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Ibm's Watson Becomes Big Man on Campus With Jeopardy Win
Jeopardy champion Watson is making IBM as sexy to work for as Apple, Google or Facebook.
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It's a Bird! It's a Spy! It's Both
A pocket-size drone dubbed the Nano Hummingbird for the way it flaps its tiny robotic wings has been developed for the Pentagon by a Monrovia company as a mini...
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An Html For Numbers
The Age of Data is just around the corner, right where it has been for years. As someone who spends a lot his time creating visualizations, I've been hoping for...
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A World Wide Web that Talks
Some 10,000 people worldwide use a version of the Web like no other: it is operated by voice over the telephone. Called the "Spoken Web," it is the result of...
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Running on a Faster Track
Tel Aviv University researchers have developed a scheduling tool that will shorten the travel time for passengers who use commuter trains.
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Algorithms Can't Solve CS Gender Gap
The percentage of women in computer science (CS) is one of the lowest of all science, technology, engineering, and math disciplines across the U.S., and Brown University...
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Google Is 'very Proud' of Ghonim, Ceo Says
Google Inc. Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said the company was "very proud" of employee Wael Ghonim, a leader in the antigovernment protests that toppled Egyptian...
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Facebook Officials Keep Quiet on Its Role in Revolts
With Facebook playing a starring role in the revolts that toppled governments in Tunisia and Egypt, you might think the company’s top executives would use this...
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CLA Advance with New Nanomaterials Good News For Next-Generation Electronic Devices
University of California, Los Angeles researchers have demonstrated how surface-conduction channels in topological nanoribbons made of bismuth telluride can be...
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.s. Launches Federal R&d Dashboard
The U.S. Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is launching a new online dashboard that will enable people to track federal spending on research and development...
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Too Much Hysteria Over Cyberattacks
Internet security initiatives could be obstructed by hype that is distorting the threat of cyberattacks, according to experts speaking at the recent RSA computer...
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2045: The Year Man Becomes Immortal
On Feb. 15, 1965, a diffident but self-possessed high school student named Raymond Kurzweil appeared as a guest on a game show called I've Got a Secret. He was...
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The Secret World of Printing Concept Cars in 3D
The work that goes into building a physical model of a concept car is usually hidden behind closed doors, known only to engineers sworn to secrecy and similarly...
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Light-Emitting Rubber Could Sense Structural Damage
Researchers at Princeton University have built a new type of sensor that could help engineers quickly assess the health of a building or bridge. The sensor is...
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On 'jeopardy,' Watson's a Natural
In the end, the humans on "Jeopardy!" surrendered meekly.
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niversity Professor Creates Facebook-Like Traffic Site
The On-Line Network-Enabled Intelligent Transportation Systems (ONE-ITS), a new social media platform for sharing information about traffic problems in a city,...
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Rivest nlocks Cryptography's Past, Looks Toward Future
Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Ronald Rivest recently gave a speech about the history of the RSA cryptographic system, which is currently used...
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Computer Crushes Human 'jeopardy!' Champs
IBM's Watson supercomputer trounced human champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter in the second round of a Jeopardy! match, beating the duo to the buzzer on 24 out...
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Government Employs Hackers in Brave New Scheme
Since the dawn of computing there's been a cold war between those who run computer systems and those who attack them. And never the twain shall meet—at least...
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