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New Focus For Digital Photography
Software that gives users more control of a camera could revolutionize photography.
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The Agnostic Cartographer
How Google’s open-ended maps are embroiling the company in some of the world’s touchiest geopolitical disputes.
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.s. Military Cyberwar: What's Off-Limits?
The United States should decide on rules for attacking other nations' networks in advance of an actual cyberwar, which could include an international agreement...
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Ornl, Allinea Prep Debugging Tool For Petascale Supercomputers
A collaboration between ORNL and software toolmaker Allinea Software has produced a formidable weapon in the fight against software application bugs.
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To Pack a Stadium, Provide Video Better Than Tv
How do you keep football fans as regular visitors to stadiums when the television coverage of every play is so good?
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Customizing Science Instruction With Digital Libraries
Middle and high school teachers participating in the Curriculum Customization Service program use animations, images and interactive media to help engage Denver...
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Commerce Seeks Industry Comment on Ways to Bolster Cybersecurity
The U.S. Commerce Department's Internet Policy Task Force is seeking comments from the private sector and academia about the cybersecurity challenges they face...
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It Industry Working Toward Energy Efficiency, Report Finds
The information technology industry is on track to achieve the Climate Savers Computing Initiative's goal of reducing annual carbon dioxide emissions by 54 million...
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White House Proposal Would Ease Fbi Access to Records of Internet Activity
The Obama administration is seeking to make it easier for the FBI to compel companies to turn over records of an individual's Internet activity without a court...
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Research Project to Investigate Cloud Computing Technologies
Aston University researchers are investigating the possibilities of next-generation cloud computing technologies for large scale and complex information technology...
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Researcher Demonstrates Atm 'jackpotting' at Black Hat Conference
In a city filled with slot machines spilling jackpots, it was a "jackpotted" ATM machine that got the most attention Wednesday at the Black Hat security conference...
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Data World Record Falls as Computer Scientists Break Terabyte Sort Barrier
Computer scientists from the University of California, San Diego broke "the terabyte barrier"—and a world record—when they sorted more than one terabyte of data ...
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Satellite Quantum-Communication Circles Closer
Communications protected by quantum encryption systems offer unconditional security—if you know which way is up. A new quantum protocol is the first that promises...
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New Book Explores Democracy in the Digital Age
A new book by a University of Illinois at Chicago communication scholar explores how online media has influenced political culture, redefined contemporary society's...
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The Hunt For the Wikileaks Whistle-Blower
Attorney General Eric Holder's new probe into Wikileaks's posting of 91,000 war documents will likely find that tracing the path of the documents back through the...
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Google, CIA Invest in 'future' of Web Monitoring
The investment arms of the CIA and Google are both backing a company that monitors the web in real time—and says it uses that information to predict the future.
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Group Devises New Method For Securing Location-Sensitive Data
UCLA computer scientists have shown that cryptography based solely on physical location is possible by using quantum mechanics. The method enables users to encrypt...
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Intel Makes Advance in Silicon-Based Lasers
New technology from Intel could lead to the development of computers that use light beams to move data. Intel says it has built a prototype communications device...
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Programming, Development Skills in Demand
Java/J2EE is the programming and development skill in most demand with more than 14,000 open job positions nationally, according to a July report from IT job board...
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