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Web Attack Knows Where You Live
One visit to a booby-trapped Web site could direct attackers to a person's home, a security expert has shown.
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Google, Twitter, and Facebook Build the Semantic Web
A truly meaningful way of interacting with the web may finally be here, and it is called the semantic web. The idea was proposed over a decade ago by Tim Berners...
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Hacking the Smart Grid
The hurried deployment of smart-grid technology could leave critical infrastructure and private homes vulnerable to hackers. Security experts at the Black Hat...
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Online Dating Sites Are a Treasure Trove For Scientists
Appearances count. Meet someone before you make up your mind. And on that first date, don't give away too much.
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For E-Data, Tug Grows Over Privacy vs. Security
The threat by the United Arab Emirates to shut down mobile services on BlackBerrys like email and text messaging underscores a growing tension between communications...
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WikiLeaks Posts Mysterious 'Insurance' File
In the wake of strong U.S. government statements condemning WikiLeaks' recent publishing of 77,000 Afghan War documents, the secret-spilling site has posted a mysterious...
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The Web's New Gold Mine: Your Secrets
Hidden inside Ashley Hayes-Beaty's computer, a tiny file helps gather personal details about her, all to be put up for sale for a tenth of a penny.
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Is This the 'Safest Bridge in America?'
Just about everyone who worked to build the new Interstate Highway 35W bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota, knew that their project would never be "just a bridge."
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Plagiarism Lines Blur For Students in Digital Age
At Rhode Island College, a freshman copied and pasted from a Web site’s frequently asked questions page about homelessness—and did not think he needed to credit...
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Adding Temperature to Human-Computer Interaction
An experimental new game controller adds the sensation of hot and cold to users' experience of a simulated environment.
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In Silicon Valley, Forget Your Wallet
Two pilot programs by start-ups in Silicon Valley are testing ways to bring to market a long-promised innovation of the Internet era: the digital wallet.
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Google: The Search Party Is Over
Yes, the company is still growing at rates that would be the envy of the rest of the Fortune 500. But its core business is slowing, its stock is down, its Android...
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Robot Pills
Pill-sized robotic capsules are under development for screening, diagnostic, and therapeutic procedures.
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Are Female It Graduates Still nderrepresented?
The U.K.'s Higher Education Statistics Agency reports that the number of women studying computer science has fallen over the past five years, from 24 percent to...
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Can't Place That Face?
Tel Aviv University researcher Galit Yovel is combing cognitive psychology with brain imaging and electrophysiology to study how the brain processes information...
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H-1b Visa sage Declines Sharply Due to Economy, Bureaucracy
The United States' struggling economy is a major reason why almost 40,000 H-1B visa application slots are currently unused, in addition to 9,000 slots in the Masters...
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nraveling the Matrix
Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Gilbert Strang has developed a way to split certain types of matrices into simpler ones, which could help produce...
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Wireless Technology Hits the Road
The recently approved IEEE 802.11p wireless communication standard for vehicles could improve traffic safety by supporting the delivery of information that helps...
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Team-Working Robots Huddle Together to Boost Comms
When you are in hostile territory, it pays to stick together—especially if you are a robot. Falling into line will be easier with an innovative communication system...
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