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By analyzing 600,000 tweets sent on the night US Special Forces captured Osama bin Laden, researchers studied how Twitter broke the story and spread the news. Their data also shows that the Twitterverse was overwhelmingly convinced the news of bin Laden's death was true, even before it was confirmed on television.

Multi-hop wireless networks can provide data access for large and unconventional spaces, but they have long faced significant limits on the amount of data they can transmit. Now researchers have developed a more efficient data transmission approach that can boost the amount of data the networks can transmit by 20 to 80 percent.

New York wants to outlaw anonymous comments to prevent cyberbullying and other online abuse. This criminologist examines why this plan, despite its controversy, may not be such a bad thing.

"We believe Apple could ultimately capture 10 percent of the market within 1-3 years after launch".

Farmers in India use mobile phone technology to help ease their workload

The chip designer's co-founder Tudor Brown on its past successes and future plans

Code generation, like drinking alcohol, is good in moderation. - Alex Lowe

Never let a computer know you're in a hurry. - Author Unknown