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Twitter Can Increase Student Engagement, Boost Grades
Using a social networking platform such as Twitter as a tool in university courses can increase student engagement and boost grades. That's the conclusion of a...
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China Supercomputer Is Probably World's Fastest . . . But Not for Long
In late October, China unveiled the world's "fastest" supercomputer, the Tianhe 1A. But around the world there are several systems currently being planned or...
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Hold the Phone: Prolonged Cell Phone Use Can Trigger Allergic Reaction
Allergists are seeing increasing numbers of patients allergic to their cell phones. The culprit is nickel, a common contact allergen, which affects up to 17 percent...
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Cameras to Catch Terrorists Triple in New York With Bomb Plots
New York City is almost halfway to its goal of installing 3,000 cameras as part of a network to monitor signs of terrorism, about triple the number it had in...
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Future Soldiers May Be Wearing 'iron Man' Suits
A lunchtime crowd is gathering beside the parking lot at Raytheon Sarcos, the defense contractor, on a recent day in Salt Lake City. White-collar workers from...
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IBM, 15 European Partners to Develop 'Smart' Cloud
IBM is leading a joint research effort with 15 European partners to develop an object-based standardized smart cloud storage architecture. The project is called...
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The Ethical Robot
University of Connecticut professor Susan Anderson and University of Hartford computer scientist Michael Anderson have programmed a robot to behave ethically....
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Supercomputing Fest Will Spotlight World's Fastest Computers, High-Performance Issues
The SC10 supercomputing conference to be held in New Orleans will highlight high-performance computing advances in computation, networking, storage, and analysis...
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European Cyber Defenses 'Must Improve,' Tests Show
European Union (EU) member states need to do more to prepare for cyberattacks, concludes a report of Cyber Europe 2010, a simulation of how EU countries would react...
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Algorithm Pioneer Wins Kyoto Prize
Eotvos Lorand University professor Laszlo Lovasz, who has solved several information technology (IT) problems using graph theory, has been awarded the Kyoto Prize...
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Part Moth, Part Machine: Cyborgs Are on the Move
Researchers are developing methods to produce complex behavior from robots by tapping into the nervous system of living organisms and using algorithms that already...
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Web Developers Tackle Advanced Font Controls
The Cascading Style Sheets Web formatting standard is benefiting from new font technology, which is enabling developers to increasingly use a more polished look...
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Nsa: Our Development Methods Are in the Open Now
Despite its reputation for secrecy, the U.S. National Security Agency doesn't have a set of secret practices that make its applications and systems bulletproof...
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At&t Prepares For the End to Iphone Exclusivity
The end of 2010 is close and it looks like AT&T is beefing up its device portfolio and app offerings for a day when it isn't the only U.S. operator offering the...
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Improved Simulations May Help Harness Electrical Power From Sea Water
A new X-ray imaging capability has taken pictures of a critical instability at the heart of Sandia's huge Z accelerator. The effort may improve computer simulations...
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Nsa: Our Development Methods Are in the Open Now
Despite its reputation for secrecy and technical expertise, the National Security Agency doesn't have a set of secret coding practices or testing methods that...
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New Class of Malware Attacks Specific Chips
Computer scientists reveal malware that attacks specific processors rather than the operating system that runs on them.
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Nist Tool Uses Combination Testing to Catch Software Bugs
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have released a computer system testing tool that can cut costs by more efficiently finding software...
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Improving Emergency Evacuation Planning With Decision-Making Simulation
Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a disaster-response planning tool that uses real-time human decision-making to determine effective law-enforcement...
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