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MIT beats the rush, names Dropbox CEO as 2013 commencement speaker

Colleges and universities typically don't announce commencement speakers until the spring, but the Massachusetts Institute of Technology got a jump on things this week by announcing that Dropbox CEO and 2005 MIT grad Drew Houston would be doing the honors in 2013.

By Bob Brown | 14 November, 2012 18:49

Tags: Khan Academy, Dropbox MIT, Configuration / maintenance, network storage, Option, dropbox, Drew Houston MIT, hardware systems, MIT commencement 2013, Rice University, Data Center, Dropbox CEO Drew Houston, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Just how boring was that Titans-Browns NFL game? Researchers say Twitter knows

Fans of the National Football League have plenty to be excited about so far this year, with surprisingly strong starts by teams such as the Buffalo Bills and Detroit Lions. But just how excited are fans of these and other NFL teams?

By Bob Brown | 06 October, 2011 03:52

Tags: Motorola, unified communications, Internet-based applications and services, National Football League, applications, Networking, Rice University, internet, Facebook, Web 2.0, Motorola Mobility, software, twitter, collaboration, social media
Space elevator enthusiasts face unanswered questions

Might solar energy provide the power needed to send cars up a space elevator? Could you build one fat elevator and split it into two? Can as many as six cars travel up and down a space elevator?

By Nancy Gohring | 13 August, 2011 05:21

Tags: peter swan, Motorola, popular science, U.S. Air Force, NASA, Bryan Laubscher, Rice University, Vasilii Artyukhov, Sam Ortega, Larry Cooper, Odysseus Technologies
Super Wi-Fi has 100km range, is coming to save the day

Super Wi-Fi is inching closer to reality, and now the IEEE, the standards organization responsible for all things Wi-Fi, has published the IEEE 802.22 standard.

By Kevin Lee | 29 July, 2011 07:14

Tags: Networking & Wireless, Networking, wireless, WLANs / Wi-Fi, Rice University
Nanocrystal conductors using 'dirt-cheap material' promise massive 3-D storage

Rice University announced today that scientists there have created the first two-terminal memory chips that use only silicon, extending the limits of miniaturization subject to Moore's Law.

By Lucas Mearian | 01 September, 2010 08:31

Tags: storage, storage hardware, hardware systems, Rice University

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