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Ibm's Watson Becomes Big Man on Campus With Jeopardy Win
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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.

It's a Bird! It's a Spy! It's Both
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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...

An Html For Numbers
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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...

A World Wide Web that Talks
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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...

Running on a Faster Track
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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...

Google Is 'very Proud' of Ghonim, Ceo Says
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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...

Facebook Officials Keep Quiet on Its Role in Revolts
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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...

­.s. Launches Federal R&d Dashboard
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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...

Too Much Hysteria Over Cyberattacks
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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...

The Secret World of Printing Concept Cars in 3D
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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...

Light-Emitting Rubber Could Sense Structural Damage
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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...

On 'jeopardy,' Watson's a Natural
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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,...

Rivest ­nlocks Cryptography's Past, Looks Toward Future
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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...

Computer Crushes Human 'jeopardy!' Champs
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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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Iran's Natanz Nuclear Facility Recovered Quickly from Stuxnet Cyberattack

In an underground chamber near the Iranian city of Natanz, a network of surveillance cameras offers the outside world a rare glimpse into Iran's largest nuclear...
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