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Researchers at the University of Oviedo (Spain) have come up with a way of tagging gunpowder which allows its illegal use to be detected even after it has been detonated. Based on the addition of isotopes, the technique can also be used to track and differentiate between wild fish and those from a fish farm, such as trout and salmon. A new method for tagging and identifying objects, substances and living beings has just been presented in this month's issue of the Analytical Chemistry...

Pacific Play Systems, based in Carlsbad, California, Shares Expertise to Help Homeowners Associations, Churches, Military Bases, and Schools Choose the Right Commercial Playground Equipment. San Diego, CA (PRWEB) November 11, 2011 Choosing commercial playground equipment may seem like fun and games, but consumers must consider the possibility of injuries and the potential liability that can result from poor decisions made in the planning stage. Whether purchasing commercial playground...

New research has looked at whether social media could be used to track an event or phenomenon, such as flu outbreaks and rainfall rates. The study by academics at the University of Bristol's Intelligent Systems Laboratory is published online in ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology. Social networks, such as Facebook and microblogging services like Twitter, have only been around for a short time but in that time they have provided shapshots of real life by forming,...

Model in European Physical Journal B says activity of online communities does not grow in line with the number of users The activity of online communities does not grow in line with the number of users, according to a model recently published in the European Physical Journal B. The Internet has given rise to its own sorting devices. Among these, tagging consists of assigning user-chosen keywords to a piece of information (such as a digital image) to facilitate searches. Lingfei Wu, a...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- InboxQ, an innovative web service that mines Twitter for sales leads, today released a major product update designed to help a wider range of businesses take advantage of its powerful platform. The addition of a web-based version of its software and an automatic campaign configurator makes it easier for business owners to get started using the customer acquisition tool, and produces better results in even less time. Founded in 2009, InboxQ is a...

San Jose's Filice Enterprises is now a full service playground outfitter because of its partnership with APE Playground Equipment and Custom Canopies, Inc. San Jose, CA (Vocus/PRWEB) June 15, 2011 Filice Enterprises, located in San Jose, is proud to announce that the company is now a full service playground outfitter for the Bay Area. With its partnership with APE Playground Equipment and Custom Canopies, Inc., Filice can now offer more choices in playground needs and safety. "We wanted...

Pre-built taxonomy designed for technology professionals helps IT departments tag and organize documents in enterprise content management applications. Denver, CO (PRWEB) June 15, 2011 WAND, Inc announced the release of the latest entry in its enterprise taxonomy library, the new Information Technology Department Taxonomy. Designed specifically for IT departments, this new information technology taxonomy gives a major jump-start to any enterprise content project that is organizing IT...

Crisis communication lessons from the Japan tsunamiAdam Acar and Yuya Muraki of the Kobe City University of Foreign Studies surveyed and questioned Twitter users and tracked updates from people in the disaster-struck area on the social media site two weeks after the Tohoku earthquake and devastating tsunami of March 11. They hoped to determine what benefits such a system can bring to people involved in a disaster and to those hoping to hear news.The researchers found that people in directly...

Taxonomy provides a jump start for companies who are looking to leverage the taxonomy and managed keyword capabilities in Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Denver, CO (PRWEB) April 6, 2011 WAND, Inc. today announced, in conjunction with Microsoft, the availability of WAND's General Business Taxonomy as a free download for use in SharePoint 2010's term store. The General Business Taxonomy includes 535 categories covering five major business functional areas and once downloaded and imported,...

REDMOND, Wash., April 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsoft Corp. today announced impressive data on Microsoft Tag following its biggest month of scans to date, as well as an increasing rate of usage. Microsoft announced the following: March had the greatest number of Tag scans since Tag launched in January 2009, with more than 50 percent more scans than any other month to date.The number of scans per month has doubled over the past three months, and the number of users per month has increased...