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Study: Wikipedia Perpetuates Political Bias
Researchers at Northwestern University and the University of Southern California say the collective intelligence used to create Wikipedia articles generally produces...
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Minister: Iran Ready to Repel Enemies' Cyber Attacks
Iranian Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi underscored on Thursday that the country is completely ready for defending its sensitive facilities against enemies'...
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Next Cameras Come Into View
Scientists at Duke University have built an experimental camera that allows the user—after a photo is taken—to zoom in on portions of the image in extraordinary...
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Research Reveals Why Spammers Claim They're Nigerian
Most of us know the signs: stilted English, "Dear Sir/Madam," a particular fondness for exclamation points.
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How to Fix the Gender Gap in Technology
Women currently hold 27 percent of all computer science jobs, down from 30 percent 10 years ago, and they account for just 20 percent of undergraduate computer...
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Researchers Develop Optical Displays From Water and Air
Aalto University researchers have developed a concept of writing and displaying information on surfaces using just water.
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Mozilla Thimble Makes Html Coding Easy
Mozilla recently launched Thimble, an HTML tool designed to make it easy for novices to create Web sites.
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Captcha-Busting Villains Branch Out From Spam Into Id Theft
A recent Imperva study found that cybercriminals are using Completely Automated Public Turing Tests to Tell Computers and Humans Apart circumvention techniques...
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Degrees of Separation
Researchers now have the capability to look at the small-world problem from both the traditional algorithmic approach and the new topological approach.
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HTML5 Leads a Web Revolution
Propelled by a proliferation of mobile devices and social networks, an enhanced family of Web specifications is bringing new power to developers and new capabilities...
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Patently Inadequate
The biggest change to U.S. patent law in nearly 60 years brings many changes, but fails to solve the software industry's most vexing problems.
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Lost and Found
Researchers discover computer pioneer Konrad Zuse's long-forgotten Z9, the world's first program-controlled binary relay calculator using floating-point arithmetic...
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.S., Israel Developed Flame Computer Virus to Slow Iranian Nuclear Efforts, Officials Say
The United States and Israel jointly developed a sophisticated computer virus nicknamed Flame that collected intelligence in preparation for cyber-sabotage aimed...
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Bravely Going Where Pixar Animation Tech Has Never Gone
As people, we understand instinctively what flowing hair looks like. Or the way layers of clothes move on someone's body, or how water would splash when a bear...
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The Highly Productive Habits of Alan Turing
June 23 marks the 100th birthday of Alan Turing. If I had to name five people whose personal efforts led to the defeat of Nazi Germany, the English mathematician...
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How the White House Is Aiming the X Prize Model at Big Problems
The U.S. government recently held Collaborative Innovation: Public Sector Prizes, a one-day forum in which public-sector employees, as well as representatives from...
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Algorithm Beats Jigsaw-Solving Record
Cornell University's Andrew Gallagher has developed an algorithm that set a jigsaw puzzle-solving record by sorting through 10,000 pieces in 24 hours, surpassing...
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How the U.S. Can Avoid a 'Cyber Cold War'
Former White House cybersecurity coordinator Howard Schmidt says there is a fine line to negotiate between pushing central values such as freedom of speech without...
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