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Google Go Programming Language Moves to Version 1.1
Google's Go open source programming language recently was updated to version 1.1, providing developers with new capabilities and performance improvements.
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Data Storage: Synchronized at the 'Write Time'
Researchers say they have established several important design principles to consider when developing a potential high-density magnetic recording system.
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Photonic Quantum Computers: a Brighter Future Than Ever
Researchers say a prototype boson-sampling photonic computer they developed is a new and highly efficient model of a quantum computer.
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Wayne State University Researcher's Technique Helps Robotic Vehicles Find Their Way, Help Humans
Researchers have developed a technique which they say provides robots with accurate, real-time, 3D positions in both indoor and outdoor environments.
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Kepler Telescope's Planet-Hunting Days Crunch to a Close
"Kepler was my North, my South, my East and West, my working week, no weekend rest, my noon, my midnight, my talks, my song; I thought Kepler would last forever...
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Microsoft, It Industry Push Software Security Standard
Two new initiatives aim to make the process of developing secure software more attainable to smaller software makers.
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Google Overhauling Flagship Search with 'answer, Converse, Anticipate'
During its Keynote today, Google announced new features coming to its flagship search function—you know, that thing we all started using Google for. VP Amit Singhal...
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Stuxnet Worm 'increased' Iran's Nuclear Potential
The report, published in the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) journal, claims the Stuxnet worm exposed vulnerabilities in Iranian enrichment facilities that...
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Why Even Google Will Embrace Cellphone Chips in the Data Center
Jason Mars is a rarity. He's an outsider with regular access to Google's data centers.
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'winners-Take-Some' Markets For Electronic Products Are Increasingly Common
Digital converters are reducing the risk of choosing formats that become obsolete.
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Google Search Scratches Its Brain 500 Million Times a Day
Google processes about 100 billion search requests a month, and about 15 percent of them take longer to process because the request is totally new to it.
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How to Mine Cellphone Data Without Invading Your Privacy
Researchers have found a way to eliminate personally identifiable information in cellphone data, which could improve data mining by removing privacy concerns.
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iPlant: It's Not Just for Plants Anymore!
The iPlant Collaborative, which helps biologists leverage data sets and computational techniques, now serves the animal agricultural community with iAnimal.
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When Cars Talk, This Is What They'll Tell Each Other
Researchers are giving Internet Protocol addresses to all vehicles, allowing them to be instantly identifiable to nearby cars on the same network.
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The Coming Political Battle Over Bitcoin
Given that Bitcoin first broke into mainstream attention when Gawker explained how to use it to buy drugs, perhaps the surprise is that it took federal regulators...
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Dawn of the Bot? New Era Nears, Experts Say
Science fiction is quickly taking a back seat to science fact. Just look at a new report by the country's leading roboticists.
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MIT Robots Can Assemble Your Ikea Furniture For You
Oh, IKEA. Your modern and affordable Scandinavian-inspired furniture is full of such promise.
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New Android Boss Finally Reveals Plans For World's Most Popular Mobile Os
For the past few years, Sundar Pichai has been part of a tag-team routine staged at Google's annual I/O developer conference.
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Iowa State Professor Weighs Benefit vs. Risk of Facial Recognition Technology
An Iowa State University professor questions whether society is ready for advanced facial-recognition technology.
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