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New Zealand Software Patent Law 'betrays' Developers
A New Zealand politician has advanced a proposed software patent measure that contains an exemption for software embedded in other inventions. Critics say that ...
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From Bug Drones to Disease Assassins, Super Weapons Rule .s. War Game
A rogue state is on the verge of developing a deadly biological weapon against which the rest of the world has no defense.
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Google Seeing-Hand Patent Shows Smart Glove Ambitions
Google has received a patent for a device and methods for obtaining information with one's hands. Some observers view the patent as a sign of Google's plans for...
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How to Feed Data-Hungry Mobile Devices? se More Antennas
Rice University researchers recently unveiled Argos, a multi-antenna technology that could help wireless providers keep up with the demands of data-hungry smartphones...
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Magnetic Vortex Reveals Key to Spintronic Speed Limit
Brookhaven National Laboratory researchers say they have precisely measured an important parameter of electron interaction known as non-adiabatic spin torque, which...
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How Pacific Island Missile Tests Helped Launch the Internet
There are a thousand stories about the origin of the internet, each with their own starting point and their own heroes. Charles Herzfeld's tale began in 1961 on...
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Active in Cloud, Amazon Reshapes Computing
Within a few years, Amazon.com's creative destruction of both traditional book publishing and retailing may be footnotes to the company’s larger and more secretive...
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Analysis Shows Traces of Wiper Malware But No Links to Flame
One of the things about the investigation into the Flame malware that's remained unclear for several months now is what ever became of the so-called Wiper virus...
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Cutting the Costs of Secure, Evolving Software
The European Union-funded SecureChange project found that only about one-third of a program's code changed from one version to the next.
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Robots to Rescue Coral Reefs
Heriot-Watt University researchers are developing a swarm of intelligent robots to help save coral reefs.
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Can 'serious Games' Be an Effective Tool For Workplace Learning?
University College London researchers are analyzing TARGET, a computer game that could help workers develop skills such as negotiating and trust building.
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'frankenstein' Programmers Test a Cybersecurity Monster
University of Texas (UT) at Dallas researchers have developed Frankenstein, a software system that can cloak itself as it steals and reconfigures information in...
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Post-'pinch'? Apple Patent-Case Could Point to New Digital Age For Smartphones
The future of smartphone development has been muddled with Apple's recent court win against Samsung in a patent infringement case involving the "pinch to zoom"...
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Nasa's Kepler Discovers Multiple Planets Orbiting a Pair of Stars
Coming less than a year after the announcement of the first circumbinary planet, Kepler-16b, NASA's Kepler mission has discovered multiple transiting planets orbiting...
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Gps Technology Finding Its Way Into Court
The rapid spread of cellphones with GPS technology has allowed police to track suspects with unprecedented precision—even as they commit crimes. But the legal fight...
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Smartphones Challenge Chip Limits
Smartphones and other devices keep getting smarter, but that may change if a key step in manufacturing computer chips isn't updated soon.
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The Secretive Life of Apple
The Apple-Samsung trial revealed some secrets about Apple's inner workings such as — despite founder Steve Jobs' public statements — the Cupertino company conducts...
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Visual Programming Means Anyone Can Be a Coder
Many great ideas start out as scribbles on scraps of paper, as thinking visually is an intuitive way to grapple with abstract concepts. Part of the reason is the...
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A Hardware Renaissance in Silicon Valley
In recent years, Silicon Valley seems to have forgotten about silicon. It’s been about dot-coms, Web advertising, social networking, and apps for smartphones.
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