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A Picture Is Worth 1,000 Lines of C++ Code
The final of the Rendering Algorithms class at the University of California, San Diego, has become a friendly competition among students, who apply what they've...
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Compression Technique Reduces Storage Needs and Costs For Genomic Data
The Translational Genomics Research Institute has developed a new computer data compression technique for storing, analyzing, and sharing huge volumes of genomic...
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Intel Researchers Turn Counter Tops Into Touchscreens
A research project from Intel can turn any surface into a touchscreen. Instead of propping up a tablet or putting a touchscreen computer in your kitchen, picture...
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Afghan Deaths Highlight Lack of Tracking Tech
At about 4 a.m. Wednesday, NATO warplanes dropped precision-guided munitions on a band of Afghans who seemed like militants in the provincial district of Andor....
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Novel Ion Trap with Optical Fiber Could Link Atoms and Light in Quantum Networks
Physicists at NIST have demonstrated an ion trap with a built-in optical fiber that collects light emitted by single ions, allowing quantum information stored in...
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Pi & Canada Partner on Growing Science & Technology Centers in Africa
During a special visit to Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, the Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper announced new federal funding of $20 CDN million...
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pdated Computer Security Publication Focuses on Security Assessment Plans
NIST has published an updated set of guidelines for developing security assessment plans and associated security control assessment procedures that are consistent...
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Is Breaking Captcha a Crime?
Prosecutors in a New Jersey ticket scalping case are pushing the envelope on the federal computer hacking law, setting a precedent that could make it a felony to...
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Building the Lego niverse Online
Lego Universe, the online computer game scheduled for release in October, marks the legendary company's first foray into massively multiplayer gaming, and for...
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The Website That Reveals State Secrets
If Daniel Ellsberg wanted to leak secret documents today, he probably would send them to a powerful and controversial new venue for whistle-blowing: a Website called...
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Repeat of S. Korea, .s. Cyberattacks Does No Damage
Hundreds of computers that helped cause a wave of outages on U.S. and South Korean government websites last July launched new attacks on the same sites, but no...
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Forget India, Outsource to Arkansas
As the U.S. unemployment rate hovers near 10 percent, some companies are starting to eye job-hungry areas of the country as prime candidates for the kind of outsourced...
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U.S. Plans Cyber Shield For Utilities, Companies
The U.S. government is launching a program dubbed "Perfect Citizen" to detect cyber assaults on private companies and government agencies running critical infrastructure...
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'Twitter-Like' Technology Could Make Cities Safer
Researchers at the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council have developed technology that enables people to provide feedback, track their comments, see...
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Smart Gadgets May One Day Anticipate Our Needs
Silicon Valley researchers predict that future consumer gadgets, embedded with sophisticated sensors and carefully designed computer software, will be able to anticipate...
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Software Will Cut Millions From Nuclear Clean-Up Bill
University of Leeds researchers have developed software that enables nuclear industry planners to find the best way of breaking up and packing contaminated equipment...
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How a Smart, Decentralized Energy Web Is Essential for Managing Renewable Energy Sources
Researchers from the Italian research center CREATE-NET recently completed a study that examined the ways in which decentralized, bottom-up design approaches could...
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Taking the Mystery Out of Web Anonymity
The Obama Administration is trying to fix the Internet’s dog problem.
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A Soft Spot For Circuitry
Robots designed to provide companionship are making strides, and falling costs may help lead to their wider use.
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