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The Robot of the Future That's About to Explore the Deep Past of Mars
I want to tell you about a special place on the surface of Mars. Back in the solar system's early days, a large object slammed into the red planet, leaving behind...
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Hackers Steal BMWs in 3 Minutes Using Security Loophole
There has been an unusual spike in the number of BMWs stolen in the U.K. this year, with some sources suggesting the number may be 300 cars or higher. The cars...
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New Patent Office Fighting Tech Giants For Talent
Silicon Valley is one of four areas that will soon have a regional U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and the challenge will be how to attract and retain qualified...
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Google Shaman Explains Mysteries of 'compute Engine'
Google started work on the Google Compute Engine over a year and a half ago, and it was all Peter Magnusson could do to keep his mouth shut.
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Mind Control Moves Into Battle
Technology that taps into a soldier's thought patterns could soon see action on the battlefield.
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Is .s. Government Reading Email Without a Warrant?
Does the U.S. government read your email? It's a simple question, but apparently there's no simple answer. And the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service...
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Sharing Data Links in Networks of Cars
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Georgetown University, and National University of Singapore recently presented an algorithm that enables...
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New Technology Slashes Data Center Energy Consumption
A new energy-aware plug-in can reduce energy consumption in data centers by more than 20 percent, according to researchers with the European Union-funded FIT4Green...
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Nbc, Google, Stage 'war Games' To Prepare For Olympic Disruptions
NBC and Google are conducting "war games" in at least three countries, to prepare for the possibility of hacker attacks or hardware malfunction disrupting the online...
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New Apps Redefine Poetry
Computing technology offers new methods for poetic expression, says Jason Lewis, a professor in the Department of Design and Computation Arts at Concordia University...
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England V Germany: Goal-Line Technology Decision Imminent
Football's world governing body Fifa and other organisations are preparing to vote on something many fans of the game have been crying out for: goal-line technology...
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PageRank Algorithm Reveals Soccer Teams' Strategies
Many readers will have watched the final of the Euro 2012 soccer championships last Sunday in which Spain demolished a tired Italian team by 4 goals to nil. The...
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A Code of Conduct, For Drones?
It's a bird. It's a plane. Actually, it's a drone. And now those unmanned aircraft, best known for being used by the U.S. to kill terrorism suspects overseas, have...
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Jobs vs. Gates, Redux
It’s difficult to find two people who have had a greater influence on people’s lives than Steve Jobs and Bill Gates.
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Biology's Master Programmers
George Church is an imposing figure—over six feet tall, with a large, rectangular face bordered by a brown and silver nest of beard and topped by a thick mop of...
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Silicon Valley's Top Threat Is China, Survey Finds
Many high-level technology executives are convinced that some other country, probably China, will supplant Silicon Valley as the global center for innovation within...
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Google's Futuristic Glasses Move Closer to Reality
Google recently announced that it is selling a prototype of its Internet-connected glasses, known as Google Glasses, to U.S. computer programmers for $1,500, hoping...
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Computing Advances Vital to Sustainability Efforts
Advances in computing, such as those that help to understand complex systems and their connections, are crucial to solving sustainability problems, according to...
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'leap Second' Bug Wreaks Havoc Across Web
Reddit, Mozilla, Gawker, and possibly many other web outfits experienced brief technical problems on Saturday evening, when software underpinning their online operations...
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