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    OLPC's XO-3 tablet to debut at CES 07 January, 2012 11:51:52

    One Laptop Per Child's XO-3 tablet is ready to ship after years in the making, and working units will be shown next week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, OLPC founder and chairman Nicholas Negroponte said.
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    New interfaces challenge touch 16 November, 2011 05:07:11

    Touchscreens could be extinct if researchers pioneering new human-computer interfaces have anything to say about it. From brain-controlled machines to gesture-driven devices, there's a range of technologies in development that may find their way into everyday electronic devices.
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    Emtech 2011: Big Boy FiOS, videoconferencing everywhere and lots of fresh ideas 20 October, 2011 03:25:25

    Technology Review's annual Emtech event at MIT always bursts with fresh-faced innovators awkwardly touting their world-changing breakthroughs. However, the 2011 event held this week at the new MIT Media Lab also includes plenty of established companies, from Google and IBM to Verizon and Polycom, promoting lots of new ideas backed by their significant financial and human resources.
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    MIT robots take stage in new opera 23 March, 2011 02:31:12

    An unlikely pair of robots and opera singers teamed up for the U.S. debut of "Death and the Powers: The Robots' Opera" in Boston Friday night.
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    Elgan: When the iPhone feels your pain 18 January, 2011 00:02:00

    We love our gadgets. But they treat us with an indifference that sometimes feels like contempt. They're like cats.
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    OLPC XO-3 tablet delayed 04 November, 2010 01:15:00

    Nicholas Negroponte, chairman of One Laptop Per Child said that the XO-3 tablet computer will debut sometime in February 2011, about 45 days later than originally planned.
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    Weekly Tech News Update: 22nd October, 2010 22 October, 2010 09:47:00

    Coming up on World Tech Update this week Apple introduces new MacBook Airs, Microsoft's Ray Ozzie announces plans to retire, Starbucks and Yahoo roll out the Starbucks Digital Network, Mitsubishi offers drivers test drives over the Internet, Spain plans to fine Google over its Street View service, smartphones become a dog's best friend in Taiwan and the MIT Media Lab celebrates its 25th anniversary.
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    Weekly Tech News Update: 31st August, 2010 31 August, 2010 09:19:00

    On World Tech Update this week Samsung teases its Galaxy Tab, Apple is expected to launch new products, Google Street View irks the French, we take a behind the scenes look at a corporate data center, MIT Media Lab researches develop a table top collaboration system, Windows 95 hits its 15th anniversary and we try out the AR Drone helicopter.
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    iPad in the Enterprise: Will CIOs Use It To Innovate? 30 July, 2010 04:35:00

    Unless you've been living under a rock, you know that Apple's iPad has been available for the past couple of months--available for consumers to buy, but also available for companies to find innovative uses for it. Behind its pretty face, the iPad holds a wealth of interactive design potential, and innovative CIOs will ultimately determine how that potential translates to the enterprise.
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    MIT app uses mobile phone to determine eyeglass prescription 29 June, 2010 03:22:00

    MIT Media Lab researchers have developed a mobile-phone application that, coupled with a small plastic device held over the screen, can determine users' eyeglass prescriptions. Called NETRA or near-eye tool for refractive assessment, the system asks users to align lines on the phone's screen while looking through a small plastic cube.
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    Weekly Tech News Update: 25th June, 2010 25 June, 2010 09:43:00

    On World Tech Update this week the iPhone 4 launches to much fanfare, Verizon and Motorola offer some competition with the new Droid X and the MIT Media Lab develops a new technique to test for eyeglass prescriptions.
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    Antivirus software powerless to stop data breach attacks, study finds 10 February, 2012 01:43:00

    Analysis of 300 incidents spots an elephant in the room
    Large numbers of data breaches are being initiated by targeted malware that antivirus software simply can't detect, an analysis of 300 real-world incidents from 2011 has suggested.
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    Valentine's Day Patch Tuesday: Microsoft to issue 9 patches, 4 critical 10 February, 2012 09:29:00

    Microsoft Thursday said that the second Patch Tuesday of 2012 will see nine security bulletins, four of which were deemed critical.
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    Security experts ask House for light a regulatory touch 10 February, 2012 01:39:00

    Cybersecurity experts on Wednesday warned members of a House subcommittee against racing to legislation that would establish an overly burdensome regulatory framework for safeguarding digital systems against attacks, instead urging a more limited approach that would clear away legal impediments such as the prohibitions against sharing critical threat information.
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    The six pillars of security operations 10 February, 2012 11:37:00

    Six key points that should be considered when creating and developing a SOC
    As mobilisation and bring-your-own-device (BYOD) becomes increasingly prevalent, business security has been propelled to the forefront of corporate strategy.
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    Google Wallet Security Concerns Raised 10 February, 2012 01:40:00

    Security firm Zvelo has discovered that the Google Wallet PIN can be cracked via an exhaustive numerical search.
    Google's new NFC system that purports to turn your phone into a credit card can be compromised using a brute-force attack -- and that raises questions about its security.
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