Gun control backers: Senate defeat won't stop us

Family members of those lost in the Newtown, Conn. school shooting, Mark and Jackie Barden, with their children Natalie and James, who lost Daniel; Nicole Hockley, mother of Dylan, upper left, and and Jeremy Richman, father of Avielle in the back, stand together as President Barack Obama speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday, April 17, 2013, in Washington. Obama spoke about measures to reduce gun violence and a bill to expand background checks on guns that was defeated in the Senate. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Family members of those lost in the Newtown, Conn. school shooting, Mark and Jackie Barden, with their children Natalie and James, who lost Daniel; Nicole Hockley, mother of Dylan, upper left, and and Jeremy Richman, father of Avielle in the back, stand together as President Barack Obama speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday, April 17, 2013, in Washington. Obama spoke about measures to reduce gun violence and a bill to expand background checks on guns that was defeated in the Senate. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Former Rep. Gabby Giffords is helped as she arrives for a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday, April 17, 2013, in Washington, about measures to reduce gun violence and the bill to expand background checks on guns that was defeated in the Senate. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

WASHINGTON (AP) ? One day after the demise of gun control legislation, Senate supporters of the measure vowed to try again, while a leading opponent accused President Barack Obama of taking the "low road" when he harshly criticized lawmakers who voted against key provisions.

"When good and honest people have honest differences of opinion about what policies the country should pursue about gun rights...the president of the United States should not accuse them of having no coherent arguments or of caving to the pressure," said Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas.

The fate of the bill was sealed in a string of votes on Wednesday, when Republicans backed by a small group of rural-state Democrats rejected more extensive background checks for gun purchasers and also torpedoed proposed bans on assault weapons and high capacity ammunition magazines.

The Senate delivered its verdict four months after a shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., left 20 first graders and six school aides dead. The tragedy prompted Obama to champion an issue that Democrats had largely avoided for two decades, and that he himself ignored during his first term in the White House.

Two additional votes were set for later in the day, but they were on relatively minor provisions, and the bill itself was moribund for the foreseeable future.

Cornyn said he agreed with Obama that Wednesday had been a shameful day, but added it was because of the president's own comments, rather than the events on the Senate floor.

"He could have taken the high road...instead he chose to take the low road and I agree with him it was a truly shameful day."

Cornyn spoke shortly after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said the struggle for tougher gun legislation was not over.

"This is not the end of the fight. Republicans are in an unsustainable position," he said, after voting with few exceptions against a tougher requirement for background checks for gun purchasers, a proposal that shows very high support in most public opinion polls.

Reid offered no timetable for renewing the drive to enact legislation that Obama has placed near the top of his domestic agenda.

Another Democrat, Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, said the proposed expansion of background checks that he co-authored would have passed easily had it not been for the National Rifle Association's decision to take the vote into account in deciding which candidates to support or oppose in 2014.

"If they hadn't scored it, we'd have had 70 votes," he said. Instead, it drew 54, six short of the 60 needed to advance.

Manchin also told reporters at a breakfast sponsored by the Wall Street Journal that the outcome would have been different if the Senate had acted more quickly after the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. "If we'd have gone to a bill like this immediately, boom," he said, predicting it would have received 65-70 votes.

Obama spoke in clipped, angry tones at the White House on Wednesday after the Senate scuttled legislation he had campaign for energetically.

"I see this as just Round One," the president said, flanked by relatives of Newtown's victims and former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head in Tucson, Ariz., in 2011.

Looking ahead to the 2014 congressional elections, he added, "If this Congress refuses to listen to the American people and pass common-sense gun legislation, then the real impact is going to have to come from the voters."

Obama blamed lawmakers' fear that "the gun lobby would spend a lot of money" and accuse them of opposing the Second Amendment's right to bear arms.

A spokesman, Josh earnest, told reporters on Thursday, "we're pretty close to a consensus on this just about everywhere except in the United States Congress. And as the President alluded to yesterday, I think that is an indication of the pernicious influence that some special interests have in the United States Congress. And that is going to require a vocalization of public opinion to overcome it."

Emotions were high on Wednesday at the Capitol.

When the background check amendment failed in the Senate, Patricia Maisch, watching from a visitors' gallery, shouted "Shame on you!" Maisch helped restrain the gunman at the 2011 Tucson shooting in which six people died and 13, including Giffords, were wounded.

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Associated Press writers Donna Cassata, Laurie Kellman, Richard Lardner and Andrew Taylor contributed to this report.

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Florida Senate committee sends auto fee cut bill to the floor

A bill that would cut motor vehicle registration fees is headed to the Senate floor despite facing an uncertain future in the House.

BRANDON LARRABEE, THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA

A bill rolling back motor vehicle registration fees is headed to the Senate floor despite facing an uncertain future in the House.

The measure (SB 1832) easily cleared the Senate Appropriations Committee, the only committee the bill was sent to by Senate President Don Gaetz, R-Niceville. After the vote on Thursday, Gaetz issued a statement making it clear he wants the bill to pass.

?Not only will his bill rid our state of an antiquated government subsidy for the insurance industry, but, more importantly, it will keep money in the pockets of our hard-working taxpayers,? Gaetz said. ?I am glad to see the proposal, which will reduce vehicle registration for every Floridian who drives a car, move to the Senate floor.?

The bill would reduce the annual cost to register a motor vehicle by $12. Those fees were increased in the 2009 session as part of a deal to close a budget gap; Sen. Joe Negron, R-Stuart, said the new bill would roll back the four-year-old hike by 55 percent.

In return, insurance companies would lose a premium tax credit of up to 15 percent of the salaries they pay to Florida-based employees. Doing away with the tax credit will raise about $231 million a year, according to the committee?s estimates, which will cover the projected $224 million cost of rolling back the fees.

But the bill faces strong resistance from the insurance industry and business groups. Associated Industries of Florida has started airing a television ad calling the insurance credit ?the Working Tax Cut? and urging senators to vote against it.

House Speaker Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, told reporters late Wednesday that the bill would need to be assigned to a committee because there isn?t a counterpart in the House. Few committees are scheduled to meet again in the legislative session, which is set to last for about two more weeks, but Weatherford noted he could call a meeting if he needed to.

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Top Ten Family Games, Part 2 | It's As Simple As That?

Computers, i-pads, and i-pods have diminished the popularity of board games but sitting down with family and friends to play a game is still one of the all-American after dinner activities in our home, especially in the summer when we have no access to a television and intermittent access to the internet. ?Everyone has their preferences but we all agree that taking the time to sit down and play the game isn?t just about the game, it?s about sharing time together, talking, laughing, and having fun. Below are a few games bound to bring laughter and fun to your family:

Ticket to Ride: Years ago while living in Switzerland, I discovered this game in the European version which my daughter and I played often. Ticket to Ride also has a North America version with the same objective: to see as many cities as possible by collecting train cards that enable players to build train routes connecting cities.The longer the route, the more points earned. Best played with two to five players ages 8 and up, this board game takes about an hour to play.?Available at Target and through Amazon for about $35-$40.

Yahtzee: Yahtzee is a classic dice game that?s been around for more than 50 years. The object of the game is simple: ?score the most points by rolling five dice to make certain combinations. Simple, easy, and fun for all ages, Yahtzee is the game that never goes out of style. Available for under $10 at most toy stores, Target, Walmart, and on-line at Amazon.

Five Crowns: A card game that is easy to learn: ?the game starts with 3 cards and 3?s are wild. The next hand has 4 cards and 4?s are wild,and so on. Five Crowns is a double-deck of cards that contains 5 suits (stars are new) but no aces or twos. The challenge is to arrange your cards into sets and sequences to make the right combinations and be the first to go out, while the other players scramble with one last chance to cut their losses. The game isn?t over ?til the Kings go wild.? This card game can be purchased for about $12 at Set Games, most toy stores, book stores, Target, or through Amazon.

Hearts: I learned how to play hearts from my friend,Lee who is the most mild-mannered, non-competitive person in the world except during a game of Hearts when she turns into a Godzilla of sorts. Hearts is a card game that can be played with any normal deck of cards.

The object of the game is to avoid the Queen of Spades and finish the hand with as few points as possible. Players (4) are each dealt 13 cards. Each player chooses 3 cards (the Queen of Spades and any high heart, preferably) and passes them to another player.

The player with the 2 of clubs starts the game by putting the card in the center.Each player follows suit by putting a spade down or if a player doesn?t have a spade, a card of any other suit is played. The highest card of the suit wins the trick and takes the cards. Each player accumulates points based on the tricks they win with the hearts the face value of the card and the Queen of Spades garnering 13 points. This process is repeated until all the cards in the players hands have been played. For a complete list of rules, click on?Hearts.

Spot It: ?A fun, fast-paced simple card game in which f two to eight players 7 years and up can participate. The game consists of 55 cards with eight universal symbols (fruit, snowflakes, dragons, etc) on each card with only one matching symbol on each card. Whoever spots the match first, calls out the symbol and wins the hand. The winning player then draws two new cards, places them on the table, and repeats the process. A sharp eye and a bit of speed is all it takes to master this game. Young children love this game. Spot It can be purchased for about $12 at most toy stores, Target?and Amazon.

Quirkle: ?This award-winning (Mensa Select, Parents Choice) board game is for 2-4 players, ages 6 and up. Quirkle consists of 108 wooden blocks with six different shapes in six colors. Using the blocks, players attempt to score the most points by building lines that share the same shape or color. An addictive game of strategy, Quirkle is also fun for young children because the game is so easy to learn. Qwirkle can be purchased for $20-$25 at most toy stores, Target, Walmart, or on-line at Amazon.

If you counted a total of eleven games, you?re right?.?Top Ten? sounds so much better than ?top eleven.?

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AMD Q1 2013 earnings: softer $146 million net loss on $1.09 billion revenue

Just two days after the earnings report of its storied rival, AMD has followed suit with a Q1 2013 earnings report of its own. The company reported a net loss for the quarter of $146 million, which stings, but isn't quite so painful as the $473 million loss that it took just one quarter earlier. Meanwhile, AMD revenue of $1.09 billion is more or less flat from the previous quarter, but has fallen by $500 million since Q1 of the previous year. The announcement was enough to make investors wince, as AMD's stock price is now declining in after-hours trading. As for a silver lining, AMD emphasized that its gear will power the upcoming PS4. If Microsoft were to make a similar decision, then perhaps AMD could turn its financial frown upside-down.

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Chinese marathon bomb victim remembered as bright

BOSTON (AP) ? Less than 24 hours before she died, Lu Lingzi sent an exuberant email to a professor after learning she had passed part of a major final exam.

"I am so happy to get this result!" she wrote. "Thank you very much."

Lu was killed Monday in the Boston Marathon explosions, according to a statement from Boston University. She was a graduate student studying mathematics and statistics and scheduled to receive her graduate degree in 2015.

Lu was at the finish line of the race with two friends from BU. One, Danling Zhou, had surgeries Monday and Tuesday and is in stable condition at Boston Medical Center, the university's statement said. The other was unharmed.

On Monday morning, Lu put the finishing touches on a group research project she was planning to present at a statistics conference. She also posted a photo of the breakfast ? bread chunks and fruit ? she ate the morning she died.

"My wonderful breakfast," she wrote.

Lu was a vivacious chatterbox who had lots of friends on campus, said Tasso Kaper, chair of the mathematics and statistics department, whose face lit up talking about his former student.

"The word bubbly ? that's kind of a corny word ? but that describes her very well," Kaper said.

Lu loved the springtime and kept asking when the trees would bloom in Boston.

"She was very interested in the flowers," he said. "Spring is a very important time of year for her."

Lu, 23, often shared photos of her home-prepared meals online, including a blueberry-covered waffle. They were almost always served in a shallow, blue-patterned bowl.

In September she showed off her first two-dish meal, stir-fried broccoli and scrambled eggs with tomatoes, often cooked by Chinese students learning to live on their own abroad.

She was described as an exceptional student and bright young scientist at Boston University, where she had been enrolled for about a year. She was in the process of searching for a summer internship with her adviser.

Lu would have had just one course left to complete in order to graduate.

She graduated last year from the Beijing Institute of Technology, where she once got a perfect score on a differential equations exam. Her LinkedIn profile said she was awarded "excellent student" at the school and that she held jobs or internships at the Beijing offices of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu consultancy and at Dongxing Securities Co. during her undergraduate years. She also spent a semester at the University of California, Riverside.

Chinese state media said Lu was from the northeastern city of Shenyang.

Her closest friends in Boston did not learn she had been killed until Tuesday evening, when they were informed by faculty members. Fellow graduate students are struggling to process her death.

"Many of them are still in shock and disbelief," Kaper said.

A memorial service will be held at the campus chapel Wednesday evening. There was a small, private gathering of friends and faculty at the math department early Wednesday to "begin the long grieving process," Kaper said.

News of her death drew an outpouring of condolences on Chinese-language blogs, with her Sina Weibo account drawing nearly 25,000 comments as of early Thursday. Her former neighbor in Shenyang, Zhang Xinbo, lamented how the news brought home the tragedy of what he considered a faraway event.

"I saw her grow up, and a few scenes from the past are flashing through my mind. Now, she's becoming a girl, a bit Westernized, but a loud bang has changed everything," he wrote in a blog. "I think of her loved ones, and I don't know how they are coping with this painful news, while still searching for any thread of hope."

Many comments reflect a growing awareness that the burgeoning number of Chinese students and elsewhere in recent years has opened them up to dangers ranging from mundane street crime to terrorist attacks.

"Nearly 12 years after Sept. 11, more and more people have realized terrorists are the global enemy. They not only attack Americans but also Chinese, regardless of nationality or race," the well-known blogger and author Li Chengpeng wrote.

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Tang reported from Beijing.

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Benefits to Owning a Home - Idaho Real Estate

Buying a home is an important financial decision. In fact, it's likely the most important financial decision you'll ever make, and likely the largest. It's normal to have reservations. But no matter what your reservations might be, 2013 has shaped up to be the year to buy real estate. It's a fantastic time to get into the market. And in case you need to hear more than just that, here are some rock solid reasons why buying a home is a good idea.

Pride

There's nothing like the feeling you get after becoming a homeowner for the first time. The pride of owning a home isn't like any other large purchase you can make; this is the big time. It means you've made it. It means you've made a solid investment into your future that's rolled up in stability and security. The sense of stability you get from owning your own home is paramount, particularly if you have children. You won't just be buying a home for yourself, it's for them too.

Protection Against Inflation

If you've ever rented before, chances are you've had the rent increased on you. Landlords have a tendency to do that. Protection against inflation is one solid benefit to owning your own home, as you can lock yourself into a fixed-rate mortgage that will ensure you make the same familiar payment for the entire life of the loan. If you want to pay more, that's up to you. It's a pretty good feeling having that kind of control over your house payment.

Feeling of Permanence?

You'll create a sense of rooted-ness in the community. Owning a home isn't just a financial decision, it's a decision that can shape your well-being. By owning, you're giving yourself the ability to control your living environment, at least to a far greater extent than you ever could by renting. You can do things the way that you see fit, things that need to evolve along with your ever-changing lifestyle. Plus, you'll be living in a community with fellow homeowners who may be a lot like you, and that's a great asset for the whole family.

Increased Values

Prices are on the rise. The latest Home Price Index Report posted by Core-Logic revealed that Idaho has experienced a positive 14.9 percent increase in price gains. These positive numbers aren't only true for Idaho. The entire mountain region as well as the rest of the country have posted rising home values, contributing to levels that are hovering at their highest in more than three years.

Tax Benefits

The tax benefits are crazy. Home ownership is a supreme tax shelter that favors those who own their own home. Given that your home mortgage balance is less than the price of your home, mortgage interest is fully deductible on your tax return. That's not everything though. Deduct home improvement loan interest, private mortgage insurance, mortgage points/origination, energy efficient upgrades/repairs, property tax, and for 2013 owners can continue to benefit from the loan forgiveness deduction.

Home Equity

One way to think of your mortgage is as a forced savings program. You are giving your lender money each month to pay your mortgage, and except for the interest, that money still belongs to you-in the form of home equity. When you're renting, you're giving that money away. You're building your landlord's wealth, rather than your own.

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Advantages of Equity

Taking advantage of an equity loan is one benefit some homeowners choose if they need to pay off other debt, make home improvements, pay for college or medical expenses or to start up a business. Equity loan interest is oftentimes less than that of a credit card, and is deductible-unlike a credit card. Depending on your situation, it can make sense to pay off costly debt this way.

Decorating Freedom

You have so many more options if you own your own home. You have the freedom to do what you want with it, whether that means adding a sun-room or painting the walls whatever crazy color you like. You have no one to answer to but yourself, and that's an awesome feeling. You may have been itching to install a beautiful chandelier or ceiling fan, or to mount shelves for your own mini library. Landlords generally don't let you do that, but if it's your house, you can do what you want whenever you want.

Increased Credit

Credit opportunities open up to homeowners. You'll find that it becomes much easier to apply for other loans if you already own a home. Making your mortgage payments on time will help your credit score, which impacts your ability to get car loans, credit cards or any other type of loan that you'll ever need to take out. Having a good credit score is one of the most important things you can have in today's world.

Market Growth

Take a look at Money Magazine's latest issue, and you'll see that the real estate market today has made its comeback. There are several reasons why industry players as well as consumers are finally getting their confidence back. In addition to home price gains, high affordability, low inventory and a continuation of price increases, these all contribute to the healthy and vibrant housing market we're experiencing today.

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What It Means to Call It 'Terrorism'

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The word "terrorism" is now officially attached to the Boston Marathon bombing, after President Obama used the word Tuesday morning in his address from the White House.

"This was a heinous and cowardly act. And given what we now know about what took place, the FBI is investigating it as an act of terrorism," Obama said. "Any time bombs are used to target innocent civilians it is an act of terror. What we don't yet know, however, is who carried out this attack, or why."

It was the first time Obama had used that language about the boming.

On Monday, when he addressed the nation for the first time after two bombs exploded in Boston, Obama spoke in measured, deliberate tones about his conversations with Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick and Boston Mayor Tom Menino, and he sternly vowed justice for whoever was responsible, but he didn't use the word "terrorism."

Soon after, a White House official told ABC News that any bombing of this kind would be considered an act of terrorism. Senators on the Homeland Security Committee said the attacks bore the hallmarks of terrorism, and Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., told ABC News: "It is a terrorist incident."

Following the president's lead, Rep. Michael Capuano, D-Mass., shied away from the "T" word, saying on the House floor before a moment of silence that "Whatever it was, it was a terrible tragedy ? no matter how you measure it."

Regardless of why Obama waited a day to call the attacks "terrorism," what makes something a terrorist event?

According to David Gomez, a former FBI counterterrorism official, Justice Department protocol automatically classifies bombings of this nature as terrorism cases, partly for jurisdictional purposes: Until deemed otherwise, the FBI (and not Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) handles bombings as terrorism investigations.

"There's a number of different definitions for 'terrorism.' There's the academic definition, and there are the legal definitions, and then there's the one that's used by the FBI, which kind of straddles both," Gomez told ABC News. "The FBI uses a definition that talks about coercing the civilian population or the government ? through violence. ? It's an attempt to change their minds about certain things."

A former senior assistant special agent-in-charge for counter-terrorism and intelligence at the FBI's Seattle Field Office, Gomez said the word "terrorism" carries political connotations about a perpetrator's motive. Newtown, Conn., shooter Adam Lanza, for instance, was not a terrorist because he wasn't trying to communicate a message to the public or the government.

"He was sending a message, but it wasn't about politics. It was about his own mental illness," Gomez said.

Under Gomez's definition, the Boston attacks will be aptly deemed "terrorism" if the assumed motives of public intimidation are found to be correct.

"For example, what if the guy who [placed] the bomb was trying to murder a specific person in the race?" Gomez asked. "That's not terrorism - he was not trying to send a message or influence policy."

Forensic investigators don't think about the word, Gomez told ABC.

"The guys at the crime scene don't care what label you put on it," Gomez said. "They're concerned with solving a specific crime, and that's bombing and murder."

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My good man: Boston patient seeks her hero

Site of one of the bomb blasts at the Boston Marathon (Elise Amendola/AP/)

A patient has a message for the man who picked her up and carried her to safety: Thank you.

According to a report from the Boston Globe, one of 19 injured patients brought to Tufts Medical Center after the dual bomb blasts at the Boston Marathon was helped by a good Samaritan. She would like to relay her gratitude.

The patient, who suffered severe leg injuries, remembers her hero as ?Sergeant Tyler,? a former Marine, who may have been in uniform, and who, she recalls, had a scar on his left arm.

Hospital spokeswoman Brooke Tyson Hynes said at a press conference Tuesday afternoon that ?He told her, ?You?re going to have a scar, but you?re going to be OK. It?ll be like my scar.? ? She added, the unidentified patient ?believes he did indeed save her life.?

Hynes said, ?If there is a Sergeant Tyler out there, please call Tufts Medical Center Public Affairs, and she would very much like to thank him personally.?

She added, ?That?s an important part of her recovery, as much as her medical recovery right now.?

In the face of these tragic events, stories of kind and courageous acts by ordinary folks have surfaced. This is one more.

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Layered '2-D nanocrystals' promising new semiconductor

Apr. 16, 2013 ? Researchers are developing a new type of semiconductor technology for future computers and electronics based on "two-dimensional nanocrystals" layered in sheets less than a nanometer thick that could replace today's transistors.

The layered structure is made of a material called molybdenum disulfide, which belongs to a new class of semiconductors -- metal di-chalogenides -- emerging as potential candidates to replace today's technology, complementary metal oxide semiconductors, or CMOS.

New technologies will be needed to allow the semiconductor industry to continue advances in computer performance driven by the ability to create ever-smaller transistors. It is becoming increasingly difficult, however, to continue shrinking electronic devices made of conventional silicon-based semiconductors.

"We are going to reach the fundamental limits of silicon-based CMOS technology very soon, and that means novel materials must be found in order to continue scaling," said Saptarshi Das, who has completed a doctoral degree, working with Joerg Appenzeller, a professor of electrical and computer engineering and scientific director of nanoelectronics at Purdue's Birck Nanotechnology Center. "I don't think silicon can be replaced by a single material, but probably different materials will co-exist in a hybrid technology."

The nanocrystals are called two-dimensional because the materials can exist in the form of extremely thin sheets with a thickness of 0.7 nanometers, or roughly the width of three or four atoms. Findings show that the material performs best when formed into sheets of about 15 layers with a total thickness of 8-12 nanometers. The researchers also have developed a model to explain these experimental observations.

Findings are appearing this month as a cover story in the journal Rapid Research Letters. The paper was co-authored by Das and Appenzeller, who also have co-authored a paper to be presented during the annual Device Research Conference at the University of Notre Dame from June 23-26.

"Our model is generic and, therefore, is believed to be applicable to any two-dimensional layered system," Das said.

Molybdenum disulfide is promising in part because it possesses a bandgap, a trait that is needed to switch on and off, which is critical for digital transistors to store information in binary code.

Analyzing the material or integrating it into a circuit requires a metal contact. However, one factor limiting the ability to measure the electrical properties of a semiconductor is the electrical resistance in the contact. The researchers eliminated this contact resistance using a metal called scandium, allowing themtodetermine the true electronic properties of the layered device. Their results have been published in the January issue of the journal Nano Letters with doctoral students Hong-Yan Chen and Ashish Verma Penumatcha as the other co-authors.

Transistors contain critical components called gates, which enable the devices to switch on and off and to direct the flow of electrical current. In today's chips, the length of these gates is about 14 nanometers, or billionths of a meter.

The semiconductor industry plans to reduce the gate length to 6 nanometers by 2020. However, further size reductions and boosts in speed are likely not possible using silicon, meaning new designs and materials will be needed to continue progress. The research was funded by the National Science Foundation.

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Filing Your Taxes Online Was Even More Terrible in 1991

If you're one of the many tax-procrastinating thrill seekers who waited until the last minute to get cracking, there's a pretty good chance you spent most of that time cursing TurboTax's powers that be. It might have even been enough to make you yearn for a simpler time, a time when we weren't dependent on the capricious interent for our tax-filing needs. But this video detailing the various online tax prep packages of 1991 should put an end to any of that nonsense. More »

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Microsoft Reminds Windows XP Users They Only Have 365 Days Left Before It'll Stop Supporting Them

If you are still using Windows XP – or you know somebody who does – Microsoft would like you to remember that you only have 365 more days before the company will end all support for the operating system it launched in New York on October 25, 2001. Both Windows XP SP3 and Office 2003 will go out of support on April 8, 2014, and XP users will stop receiving any new security updates, hotfixes and support (free or paid) from Microsoft. Worldwide, just under 40 percent of all desktops and laptops still use XP today, according to the latest data from Net Applications’ NetMarketShare. Microsoft already ended mainstream support for Windows XP back in April 2009, but continued to offer extended support for commercial customers and security updates for all customers. After April 2014, Microsoft writes, using XP is an “at your own risk” situation for “any customers choosing not to migrate,” and migrating will likely become costlier the longer a business stays on XP. In its announcement today, Microsoft reminds the stragglers who still use XP that it takes the average enterprise 18 to 32 months to go “from business case through full deployment.” You’d think making a business case for moving to Windows 7 or 8 would be easy at this point (though Windows 8 is arguably a harder sell), but there are clearly still quite a few companies that haven’t made the move to a modern operating system yet. Of course, the fact that there is no direct upgrade path from XP to Windows 7 makes this move even harder for smaller businesses that don’t have technical support staff. For Microsoft, of course, the end of Windows XP is also a chance to remind potential users of the “advantages” of Windows 8, which, the company writes “is the modern OS for modern businesses, building on Windows 7 fundamentals like speed, reliability and security, while creating a modern platform designed for a new generation of hardware options.” Windows 8 currently has a worldwide market share of just over 3 percent. Microsoft, however, also acknowledges that for some businesses, “moving their full company to Windows 8 will be the best choice, and for others it may be migrating first to Windows 7. Still, for many, it will be deploying Windows 8 side-by-side with Windows 7 for key scenarios, such as Windows 8 tablets for mobile users.” To get

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Shut! Up! Hovercraft Golf Cart!

• Joshua M Brown
• April 6th, 2013

This video is blowing up on YouTube, 5 million-plus views since its release a couple of days ago - ohmigod I want one.

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Samsung's WiFi-only Galaxy Camera ships this month for $450

Part of the Galaxy Camera's appeal is undeniably the convenience of a constant cellular connection, but if a $500 price tag and monthly data tariff aren't quite your style, perhaps this new $450 model will be a bit more palatable. Samsung announced this WiFi-only flavor back in February, but it's just now ready to hit US retailers, beginning later this month. Regardless of bundled connectivity, the Jelly Bean-powered camera includes a 4.8-inch HD Super Clear Touch LCD, a 16-megapixel BSI CMOS sensor and a 21x optical zoom lens, giving you far more photographic flexibility than just about any current smartphone. With only a WiFi connection, it won't, of course, be replacing your phone, but even the cellular-capable model missed the mark there. At this point, it might be more reasonable to wait for a refreshed model, which could hit this summer, but if you're ready to jump now, at least you'll save a bit of cash.

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