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Headless Conficker Worm Lives in Computers
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Headless Conficker Worm Lives in Computers

The people who control the Conficker computer worm have been prevented from using it to control computers and create a botnet, according to a new report. However...

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Egypt's Internet Goes Dark During Political ­nrest

Egypt has gone offline.

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The Fantastical Promise of Reversible Computing

University of South Florida researchers are studying computation that takes place in steps that are time reversible, known as reversible computing, as a way to...

Dealing With Assange and the Secrets He Spilled
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Dealing With Assange and the Secrets He Spilled

This past June, Alan Rusbridger, the editor of The Guardian, phoned me and asked, mysteriously, whether I had any idea how to arrange a secure communication....

Intel Agency: Without Videogames, We
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Intel Agency: Without Videogames, We

American intelligence analysts are biased, and therefore make lousy decisions—even the spooky agencies admit that. The spy guys’ new hope for introducing some...

New Meters Aim to Cure Parking Headaches
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New Meters Aim to Cure Parking Headaches

Soon San Francisco drivers won't need to cruise endlessly in search of an available parking spot.

Public Art? There's an App For That
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Public Art? There's an App For That

"Take It Artside!," a free smartphone application developed by students and faculty at the University of Kentucky, includes images, descriptions, and the location...

Sandia's Heroux Named Editor of ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software
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Sandia's Heroux Named Editor of ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software

Sandia National Laboratories researcher Mike Heroux has been named editor-in-chief of the ACM  journal Transactions on Mathematical Software.

The Triumph of Hacker Culture
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The Triumph of Hacker Culture

Stuxnet and the iconic, pioneering hacker Captain Crunch.

3D Tv? How About Holographic Tv?
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3D Tv? How About Holographic Tv?

Using a single Xbox Kinect and standard graphics chips, MIT researchers demonstrate the highest frame rate yet for streaming holographic video.

Binghamton CS Grad Designs Android Application
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Binghamton CS Grad Designs Android Application

Binghamton University researchers have developed Lake Sunapee Protective Association Recorder, an Android application that enables users to record observations...

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Carnegie Mellon Researcher Creates Song-O-Matic

Carnegie Mellon University's Burr Settles has developed Titular, software that helps songwriters come up with titles for their new songs. Titular produces five...

Supercomputers Increase Research Competitiveness
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Supercomputers Increase Research Competitiveness

Consistent investment in high-performance computing leads to greater research competitiveness for U.S. academic institutions, according to a new study on the impact...

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Domestic ­se of Aerial Drones By Law Enforcement Likely to Prompt Privacy Debate

The suspect's house, just west of this city, sat on a hilltop at the end of a steep, exposed driveway. Agents with the Texas Department of Public Safety believed...

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Qualified Success Claimed Against Computer Worm

Cybersecurity experts combating the Conficker worm claimed qualified success but said millions of computers world-wide were still infected by the malicious software...

Engineers Increasing Wireless Speed
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Engineers Increasing Wireless Speed

As part of a study funded by InterDigital, Virginia Tech researchers have made great strides in the development of more reliable and efficient spectrum sensing...

Securing the Cloud
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Securing the Cloud

University of Texas at Austin researchers are working on the NEBULA project, a U.S. National Science Foundation-funded study to develop a more cloud-compatible...

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Giving Hackers a Printed Invitation

At the Shmoocon conference, researchers demonstrated how hackers are using printers to infiltrate corporate computer networks. Printers are "totally integrated...

Rise of the Robot Astronomers
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Rise of the Robot Astronomers

Mount Palomar Observatory's Palomar Transient Factory uses AI to locate variable stars, or transients. "Our grand goal is to remove astronomers from the real-time...

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Smart ­se of Mobile Phone Power

University of Portsmouth's Mohamed Gaber is researching how smartphones could be combined to quickly collect and process information without using centralized computers...
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