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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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How Metadata Brought Down CIA Boss David Petraeus
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency director David Petraeus was brought down by metadata, which is not covered by the Stored Communications Act.
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Enhancing Breast Cancer Detection
Federal Fluminense University's Tiago Borchartt and colleagues have developed software to improve imaging with an infrared, thermal camera for the early detection...
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A World Without Limits
New technologies are blurring the boundaries between the real and virtual world, but it remains uncertain as to whether they can improve peoples' lives.
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How to Steal Data from Your Neighbor in the Cloud
Cloud computing teaches people not to worry about physical equipment for hosting data and running software.
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5 Big Tech Issues Await Obama in Second Term
Technology policy didn't get much air time in the 2012 presidential election, but the Obama administration will face serious issues over the next four years.
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Agency Programs Show Outlines of Future Cyber Ecosystem
Although the creation of autonomous, self-defending, and self-healing online ecosystems remains years away, several U.S. government programs are already laying...
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S Gov Galvanises Aust Cyber-Security Experts
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency recently awarded an $18 million contract to a consortium of research groups, including National ICT Australia...
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Google Says Government Surveillance Growing
Government surveillance is on the rise, according to the most recent Google Transparency Report. Governments also want more data about Google users and want more...
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New Ncsa Team to Focus on Big Science and Engineering Data Challenges
The U.S. National Center for Supercomputing Applications' new Data Cyberinfrastructure Directorate will combine NCSA projects, personnel, and capabilities to focus...
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White House Tells Tech Sector to Dream Big
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy is challenging industry members, government agencies, academics, and philanthropic organizations to develop...
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Ok, App, What Should I Wear to This Wedding?
New software could help people decide what to wear for weddings, job interviews, or first dates.
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Measuring Metabolism Can Predict the Progress of Alzheimer's with 90 Percent Accuracy
Tel Aviv University researchers have developed a method for identifying early signs of Alzheimer's disease in the brain's metabolism.
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Computer Simulations Shed Light on Cancer Prevention
NYU researchers are using high performance computing resources to model airborne cancerous chemicals, known as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, and their effect...
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Structure of Network Drives Friends to Congregate into Many Small, Highly Interconnected Communities
Indiana University in Bloomington and University of Messina researchers have discovered, for the first time, the dynamics of how Facebook user communities are formed...
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Google Is Blocked in China as Party Congress Begins
All Google services, including its search engine, Gmail and Maps, were inaccessible in China on Friday night and into Saturday, the company confirmed.
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Twitter a Big Winner in 2012 Presidential Election
Both Twitter and Facebook played a big role in the 2012 U.S. presidential election, as this was the first national election since social-networking technology became...
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Cambridge Software Improves Quality of Sound For Hearing Aid sers
Cambridge University researchers have developed CAM2, software that improves the quality of sound for hearing aid users.
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Climate Likely to Be on Hotter Side of Projections
A new NASA-funded study by the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colo., finds climate model projections that show a greater rise in global temperature...
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