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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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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...
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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....
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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.
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The Triumph of Hacker Culture
Stuxnet and the iconic, pioneering hacker Captain Crunch.
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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