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A Brief History of Microblogging: By Erica Naone | 0 Comments; Twitter and its competitors have spawned an entire ecosystem.

Sept • Oct Issue
Flawless Vote Counts: By Matt Mahoney | 9 Comments; Cryptography lets voters verify ballots.

Spare Some Bandwidth?: By Mason Inman | 08/18/2008 | 2 Comments; Pakistani scientists have a way to boost download speeds.

Sept • Oct Issue
Having the President's Ear: By Matt Mahoney | 1 Comment; A look back at a time when science held sway.

A Secret Tool for the U.S. Swim Team: By Katharine Dunn | 08/15/2008 | 3 Comments; High-speed tracking techniques to measure fluid dynamics improve swimmers' strokes.

How (Not) to Fix a Flaw: By Erica Naone | 08/14/2008 | 5 Comments; Experts say disclosing bugs prevents security flaws from festering.

Beijing's Smog Experiment: By Lauren Gravitz | 08/13/2008 | 1 Comment; Efforts to reduce pollution will let scientists see how the climate responds.

Commanding Your Browser: By Kate Greene | 08/12/2008 | 0 Comments; A new interface bypasses the mouse for some complex tasks.

A Bridge between Virtual Worlds: By Brian White | 08/11/2008 | 4 Comments; Second Life's new program links virtual environments.

Internet Security Hole Revealed: By Erica Naone | 08/08/2008 | 8 Comments; A researcher discloses the details of the major flaw he discovered earlier this year.

Cloud Computing's Perfect Storm?: By John Borland | 08/07/2008 | 0 Comments; An Intel, Yahoo, and HP initiative will use large-scale research projects to test a new Internet-based computing infrastructure.

A Spherical Camera Sensor: By Kate Greene | 08/06/2008 | 2 Comments; A stretchable circuit allows researchers to make simple, high-quality camera sensors.

Compressing Light: By Lauren Rugani | 08/06/2008 | 2 Comments; A new way to confine light could enable better optical communications and computing.

A New View for Documents: By Erica Naone | 08/05/2008 | 4 Comments; Browser-based technologies aim to make it easier to view documents online.

Video Microblogging Has Arrived: By Kate Greene | 08/04/2008 | 3 Comments; A San Francisco-based startup called 12seconds is a video version of Twitter, but how useful will it be?

Tracking a Shopper's Habits: By Michael Fitzgerald | 08/04/2008 | 3 Comments; Infosys's sensor network turns stores into mini-Internets.

3-D Printing for the Masses: By Duncan Graham-Rowe | 07/31/2008 | 14 Comments; A rapid-prototyping service opens up technology to hobbyists and designers.

A Google Killer Stumbles: By Erica Naone | 07/31/2008 | 5 Comments; Cuil's rough launch shows the difficulty of challenging major search engines.

A Contact Lens for Lasers: By Katherine Bourzac | 07/28/2008 | 0 Comments; A tiny lens integrated into semiconductor lasers promises better portable chemical sensors.

Lost in the Clouds: By Rich Parr | 07/28/2008 | 4 Comments; MobileMe is facing problems endemic to cloud computing.

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An Easier Upgrade to Holographic Storage
Friday, October 10, 2008
Watch Brian Lawrence, manager of GE’s Integrated Polymer Systems Lab, in Niskayuna, NY, discuss the history of recording media. He also explains how holographic storage discs are made and how data is written to them.
(7min 48sec)

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