Prospects for building a practical quantum computer are as unpredictable as quantum mechanics itself. However, physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated sustained, reliable information …
BRENTWOOD — A Greenland woman was found guilty of animal cruelty for the third time, given a suspended jail sentence and is being allowed to keep her animals .
The Obama administration is using the so-called Race to the Top Fund to strong-arm states into adopting its “core beliefs” about education reform. To qualify for grants, Oregon would have to expand charter schools, use test scores to …
Do you remember two weeks ago, when Microsoft’s BingBing announced that they were going to hold a Bing Jingle Contest? The goal was to record a short music.
News Corporation isn’t doing so hot right now. The media conglomerate (and owner of MySpaceMySpace) has seen huge losses in the last year as newspaper revenues.
Apple computers also designs, develops, and markets a line of portable digital music players along with related accessories and services. The company’s situation, marketing strategies and mix relate to the quality value of Apple …
(Can anyone identify the ubiquitous classical piece from which that looping, opening strain is taken? Gah, it’s on the tip of my brain!!) Related items of interest: “Hauschka” music video by Jeff Desom; 1st Ave Machine: Manipulating …
As the administration pushes its health care agenda, it is accused of going overboard in collecting information.
After learning the basics of the programming language Python, seven graduate students in NYU’s Interactive Telecommunication Program turned to digital writing, making their computers analyze text, mangle it, and remix it, resulting in …
News Corp., which owns FOX, The New York Post, the Wall Street Journal, and other media outlets, hasn’t been doing so well in the last year. The company’s net.