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Lumonics Light & Sound Gallery

Welcome to the Lumonics Light & Sound Gallery. Related articles Best Instagram Photos Of The Frankenstorm [Gallery] (cultofmac.com)
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Click to translate: computational linguistics hits its stride

Click to translate – The Boston Globe. Related articles Breakthrough Linguistic Ventures – The Microsoft Speech Translator is Debuted at Asian-Based Seminar (TrendHunter.com) (trendhunter.com) Linguistics tool simultaneously compares multiple translations of Othello (wired.co.uk) Language is shaped by brain’s desire for clarity and ease (eurekalert.org) pattern, a Python web mining and NLP tool…
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Apple, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and iPod Reviews, Help, Tips, and News

Apple, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and iPod Reviews, Help, Tips, and News | Macworld. The latest article Software Treasures (Sept 2008) is filled with the best free software for Mac including Azureus, Tranmission Related articles Macworld/iWorld 2013 Registration NOW Open (sacbee.com) Rumors of “iPad mini 2” with retina display (iphonelife.com) Apple iPhone: five years on…
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e-Science: Computers as Science

Recent articles have pointed to the shift in the view of computer science from “creating tools for scientists” to actually creating the science itself. It’s about oceans, stars, cancer cells, proteins and networks of friends. Ken Birman, a computer science professor at Cornell University , says his discipline is on the way to becoming “the…
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Obama’s digital election strategies

How Obama Really Did It – Technology Review. Related articles President Obama tells S.F. Supporters He Intends to Win Re-Election (kron4.com)
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Sosolimited tracks linguistics of debates

A trio of MIT grads and design wunderkinds at Sosolimited tracks speech patterns and eye blinks, analyze body language and word choices, and run reams of statistics of the presidential debates. Related articles MIT grads’ technology gauges Olympic mood (bostonglobe.com) MIT Uses Social Media Tech To Gauge Olympic Fervor (sporttechie.com) Twitter Sentiment to Light Up London’s Ferris…
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IBM’s new Center for Social Software

IBM’s new Center for Social Software claims it is a first of kind center of excellence dedicated to helping our customers and partners with the tough challenges of collaborating across globally distributed organizations. An acknowledged leader in the field, the center will bring together the brightest minds in IBM from around the world and tap into…
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Google Earth Uncovers Cow GPS

I found this article fascinating since it demonstrates how large scale observation of thousands of bovines can detect patterns in their behavior, namely that they all face North/South. A pair of German researchers are crediting Google Earth for enabling a new discovery into the hidden powers of cows. The two zoologists used the Google mapping tool to…
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Obama Uses Social Networking for Content Focused Campaign

This is amongst the rare elections in my experience where the Democrats have succeeded in communications and this is due to Obama’s clever use of social networking technologies, as this MIT article describes. While McCain and Palin continue to use their crudely effective cliche sound bytes to attract less knowledgeable voters, Obama/Biden are proving…
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The Numerati by Stephen Baker: The Rise of Anthro Network Analysis

Book Excerpt: The Numerati by Stephen Baker – BusinessWeek. This is a pretty fascinating book and article on the uses of anthropologists/social network analysis at IBMin order to fit employees to the best jobs. The new trend is measuring everything, from keystrokes, to vacation destinations, favorite foods… Related articles Meet Apple’s Favorite Blogger (Business Week)…
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Kill the Powerpoints: Make captivating charts and graphs

Make captivating charts and graphs | Macworld. Related articles 5 Things You Need to Know About “Death by PowerPoint” Create Professional Presentations In Minutes with Slidevana for PowerPoint and Keynote [Giveaway] RoamBi iPhone app makes data uberpretty Create A Graph Avoiding Death by Powerpoint [Guest Post] Maximizing the impact of an analyst briefing – 1…
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Softworld – – Smart People. World Class Solutions

Softworld – – Smart People. World Class Solutions. Good staffing firm for IT skills. You met correy davis at KM Medaffairs conference (CBI) Related articles Access unveils the future of technology at Softworld Access to Outline Cloud Strategy at Softworld 2010
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