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Inside the Lawsuit That Could Ground Deadly CIA Predator Drones
A new lawsuit alleges that Predator drone targeting software was pirated, and emails suggest the CIA knew it was sub-par.
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Hackers Turn Attention to Corporate Data Theft
Financial services and professional services are the most vulnerable to information theft, with four out of 10 companies reporting some sort of loss or attack...
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John Sculley: The Secrets of Steve Jobs' Success
In 1983, Steve Jobs wooed Pepsi executive John Sculley to Apple with one of the most famous lines in business: "Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling...
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Tech Hiring p Almost 50 Percent Since 2009, Dice Says
A recent Dice report found that the number of full-time U.S. technology jobs has increased 46 percent since last year, while contractors' hourly rates are rising...
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Ecs Research Advances Identification of People By Their Ears
A new biometric technique developed by computer scientists at the University of Southampton can automatically identify people by their ears. The technique uses...
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Progress Is Slow on Cybersecurity Goals, Gao Reports
The White House's failure to designate roles and responsibilities to federal agencies has impeded efforts to carry out President Obama's strategy for securing computer...
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Nsf Graduate Fellowships Now Recognize STEM Education as Valid Research Field
Ten years after the U.S. National Science Foundation began funding the Graduate STEM Fellows in K-12 Education Program, NSF has formally recognized that improving...
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Cell Phone Is 'gadget of Choice' For Americans
U.S. consumers crave their gadgets, but the cell phone rules them all, according to a new Pew Internet study.
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Darpa Seeks to Shape Young Minds
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has launched an initiative to increase the number of computer science graduates by using a variety of online...
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India Greenlights Secure OS Project
India plans to develop its own operating system for sensitive applications. V.K. Saraswat of India's Defense Research and Development Organization says the development...
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Malware Aimed at Social Networks May Steal Your Reality
A research paper predicts a new generation of malware that will target and extract information about relationships and record patterns of behavior in real-world...
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Scvngr's Hunt: Retailers Who See Dollars in Game Dynamics
Can location-based games for smart phones boost foot traffic at stores?
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Cyberwars Already nderway, With No Geneva Conventions
Cyber attacks of various sorts have been around for decades. University at Buffalo military ethicist Randall R. Dipert says we have good reason to worry, because...
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For Baseball Archivists, a Tag Ends Every Play
Most baseball fans saw it as a dribbler in front of the plate, a throw to first and the completion of a no-hitter for Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay...
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MIT to Strengthen Ties to China
The MIT-Greater China Strategy Working Group has released a report setting forth guidelines and recommendations for the future of MIT's relationship with mainland...
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Tech Solutions Start With Pattern Recognition
University at Buffalo computer scientist Venu Govindaraju believes that CAPTCHAs, the annoying computer-based attempts to confirm that you are human, have a decidedly...
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Cellphones Reveal Emerging Disease Outbreaks
Your cellphone could be a key tool in the fight against disease by relaying a telltale signature of illness to doctors and agencies monitoring new outbreaks.
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Foot-Operated Computer Mouse Invented
Several students from the Nanjing University of Science and Technology have invented a computer mouse that people can control with their feet. Called the "Talang"...
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'scrapers' Dig Deep For Data on Web
At 1 a.m. on May 7, the website PatientsLikeMe.com noticed suspicious activity on its "Mood" discussion board. There, people exchange highly personal stories...
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