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Massachusetts Deemed Most Tech-Savvy State, Beating California



Massholes. They think they're the best at everything. And oh, wait -- they are! The Smartest State has lots of "best" titles, between the Red Sox, Harvard, and now (again), technology.

Since 2002, the Santa-Monica-based Milken institute has been releasing reports on the technological state of affairs. That is, the institute ranks states based on criteria like tech-savviness of workers, commitment to tech growth, and economic gain from technology and science.

And Ol' Ivy, Massachusetts, always wins! Usually California, home to Silicon Valley and silicone boobs, comes in second, but not this year! The state slipped to an embarassing fourth place in the rankings, ceding its spot to Maryland and Colorado (ouch!). Mississippi came in last, predictably, but still wins for obesity.

We still love you, California. Don't blame yourself --this is probably Spielberg's fault. [Source: USA Today]

Technologies That Will Define 2008

10 Emerging Technologies in 2008Technology Review has collected a list of the 10 emerging technologies to watch in 2008, all of which could potentially change how we interact with technology and how it serves us. The list covers everything from consumer-oriented technologies such as offline access to web apps, which made its debut last year with Google Gears and will be built into Firefox 3, to transistors made out of Graphene (found in pencil lead) for making CPUs up to 1,000 times faster than current Intel and AMD efforts.

Also on the short list is Cellulolytic Enzymes, which makes freeing sugars from cellulose easier (allowing cellulosic ethanol to become cost-competitive with gasoline). Cellulosic biofuels are made from agricultural waste such as wood chips and switch grass and release almost 90-percent less greenhouse gas than traditional gasoline and 20 - 30 percent less than the more popular corn-based ethanol.

Check out the rest of the list at Technology Review and let us know in the comments what you think we should be watching out for in the coming year.

From Technology Review

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Top 10 Tech Inventions of 2007

Top 10 Inventions in 2007
The Invention Blog at New Scientist scours the web, or more specifically the United States Patent Office web site, for new and interesting ideas and then shares them with the world, or, with geeks like us. As part of the endless deluge of year-end round ups, New Scientist has collected the most popular patents from its Invention blog in the standard top 10 list format.

Entries run the gamut from silly (the Sony 2-wheeled Segway-esque skateboard), to the obviously useful (blood-staunching bandages), to the mildly confusing (the brain radiator), and the unabashedly geeky (fabric displays).

Check out the 'from' link for the rest of the list.

From New Scientist

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What's Sexier -- a Person or the iPhone?



Some people develop a bit too strong of a bond with their technology. We'd say they're all around you, but these types of people tend to stay inside a lot.

Zogby International and 463 Communications conducted a poll about people's attitudes towards technology, and the results are either terrifying or reassuring, depending on how bad you thought the epidemic of tech-fetishism was.

Overwhelmingly people found other people sexier than the iPhone. Very reassuring, until you realize that while the iPhone may have been beaten out by Halle Berry, Scarlett Johansson, and Patrick Dempsey who received 27, 17 and 14 percent respectively, it shared a spot at the bottom of the pile with Derek Jeter at 6 percent. That means that 6 percent of people would rather take their iPhone to bed than the smokin' hot Scarlett Johansson.

Head on over to 463 for more results.

How about you? Do you think people or iPhones are sexier? And while we're at it, would you rather take Derek Jeter, Scarlett Johansson, or the iPhone to bed?

From Engadget and 463

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