing for the robot takeover 101
Toronto Star – AP FILE PHOTO This would include kudos from Bill Gates, who dubbed him "the best person I know at predicting the future of artificial intelligence. New unconventional school to study ways to harness technology's power Google, Yahoo and NASA back Singularity University |
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Microsoft to launch cell phone software store: paper
Reuters – NEW YORK (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp is planning to offer new programs and services for mobile phones, including an "online bazaar" for software, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. Microsoft to unveil online app store Microsoft's Cloud-Based Skybox Gets Early Showing, New Name |
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Preparing for the robot takeover 101
Toronto Star – 7 Feb 2009 AP FILE PHOTO This would include kudos from Bill Gates, who dubbed him "the best person I know at predicting the future of artificial intelligence. New unconventional school to study ways to harness technology's power Prince George Citizen Google, Yahoo and NASA back Singularity University DigitalJournal.com Financial Times – Periscope (subscription) – Next Big Future – Rediff all 10 news articles |
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Preparing for the robot takeover 101
Toronto Star – 7 Feb 2009 AP FILE PHOTO This would include kudos from Bill Gates, who dubbed him "the best person I know at predicting the future of artificial intelligence. New unconventional school to study ways to harness technology's power Prince George Citizen Google, Yahoo and NASA back Singularity University DigitalJournal.com Financial Times – Periscope (subscription) – Next Big Future – Rediff all 10 news articles |
jmizrahi writes “I’ve recently started working in experimental physics. Quite a few programs are used in the lab for assorted purposes — Labview, Igor, Inventor, Eagle, to name just a few. They are all proprietary. This seems to be standard practice, which surprised me. Does anybody know of any open source software intended for scientific research? Does anybody work in a lab that makes an effort to use open source software?”
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theodp writes “At the World Economic Forum, Michael Dell’s pitch to help Russia with its computers got the cold-as-Siberia shoulder from Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. ‘We don’t need help,’ shot back Putin. ‘We are not invalids. We don’t have limited mental capacity’ (video — rant starts at 1:24). ‘Our programmers are some of the best in the world,’ Putin continued. ‘No one would contest that here — not even our Indian colleagues.'”
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Science community sees budget promises as mixed bag
CBC.ca – 28 Jan 2009 by Paul Jay, CBC News Science and technology industry observers were of two minds about Tuesday's federal budget, praising its boost to high-tech infrastructure, but questioning the conditions placed on many funding programs and wondering why research … Money for bricks, but not talent Globe and Mail Innovation the key Windsor Star Science Now – ScienceCareers.org all 6 news articles |
As of this week, Gmail has reached perfection: You no longer have to be online to read or write messages. Desktop programs like Microsoft Outlook have always been able to access your old mail. There is a certain bliss to this if you’ve got a pile of letters that demand well-composed, unplugging the Internet can be the fastest way to get things done
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Shelter opens in Fort St. John
Alberta Daily Herald Tribune – 28 Jan 2009 FORT ST. JOHN, BC – A so-called extreme weather shelter has opened in Fort St. John so homeless people have a place to go when it’s dangerously cold to sleep outside. Winter program for homeless wraps up Nanaimo Daily News Cold weather fills Salvation Army shelter KSWO all 3 news articles |
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Shelter opens in Fort St. John
Alberta Daily Herald Tribune – 28 Jan 2009 FORT ST. JOHN, BC – A so-called extreme weather shelter has opened in Fort St. John so homeless people have a place to go when it’s dangerously cold to sleep outside. Winter program for homeless wraps up Nanaimo Daily News Cold weather fills Salvation Army shelter KSWO all 3 news articles |
