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Multicore Processing: Breaking Through the Programming Wall
Significant challenges remain for applications to take advantage of the first petascale supercomputers, which feature distributed memory architectures and multicore...
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Machine, Heal Thyself
Florida Institute of Technology researchers are developing ways for computers to sense damage to their systems and automatically make repairs. "We're exploring...
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Smudges on Touchscreen Phones Could Reveal User Passwords
University of Pennsylvania researchers have found that smartphone passwords can be deciphered by analyzing the smudges left on their touchscreens.
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Engineering and Music: A Powerful Duet For Art and Science
The collaboration by two professors at the University of Rochester, one from the music theory department and the other from the electrical and computer engineering...
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Tide Turns Against Million-Dollar Maths Proof
Initially hailed as a solution to the biggest question in computer science, the latest attempt to prove P ≠ NP—otherwise known as the "P vs NP" problem—seems to...
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Turning the World Into a Sensor Network
Try to imagine a "world littered with trillions" of wireless sensors. Now try to imagine the problems getting even a few thousand of them to work together in...
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Riders on a Swarm
Mimicking the behaviour of ants, bees and birds started as a poor man’s version of artificial intelligence. It may, though, be the key to the real thing.
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Nfl Considers Ball-Tracking Chips For Accuracy
From end zone to end zone, an NFL field is exactly 3,600 inches, and it’s easy enough for referees to spot a ball precisely when action stays within the bounds...
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Google Plan With Verizon Disillusions Some Allies
On Friday at lunchtime, as Google employees dined al fresco, a hundred protesters descended on the company’s Silicon Valley campus. A group called the Raging...
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Wax, Soap Clean p Obstacles to Better Batteries
A little wax and soap can help build electrodes for cheaper lithium ion batteries, according to a new study. The one-step method will allow battery developers to...
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Women Missing From Video Game Development Work Force
Although women are playing video games in greater numbers, few are working in the industry developing new games. About 40 percent of video and online game players...
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'Science 2.0' Sifts Data to Provide Relevant Search Results
A team at West Virginia University is researching ways to make better use of digital data. The researchers are working on technology that knows a user's goals...
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Senator Schumer: H-1b se ndercuts Pay, Discourages Tech Enrollments
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) says the H-1B visa program has created "multinational temp agencies" that undercut U.S. wages and discourage students from entering...
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Carnegie Mellon Tries Crowdsourcing to Develop Optimal Electric Car Formula
Carnegie Mellon University researchers recently announced an open contest to find the most efficient methods for managing power in electric cars, with the winner...
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Social Networking for Innovators
The European Union-funded Laboranova project is an initiative to create a social networking platform to facilitate collaboration between innovators. The goal is...
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Xinhua, China Mobile to Establish Internet Search Engine Joint Venture
Xinhua News Agency Thursday signed a framework agreement with China Mobile Communications Corp., the world's biggest mobile operator by subscribers, to establish...
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Citizen Scientists Discover Rotating Pulsar
The discovery by three citizen scientists of a new radio pulsar as part of the Einstein@Home project marks the first genuine astronomical discovery by a public...
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Hiding Files in Flickr Pics Will Fool Web Censors
Life is about to become more difficult for countries trying to censor access to foreign Websites. A system dubbed Collage will allow users in these countries...
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Google Denies Selling Out, Defends Net Neutrality Pact with Verizon
Google responded Thursday to heavy criticism of its agreement with Verizon Communications, saying it compromised in order to move the ball forward on a net neutrality...
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