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Suit to Snuff Out 'history Sniffing' Takes Aim at Tracking Web sers
A lawsuit filed last Friday for alleged use of "history sniffing," a method for surreptitiously detecting what websites a person has visited, is the latest to...
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Let Your Coaster Do the Talking
An interactive surface encourages conversation by letting coasters communicate.
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World's Fastest Computer Brings Incalculable Benefits
Using the fastest supercomputer in the world, researchers in China can significantly shortened the amount of time it takes to process data and analyze solutions...
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Abi Announces First Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing India
Almost 600 attendees from 79 organizations participated in the opening day of the first Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing India Conference, the only...
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Service Members Face New Threat: Identity Theft
The government warns Americans to closely guard their Social Security numbers. But it has done a poor job of protecting those same numbers for millions of people...
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In Historic Shift, Smartphones, Tablets to Overtake PCs
Shipments of smartphones, tablets and other app-enabled devices will overtake PC shipments in the next 18 months, an event that may signify the end of the PC-centric...
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DoD Creates a Test Range for Cyberspace
The U.S. Department of Defense has set up the Information Assurance Range as a simulation of the Global Information Grid, as well as a virtual training ground for...
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Tiny Laser Light Show Illuminates Quantum Computing
With similarities to the light-show projectors used at planetariums, a new laser-beam steering system that aims and focuses bursts of light onto single atoms for...
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Robots Imitate Honey Bees For Aircraft Aerobatics
University of Queensland scientists have developed an autopilot system that is able to guide planes through extreme maneuvers, such as loops and barrel rolls, by...
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Math Puzzles
I met a man with seven wives. ...” You may know this singsong quiz, But what you might not know is this: That it began with ancient Egypt’s Early math-filled manuscripts...
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Tongue Clicks to Control Wheelchairs
The University of Bristol's Ravi Vaidyanathan is leading a research effort to develop an in-ear device that would enable people to control a wheelchair by clicking...
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Stanford Students Create 'do Not Track' Software
Stanford University researchers have developed Do Not Track, software that enables users to disable third-party Web tracking technology and tell advertisers to...
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Virtual Training Gets Real!
University of Leeds researchers are leading the ImREAL project, which is developing a virtual-reality training tool aimed at creating a simulated learning environment...
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How Can Online Advertising Companies Be Kept from Tracking Web Surfers?
The FTC is calling for "do not track" software, but one privacy and security expert said such programming would have to be incorporated into a browser for it...
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It Will Soon Be Too Late to Stop the Cyberwars
Clearly defining cyberwar is problematic because there are various levels of cyberespionage and tactics that create uncertainty, writes Bruce Schneier.
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Green Grid Creates More Metrics For Energy Efficiency in Data Centers
The Green Grid consortium is developing two metrics to add to its power usage effectiveness metric for measuring energy efficiency in data centers. The new metrics...
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Japanese Supercomputer Gets Faster But Draws No More Power
The Tokyo Institute of Technology recently developed Tsubame 2.0, a high-performance computer that is the second most energy-efficient supercomputer in the world...
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Live Online Briefing: Inspiring the Next Bill Gates
The National Science Foundation will host a Webcast on Dec. 7 featuring Georgia Tech's Amy Bruckman, MIT's Leah Buechley, and ACM's Cameron Wilson, as part of the...
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Schools See Surge in Computer Science Classes
Many colleges saw significant growth in computer science enrollment this fall compared to three years ago, demonstrating the growing importance of technology education...
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