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Measuring The Google Effect on People's Memory - Can You Google Where You Left Your Car Keys?

by Norm Cassian

How has rampant computer use, particularly emloyed in the search for esoterica and trivia, changed the way our brain retrieves, collects and stores information? Should we be concerned that a computer named Watson wallopped human Jeopardy champions? How did I get here, where are my car keys and do you have a good recipe for lemon marangue pie? New research by a Columbia University scientist studies The Google Effect and how it impacts whether we store information or simply remember where to find it.

Internet of Things Exceeds The Internet of People [Infographic]

by Ron Callari

While we were asleep at the switch learning to "plus one" on Google, the Internet of Things (IOT) just exceeded the number of people that reside on the planet. Beyond just smartphones and tablets, that number of "things" that connect to the Internet will only continue to scale as the growing number of connected gizmos, appliances - and even cows - are coded and catalogued to send messages to the Web.

Medical Identity Thieves Meet New Detective: The Palm Reader

by T Goodman

According the the National Survey on Medical Identity Theft, about 1.4 million Americans were victims of medical identity theft in 2009. Almost half of these victims did not learn of the theft until one or more years after their medical records were taken over and 'blended' with the thief's. The time it takes to discover medical identity theft is one reason why this crime is on the rise; it's easier to get away with.

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Card Reader Frog Gobbles Up MicroSD & SD Cards, Won't Give You Warts

by Steve Levenstein

The model 303-F "Yomikaeru" microSD & SD Card Reader Frog from Japan Trust Technology (JTT) is one electronic data reading device that isn't afraid to toad the line.

Social Media Meets Shangri-La: Tibet Tops One Million Internet Users

by China.new

Online on top of the world! Nearly half of Tibet's population has come to embrace the Internet as an ideal way to find information, exchange ideas, play games and “yak” with far-away friends.

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"Watson" Goes From 'Jeopardy!' To Medical School

by T Goodman

'Watson,' the IBM super computer system that defeated the best Jeopardy! players on TV, now wants to go to medical school and beat the algorithms off the other medical computers already in the field. When asked if being late to the market was a concern, the big guy said 'Are you kidding? Once I digest 6 million medical text books and 70 million journal articles, I'll kick every lit cell in their systems out to algorithm heaven!"

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Aurasmic Experience - Transforming An Image Into A Clip On Your Smartphone

by Jamie Reygle

Aurasma merges the physical and virtual instantaneously on your smartphone.

Shorter Hop - Qantas Gets You Through The Airport Fast

by Jamie Reygle

Qantas are letting you check in and board with just your Frequent Flyer card.

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If You Could Talk To Walls - Your Body As An Antenna

by Jamie Reygle

Your body is an antenna, and Microsoft Research have worked out a way for you to use it.

Chinese Army's New Video Game Aims to Turn Geeks into GI's

by China.new

Just call 'em GI Zhou. New recruits to China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) will soon be able to toss out their dubbed and subtitled versions of Call of Duty, thanks to the PLA's first homegrown military training video game, “Mission of Honor.”