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university of dayton will collaborate in research and development program with airbus

UDRI Thursday, February 23, 2012

The University of Dayton Research Institute will participate in a research and development consortium of six Ohio companies and organizations who will provide new composite materials, products and technologies to Airbus. Read the story here.

purdue wins foundation grant to expand ohio internship program

Purdue University Thursday, February 23, 2012

Purdue University's Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship and the Discovery Learning Research Center are expanding their Interns for Entrepreneurship program to place more students in high-tech startup companies in Northeast Ohio. Read the story here.

UT recognized for number of new inventions from federally funded research

University of Toledo Thursday, February 23, 2012

The University of Toledo has earned recognition as one of the best schools for innovation transfer in fiscal year 2011. Read the story here.

cincinnati makes list of top 10 u.s. travel destinations

Lonely Planet Thursday, February 09, 2012

Cincinnati outranks Puerto Rico, Chicago and five other areas on Lonely Planet's 'Top 10 U.S. Travel Destinations for 2012' list. Click here to check out the full story.

BGSU business school among top in nation

The Princeton Review Thursday, February 09, 2012

The Princeton Review has named Bowling Green State University one of the country's best business schools. Check out the full story here.

chrysler turnaround good sign for ohio auto industry

Ohio News Network Thursday, February 09, 2012

Chrysler's recent turnaround signals good things for Ohio's auto industry. Check out the full story here.

trio of cleveland bars make draft mag's 100 best beer bars list

Draft Magazine Thursday, February 09, 2012

Cleveland bars scored a hat trick on DRAFT magazine’s "100 Best Beer Bars" list for 2012. Check out the full story here.

Google to merge user data

CNN, 1/24/12 Thursday, January 26, 2012

(CNN) -- Google plans to start combining information the company collects about each user of its various websites and services into a single profile, the company announced on Tuesday.

Previously, Google said it did not create comprehensive profiles across its various properties, including its leading search engine, Android smartphone operating system and YouTube video site.

Read more here.

You get Facebook timeline whether you like it or not

CNN, 1/24/12 Thursday, January 26, 2012

(Mashable) -- Facebook announced in a blog post Tuesday that Timeline will be coming to all users in the next few weeks.

According to a Facebook blog post Tuesday -- or rather, an update to the post published when Timeline became available to all users -- you will have seven days to preview your Timeline and hide content you don't want out in the open.

Read more here.

You can be forced to decrypt your laptop

CNET, 1/24/12 Thursday, January 26, 2012

American citizens can be ordered to decrypt their PGP-scrambled hard drives for police to peruse for incriminating files, a federal judge in Colorado ruled today in what could become a precedent-setting case.

Judge Robert Blackburn ordered a Peyton, Colo., woman to decrypt the hard drive of a Toshiba laptop computer no later than February 21--or face the consequences including contempt of court.

Read more here.

Magnetic soap for oil spills

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Scientists have created the world's first soap that can be controlled by magnets.

That's right: magnetic suds.

The breakthrough may revolutionize industrial cleaning products and the response to environmental disasters such as oil spills, reports the research team from Bristol University in England.

Read more here.

Google says Murdoch talking nonsense

CNET, 1/15/12 Sunday, January 15, 2012

Murdoch, a Twitter user for only the past several weeks, used the service to fire a barrage of accusations Saturday night against President Obama and Google.

He accused the White House of being in the employ of "Silicon Valley paymasters." Murdoch claimed Google was profiting from advertisements sold against pirated materials. He also called the search company a "piracy leader." (Read more about Murdoch's Twitter tirade here).

In an e-mail sent to CNET on Sunday afternoon, Google responded to Murdoch's statements.

Read more here.

Google ditching search

CNET, 1/13/12 Sunday, January 15, 2012

Twitter and others are complaining that Google is throwing its massive 65 percent plus market share weight around and quashing smaller competitors. The reason Twitter and others are so threatened is that the pattern of shared links within Google+ provides a decent enough indicator as to what links are interesting. What's important is what's trending, and algorithms can get a sense of that with just a subset of everything that's getting shared on the Web.

The most interesting aspect of Google's move, however, is its tacit acknowledgement that its stalwart search links are largely irrelevant and might as well be replaced with social results. Google search results are essentially gamed results produced by search optimizers.

Read more here.

New breed of 4G phones

CNN, 1/13.12 Sunday, January 15, 2012

Las Vegas (CNN) -- The International Consumer Electronics Show, the giant gadget convention that wrapped up on Friday, has brought some frustrating news for AT&T or Sprint customers who bought a cutting-edge 4G smartphone last year.
That phone will soon be outdated.

AT&T Mobility and Sprint Nextel unveiled some of the first smartphones that will tap into their new, even faster fourth-generation networks.

But wait, Sprint has been talking about its 4G network since launching one in 2008 followed by its premier phone, HTC's Evo 4G, in 2010. And AT&T began adding "4G" to the names of many of its smartphones early last year.

Read more here.

Mercedes shows off future of driving

CNN, 1/13/12 Sunday, January 15, 2012

Las Vegas (CNN) -- Imagine a future in which icons flash on your car windshield, hologram style, as your car approaches restaurants, stores, historic landmarks or the homes of friends.

Simply point your hand at them, and the icons open to show real-time information: when that bridge over there was built, what band is playing at that nightclub on the left, whether that new café up the street has any tables available. Wave your hand again, and you've made a restaurant reservation.

Mercedes-Benz showed off this vision of the future of driving -- complete with augmented-reality and gesture-controlled features -- this week at the International Consumer Electronics Show.

Read more here.