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July 2011 Issue

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In the effort to print ever-smaller transistors, lithography machine suppliers are setting aggressive goals for extreme ultraviolet light sources

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July 2011 Issue

Gary McKinnon hacked thousands of government computers

Quantum magic can make strange but useful semiconductors that are insulators on the inside and conductors on the surface

Exercise equipment that generates power is the latest fad. But will the economics work out?

Java’s ability to run on many different kinds of computers grew out of much older software

The New York event pits 16 teams in a three-day race against the clock to build cool vehicles

The Forrest Gump of IT has a down-to-earth approach to cloud computing

Bell Labs, Rice University test white-space network hardware

How Commotion Wireless plans to enable digital communication in the face of an Internet shutdown

In the effort to print ever-smaller transistors, lithography machine suppliers are setting aggressive goals for extreme ultraviolet light sources

Research suggests that we no longer remember facts, because we know the Web will do it for us

Researchers come up with a low-energy pulse sequence to restart hearts and make implants last longer

The shuttle's all-but-irreplaceable capabilities made it a vehicle that performed in unforeseen situations

We've failed to take cybersecurity seriously. Now we're paying the piper

Finding the right problem is half the solution

One television watcher's search for the perfect IPTV service

In the past 5 years, the number of Chinese international patent applications has tripled

Plastic surgeon Gary Horndeski's new surgical techniques decrease appetite

The ultimate home video-game experience needs a big cabinet and flashing lights

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