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Worm Can Deal Double Blow to Nuclear Program
The German software engineer who in September was the first to report that a computer worm was apparently designed to sabotage targets in Iran said Friday that...
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Virus Could Ruin Many Industries' Control Systems
Stuxnet, a worm that appears to target Iran's nuclear energy plants, can be tweaked to inflict damage on industrial control systems worldwide, and constitutes the...
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.S. Sees 'Huge' Cyber Threat in the Future
U.S. Defense secretary Robert Gates recently told members of The Wall Street Journal CEO Council that the threat from cybertechnologies will grow from "considerable"...
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Code Clues Point to Stuxnet Maker
Detailed analysis of the code in the Stuxnet worm has narrowed the list of suspects who could have created it.
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Where Cinema and Biology Meet
When Robert A. Lue considers the "Star Wars" Death Star, his first thought is not of outer space, but inner space.
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Improving Economy Means Opportunities in It
Information technology hiring could be about to surge in 2011, according to the recent Robert Half Technology Salary Guide 2011. Professionals who can help a company...
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Researcher Highlights Need For Transparency on the Web
University of Southampton professor Luc Moreau says that enabling Web users to determine where data comes from and decide if it is trustworthy will lead to a new...
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Cell-Phone Chips to the Rescue
Data centers, under greater demand than ever, are looking to low-power chips as a way to save money, but switching won't be easy.
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Accelerator Supercomputers Dominate Newest Green500 List's Top 10
Accelerator-based supercomputers hold eight of the top 10 spots on the Green500 list. Green500 ranks the energy efficiency of the world's 500 fastest supercomputers...
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China Internet Hijack: A Guide
Cyber terrorism is a growing threat, and of increasing concern to governments around the world. But just what did the latest alleged cyber attack by a Chinese...
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Graph500 Rating System Evaluates Nine Supercomputer Capabilities
Nine supercomputers have been tested, validated and ranked by the new "Graph500" challenge, introduced this week by an international team led by Sandia National...
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In Search of More Than a Few Good Geeks
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's cybersecurity division has multiplied its employees by six in the past two years, but the agency is still understaffed...
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Ecs Research Helps to 'fix the Web'
Citizens Online's new Fix the Web campaign is designed to address the problem of inaccessible websites by providing a quick and easy way for users to complain about...
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Forcing Browsers to se Encryption
The Internet Engineering Task Force has developed a security mechanism to mitigate the threat from browser add-ons that allow attackers to easily capture the cookies...
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Survey of Women, Men in IT Shows Differing Views
A recent Technisource survey of men and women in information technology found differences in opinion in areas such as compensation and career challenges. Fewer...
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Chips in Football Helmets to Monitor For Concussions
Intel researchers are working with football helmet manufacturers and several universities to develop technology that can monitor brain damage in real time and build...
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Israeli Researchers Pursue Brain-Operated Computing
Tel Aviv University is developing an electronic component that can read signals from nerve cells and transmit them to a computer. Researchers hope to develop a...
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What If We sed Poetry to Teach Computers to Speak Better?
A better understanding of how people use acoustic cues to stress new information and put old information in the background may help computer programmers produce...
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.s. Accuses China Telecom of Internet Hijack
China Telecom diverted Internet traffic from the United States and other nations for about 18 minutes on April 8 by publishing incorrect routing information that...
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