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Twitter Routing All Links Through New Anti-Phishing Service (digg.com: Stories / Technology / Popular)

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Today, we’re launching a new service to protect users that strikes a major blow against phishing and other deceitful attacks.


Next-Gen Augmented Reality Rears Its Unreal Head (Slashdot)

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andylim writes "Separate teams at Oxford university and Zentium, a South Korean company, are working on next-gen augmented reality solutions, which make it possible to fuse real and 3D computer-generated visuals on the fly using mobile phones. The team at Oxford university has named its solution Parallel Tracking and Mapping (PTAM) and it has licensed its technology to QderoPateo LLC, which has ambitious plans to grow the mobile augmented reality market and create an augmented reality search and gaming engine running for its 'Ouidoo' smart phone. Zentium's solution is called D-Track and is being used to develop the first markerless mobile augmented reality pet, called iKat. D-Track's mapping technology is very similar to PTAM and allows your phone to recognise the space in front of the camera and create an appropriate space for an augmented reality object or pet."

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How does a parent handle cyberbullying? (digg.com: Stories / Technology / Popular)

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What's a parent to do when their child is being bullied relentlessly by peers on Facebook? School administrators say they have no control over what happens outside of school.


How mobile apps enable meaningful human relationships [VID] (digg.com: Stories / Technology / Popular)

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The digital world's top thinkers share their visions of the future. Ge Wang, co-founder of Smule and assistant professor at Stanford University speaks about the power of mobile apps - and how they can enable meaningful human relationships.


Farewell To the South Pole Dome (Slashdot)

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Julie188 writes "After more than three decades of service to researchers and staff stationed at the bottom of the world, the dome at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station was deconstructed this austral summer. Designed and constructed by the Seabees — the construction battalions of the US Navy — in the early 1970s, the dome's geodesic design provided a unique solution to the challenges posed to engineers trying to build structures at the South Pole. The dome is being returned to southern California where it will be held in storage. It could possibly be trotted out as an exhibit in a new US Navy Seabees museum."

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LHC Will Be Shut Down In 2011 Because of "Mistake" (Slashdot)

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astroengine follows up to a story about the LHC shutting down that seems to have hit all the news replicators today. "It's to be expected when pushing the frontiers of physics, but the LHC's epic 'will it or won't it' saga continues. Due to an unforeseen construction mistake, the LHC will cease experiments for a year (starting around late-2011) so repairs and upgrades can be carried out. For now, accelerated particles will have a maximum energy of 7TeV (half the power of the LHC's design maximum), which is ample for at least 18 months of experiments before shutdown."

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EU Parliament Rejects ACTA In a 663 To 13 Vote (Slashdot)

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An anonymous reader writes "'The European Parliament defied the EU executive today (10 March), casting a vote against an agreement between the EU, the US and other major powers on combating online piracy and threatening to take legal action at the European Court of Justice.'"

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Unboxing the fake Intel Core i7 that NewEgg was shipping (digg.com: Stories / Technology / Popular)

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By now, you've probably seen many of the homemade videos from people who ordered an Intel Core i7-920 processor from Newegg.com and received a bogus processor and hunk of plastic shaped like a fan. We have one in the office.


Study Shows TV Makes Kids Fat, Computers Don't (Slashdot)

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Xemu writes "Computer's don't make children fat, but watching TV for the same length of time does. This is shown by a recent Swedish study of all school children in Lund's county conducted by RN Pernilla Garmy. The results were clear: The child's obesity was directly affected by placing a TV in the child's room, but placing a computer in the room had no effect at all. One theory is that it's common to have a snack in front of the TV, while a computer requires a more active user, for example when chatting or playing games."

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Microsoft researcher wins "Nobel" of computing (digg.com: Stories / Technology / Popular)

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Chuck Thacker, a technical fellow at Microsoft Research, has won the prestigious A.M. Turing Award -- sometimes called the Nobel of computing -- for a lifetime of contributions to computing. The Association for Computing Machinery recognized Thacker for his work on building Alto, the first modern personal computer, while working for Xerox PARC.


The Value of BASIC As a First Programming Language (Slashdot, 1268205660|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover by kdawson)

US Considers Some Free Wireless Broadband Service (Slashdot, 1268195340|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover by kdawson)

Nokia Files Patent for Self-Charging Phone (digg.com: Stories / Technology / Popular, 1268193603|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover by BeShirtHappy )

Apple's Long History of Lousy First Reviews (digg.com: Stories / Technology / Popular, 1268193602|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover by msaleem )

US Gamers Spend $3.8 Billion On MMOs Yearly (Slashdot, 1268188200|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover by Soulskill)

The World's First Commercially Available Jetpack (Slashdot, 1268181180|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover by kdawson)

Google's Computing Power Refines Translation (Slashdot, 1268178480|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover by kdawson)

The Rise of Netbooks (Infographic) (digg.com: Stories / Technology / Popular, 1268177404|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover by jmritchie )

Facebook killer's monitoring referred to IPCC (digg.com: Stories / Technology / Popular, 1268157005|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover by tonychenyj )

25 Weird Ways to Enjoy National Umbrella Month (PICS) (digg.com: Stories / Technology / Popular, 1268155802|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover by absolutelytrue )

Dutch Pirate Party Joins Election Race (digg.com: Stories / Technology / Popular, 1268144402|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover by offon )

Energizer Duo battery charger hides a Trojan (digg.com: Stories / Technology / Popular, 1268143959|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover by hijack )

EFF: All Your Apps Are Belong to Apple (digg.com: Stories / Technology / Popular, 1268142458|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover by EMFK )

Apple axes iPhone apps that simply reproduce (digg.com: Stories / Technology / Popular, 1268137202|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover by MpenetrableTaco )

Court Maintains Ban on DVD Backup Software (digg.com: Stories / Technology / Popular, 1268122803|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover by raustin )

Feds Move to Break Voting-Machine Monopoly (digg.com: Stories / Technology / Popular, 1268119202|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover by gorgeoussand )

40 Outstanding Photo Manipulation Tutorials (digg.com: Stories / Technology / Popular, 1268095205|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover by Jimmysh )

Why Google keeps your data forever, tracks you with ads (digg.com: Stories / Technology / Popular, 1268089262|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover by DiggUnderground )

Has Play.com revealed the Apple iPad UK price? (digg.com: Stories / Technology / Popular, 1268085603|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover by steptotech )

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