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Presidential Candidate: ­.s., Israel Wary of Iran's Cyber Power
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Presidential Candidate: ­.s., Israel Wary of Iran's Cyber Power

Supreme Leader's top aide Ali Akbar Velayati, who is also a candidate in Iran's presidential election, hailed the Iranian IT engineers and experts for their good...

Hack a Virus, Win a Prize: Scientist Recognized For 'useful' Germ Modding
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Hack a Virus, Win a Prize: Scientist Recognized For 'useful' Germ Modding

The inventor of a viral technology behind tomorrow's electric car batteries, flexible touchscreen computers, and non-invasive cancer screening was awarded a $500...

Is Coding the New Second Language?
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Is Coding the New Second Language?

It's first period at Harlem's Cristo Rey high school, a private Catholic school for motivated low-income kids.

Sri International Is an Innovation Powerhouse Trying to Rise Above the Noise of Apple, Google, and Facebook
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Sri International Is an Innovation Powerhouse Trying to Rise Above the Noise of Apple, Google, and Facebook

When Intel worried years ago that its marvelous innovation wasn't being noticed by consumers-at-large, it launched the ubiquitous "Intel Inside" campaign.

Ibm's Vision For Cognitive Computing Era
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Ibm's Vision For Cognitive Computing Era

IBM is developing computer systems modeled on the human brain that will leverage big data to significantly impact everyday life.

'blue Waters' Supercomputer Helps Crack Hiv Code
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'blue Waters' Supercomputer Helps Crack Hiv Code

Researchers used the Blue Waters supercomputer to discover the structure of the HIV capsid. 

Html5 Webpage Locks 'would Stifle Innovation'
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Html5 Webpage Locks 'would Stifle Innovation'

The Electronic Freedom Foundation objects to the World Wide Web Consortium's plans to include ways to digitally lock media in HTML5. 

Apple Co-Founder Outlines 'human' Computer Vision
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Apple Co-Founder Outlines 'human' Computer Vision

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak envisions a future human-like computer "like a person and we can have normal conversations with it." 

Computer Scientists Oppose Oracle's Bid to Copyright Java Apis
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Computer Scientists Oppose Oracle's Bid to Copyright Java Apis

Nearly three dozen computer scientists say Oracle's plan to copyright its Java application programming interface would hinder the computer industry and limit access...

­ssr's Old Domain Name Attracts Cybercriminals
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­ssr's Old Domain Name Attracts Cybercriminals

The Soviet Union disappeared from the map more than two decades ago. But online an 'e-vil empire' is thriving.

Wanted For the Internet of Things: Ant-Size Computers
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Wanted For the Internet of Things: Ant-Size Computers

If the Internet is to reach everywhere—from the pills you swallow to the shoes on your feet—then computers will need to get a whole lot smaller.

The Reporting Gap on the Patent Gender Gap
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The Reporting Gap on the Patent Gender Gap

It's hard to tell whether women are obtaining more science and engineering patents than they used to, when several reports on the subject can't seem to agree.

Israeli Computer Science Company Devises Technology to Speed ­p Video Display
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Israeli Computer Science Company Devises Technology to Speed ­p Video Display

A new video synopsis software  compresses hours of video into just minutes, enabling police to quickly review action captured on surveillance cameras. 

­lster Scientists Develop Smartphone 'assistance Agent' For Older People
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­lster Scientists Develop Smartphone 'assistance Agent' For Older People

Researchers are developing Help-on-Demand, a smartphone application designed to help older people fully engage in an increasingly self-serve society. 

In China, Big Data Is Becoming Big Business
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In China, Big Data Is Becoming Big Business

With 1.3 billion people, a quickly expanding urban economy, and rising rates of Internet and smartphone penetration, China generates an immense amount of data annually...

This Pentagon Project Makes Cyberwar as Easy as Angry Birds
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This Pentagon Project Makes Cyberwar as Easy as Angry Birds

The target computer is picked. The order to strike has been given. All it takes is a finger swipe and a few taps of the touchscreen, and the cyberattack is prepped...

Computer Network Piecing Together a Jigsaw of Jewish Lore
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Computer Network Piecing Together a Jigsaw of Jewish Lore

Scientists are using an artificial intelligence program to help reconstruct document fragments collected over a millennium.

Flame One Year Later
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Flame One Year Later

It's been a year since the first reports of the Flame malware surfaced, and looking back at the 12 months since then, it seems more and more each day that the discovery...

Inside Google's Secret Lab
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Inside Google's Secret Lab

Last February, Astro Teller, the director of Google's secretive research lab, Google X, went to seek approval from Chief Executive Officer Larry Page for an unlikely...

Exascale Computing Needs More Funding, Say Federal Computer Scientists
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Exascale Computing Needs More Funding, Say Federal Computer Scientists

The U.S. Department of Energy's supercomputer efforts need at least another $400 million annually to possibly build an exascale computer by 2020.
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