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	APM: Future Tense
	Future Tense is a daily program that chronicles the social impact of computers, the Internet, and technology in general. Future Tense is produced by American Public Media. © Copyright 2008
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Popularity of mini-laptops rising

Mini-laptop computers, known as netbooks, appear to be selling well this holiday season. Computers like the two pound Asus Eee PC 900 are dominating the computers and PC hardware best seller list on Amazon.com.

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:13:58 -0600

Three Microsoft research projects

Technology journalist John Brandon recently paid a visit to the Microsoft campus, where he got a peek at some of the company's research projects. He wrote about ">10 of those projects on NetworkWorld.com. On today's show we discuss three: Eagle 1, a robotic receptionist, and Lucid Touch.

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:42:36 -0600

Why businesses are flocking to Twitter

Today's show features an interview with Julio Ojeda-Zapata, author of the new book Twitter Means Business: How Microblogging Can Help or Hurt Your Company.

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:41:38 -0600

Watchdog group praises video game industry, retailers

The annual video game report card came out this week. It's the thirteenth year for the influential report from the National Institute on Media and the Family, which has consistently criticized the violent nature of some games. This year the Institute gives good grades, saying game makers and retailers are taking effective measure to limit kids' exposure to violent and inappropriate content.

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 07:47:31 -0600

A nation of cyberchondriacs

Many Americans mistakenly conclude they have a rare illness after attempting self-diagnosis on the Internet, according to a new study by researchers are Microsoft. The company conducted the study to improve its own search engine. Microsoft studied health-related Web searches on popular search engines and surveyed 500 of its employees about their health-related searching. Web search engines can increase our health-related anxieties and lead us to believe worst-case scenarios, said Microsoft's Eric Horvitz, an artificial intelligence expert and medical school graduate.

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:01:50 -0600

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