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Wimpy Cores Are Coming to Facebook. But Which Cores?
Facebook has made waves by detailing its plans to use what an executive calls "cell-phone chips"—or "wimpy cores"—in its future data centers.
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In Modern Scandal, an Email Is Forever
When ousted Barclays CEO Bob Diamond says he felt "physically ill" reading emails of his traders crowing over interest rate manipulation, he is almost certainly...
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Green500 Turns Blue
The 20 most energy efficient supercomputers the most recent Green500 rankings are all IBM Blue Gene/Q systems. Each of the top 20 systems delivered more than 2...
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Graphene Transistor Method Could Enable Fast Devices
University of California, Los Angeles researchers have developed a scalable method for fabricating self-aligned graphene transistors that could lead to high-speed...
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Researchers Digitize Aids Quilt to Make It a Research Tool
In 2010 the University of Southern California's Anne Balsamo launched an effort to digitize the AIDS Quilt in an attempt to make the memorial more accessible via...
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Solid-State Terahertz Devices Could Scan for Cancer
Cornell University researchers have developed a method of generating terahertz signals on an inexpensive silicon chip. The method uses mainstream CMOS technology...
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Future Planetary Rovers May Make Their Own Decisions
It's a hot summer day, and your eyes spot an ice cream cart up ahead. Without even really thinking, you start walking that direction. Planetary scientists would...
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The Drone Zone
Holloman Air Force Base, at the eastern edge of New Mexico's White Sands Missile Range, 200 miles south of Albuquerque, was once famous for the daredevil maneuvers...
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.s. rged to Recruit Master Hackers to Wage Cyber War on Al-Qaida
Instead of prosecuting elite computer hackers, the U.S. government should recruit them to launch cyber-attacks against Islamist terrorists and other foes, according...
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Google Remakes Online Empire With 'Colossus'
More than a decade ago, Google built a new foundation for its search engine.
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Driver Cellphone Blocking Technology Could Save Lives
Anna University of Technology researchers have designed a system that can detect whether a driver is using a cellphone while a vehicle is in motion. The system...
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The Measured Man
Computer scientist Larry Smarr envisions the development of "a distributed planetary computer of enormous power," one that comprises 1 billion processors and that...
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A Phone That Knows Where You're Going
Researchers have developed an algorithm that follows a person's mobility patterns and also analyzes the patterns of people in the user's social network. In a study...
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White House Official Calls For Broad Regulations on Internet Use
White House Office of Science and Technology deputy chief technology officer Daniel Weitzner is calling for a broad and flexible regulatory framework for Internet...
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'most Realistic' Robot Legs Developed
University of Arizona researchers say they have developed the most biologically accurate robotic legs by replicating the central pattern generator, a neuronal network...
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Simulated Space 'terror' Offers Nasa an Online Following
The video is called "Seven Minutes of Terror," and describes, with the suspense and cinematography of a movie preview, what will happen next month when a one-ton...
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When Does An App Need Fda's Blessing?
Bernard Farrell obsesses over every bite he eats, every minute of exercise he gets, and everything that stresses him out. And, more than anything else, Farrell...
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Cybercriminals Sniff Out Vulnerable Firms
With cybercriminals a greater threat to small businesses than ever before, more entrepreneurs like Lloyd Keilson are left asking themselves who is to blame for...
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Big Data and the Changing Economics of Privacy
There was a time when only people with money to hire a detective could dig into someone’s life. Now, dozens of companies have sprung up that will prowl into a person’s...
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