Science

Speed Bump on the Way to Exascale Computing

Argonne National Laboratory will use IBM's next-generation Blue Gene/Q supercomputer, a system touting a peak performance...

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Quantum Tunneling Enables 3D Touch

Spiked nanoparticles aid in quantum tunneling to allow Peratech's film to sense a continuum between feather-light and heavy touches, thereby...

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VA spent $717 million on a drug deemed as effective as a placebo

Over the past decade, the Veterans Affairs Department spent $717 million for an anti-psychotic drug to treat post-traumatic stress disorder that a recent study shows is no more effective than a placebo.

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Era of the PC Waning

The PC market will be eclipsed by the Internet-enabled consumer devices by 2013.

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IBM Debuts Brainlike Cognitive Computer

Principal investigator Dharmendra Modha in front of the brain-wall at IBM Research, where the operation of the neurons and synapses in...

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Obama and Chávez: The World’s Most Influential Heads of State on the Net

Analyses as of August 2011 reveal that 42%, or two out of five heads of state, have a presence the social media site Twitter. A total of 69 world leaders out of 164 countries have Twitter accounts set up in their personal name or through an official...

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FBI-Related Spam E-Mails

Fraudsters are using a new version of spam e-mails to lure their victims. The threatening e-mails are purportedly from the FBI and its leadership.

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Beware of New E-mail Scam Requesting BBB Rating Verification

Your Better Business Bureau (BBB) is cautioning businesses and consumers about an e-mail that is purporting to come from BBB. The e-mail appears to come from a phony BBB address (BBBupdate@post.com) in the...

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