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Silent Skype Calls Can Hide Secret Messages
Got a secret message to send? Say it with silence.
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World's First Demonstration of Bit Commitment Performed at CQT
Computer scientists and quantum optics researchers at the University of Singapore's Center for Quantum Technologies have demonstrated secure bit commitment, a communication...
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'hashtag' Is the 2012 Word of the Year
In its 23rd annual words of the year vote, the American Dialect Society voted "hashtag" as the word of the year for 2012. Hashtag refers to the practice used on...
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Google Glass Features and Apps Still in Flux
In an interview, Google Glass project leader Babak Parviz discusses where the wearable device is heading in the near future.
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Students Rush to Web Classes, but Profits May Be Much Later
Several approaches to online education are emerging, and universities across the United States are increasing their online offerings. However, none of these programs...
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Big Data, Java and Other Developer Skills: Top Hiring Priorities
Big data-related jobs ranked fourth among the top information technology skills hiring executives are looking for in 2013, according to a recent Dice.com survey...
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Electronics Develop a Sixth Sense
This year's Consumer Electronics Show is being dominated by the term "context awareness," which describes technology that enables products to pick up clues to users'...
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Billions and Billions of Planets
Look up at the night sky and you'll see stars, sure. But the sky is also filled with planets—billions and billions of them at least.
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Software Detects and Extracts Text From Within Video Frames, Makes It Searchable
National University of Singapore researchers have developed a method that automates the process of detecting text within video frames and extracting it from the...
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Best Tech Colleges Are Harder Than Ever to Get In
Early admission statistics indicate that 2013 will be another difficult year for high school seniors to get accepted into the leading undergraduate computer science...
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The Future of Medicine Is Now
In our era of instant gratification, the world of medicine seems like an outlier.
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Communications Satellites Made Legal For Export
To the delight of American satellite makers, communications satellites—which orbit Earth to relay phone calls, link ships to shore and broadcast television programs—will...
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To Thwart Hackers, Firms Salting Their Servers With Fake Data
Some companies are increasingly making use of controversial cybersecurity tactics involving the use of fake data on servers and Web sites meant to ensnare hackers...
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Popular Office Phones Vulnerable to Eavesdropping Hack, Researchers Say
High-tech telephones common on many workplace desks in the U.S. can be hacked and turned into eavesdropping devices, researchers at Columbia University have discovered...
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C# Named Top Programming Language of 2012
Microsoft's C# programing language was ranked as the number one programming language of 2012, according to the PYPL PopularitY of Programming Language index.
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Military Must Prep Now For 'mutant' Future, Researchers Warn
The U.S. military is already using, or fast developing, a wide range of technologies meant to give troops what California Polytechnic State University researcher...
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Apps Crash the Enterprise
When Apple introduced the App Store in July 2008 it represented nothing less than a revolutionary way to distribute software. Now the concept is invading the enterprise...
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Google Cleared of Search Results Bias After 2-Year U.s. Investigation
Google has been forced by regulators in the U.S. to agree to legally binding changes to the way it presents some search results and runs its search advertising...
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What Turned Jaron Lanier Against the Web?
I couldn't help thinking of John Le Carré's spy novels as I awaited my rendezvous with Jaron Lanier in a corner of the lobby of the stylish W Hotel just off Union...
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