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A Discussion With David Farber: Bandwidth, Cyber Security, and the Obsolescence of the Internet
Internet technology veteran David Farber projects that within a decade, computers will be outfitted with optical connections rather than pins for networking, and...
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Researchers se Social Bots To Expand Twitter Networks and Influence People
That next tweet you receive on Twitter may not be from a person but from a social bot, a tiny program designed to mimic real users and influence their behavior. ...
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Quarter of Tweets Not Worth Reading, Twitter Users Tell Researchers
Researchers evaluating tweets found that Twitter users liked just 36 percent of the tweets they received and disliked 25 percent.
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Risk-Based Passenger Screening Could Make Air Travel Safer
University of Illinois researchers recently examined the benefit of matching passenger risk with security assets and found that intensive screening of all airline...
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H-1b Workers Are Better Paid, More Educated, Study Finds
The average annual earnings of H-1B workers are about 10 percent higher than the average annual earnings of U.S. workers, after adjustments for age, occupation...
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Who Does Google Think You Are?
A tool tells users what the company infers about your interests and age.
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White House Office Studies Benefits of Video Games
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has assigned senior policy analyst Constance Steinkuehler to study video games for 18 months to determine...
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In China, Facebook Alternatives Thrive
Anticipation over Facebook Inc.'s initial public offering has fueled a recent surge in stock prices of social media companies in China, where Facebook is blocked...
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Facebook Ipo: How Does Facebook Make Its Money?
Facebook's IPO filing shows that the company brought in about $3.7 billion in revenue and made $1 billion in profit in 2011.
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Political Borders Don't Stop Cyberattacks, But They Prevent Defense, Study Finds
Real-world political borders are hindering the defense of cyberspace, according to McAfee's new Cyber Defense Report. A dearth of common standards of behavior,...
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Apple Fuels Silicon Valley Hiring Amid Bubble 2.0 Concern
Silicon Valley companies are in the midst of a hiring boom not seen since the late 1990s as nearly 50 U.S. technology companies with a market value of more than...
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sing Real-Time Road Traffic Data to Evaluate Congestion
Cambridge University researchers are working on the Transport Information Monitoring Environment (TIME) project, which aims to provide data that enables businesses...
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What The Fbi Wants In A Social Media Monitoring App
The FBI has raised eyebrows in the tech world with a public document that asks for advice on how to harvest information from social networking sites.
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Sensor Networks Could End Parking Rage
The anger many drivers feel from having to search and wait for parking spaces to open up might be quelled by arrays of networked sensors embedded in city streets...
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Pursuing Iphone Thief, Officer Knew Right Buttons to Push
As crime-solving tools go, it may not have the same pedigree as, say, the oversize magnifying glass.
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Humans Lose, Robots Win in New Defense Budget
The big loser in the Pentagon’s new budget? Ordinary human beings.
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Fbi Plans Social Network Map Alert Mash-p Application
The FBI is seeking to develop an early-warning system based on material "scraped" from social networks.
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Art-Ificial: The Virtual Virtuosos Redefining Creativity
Imperial College London computer scientist Simon Colton has created Painting Fool, software that can seek artistic inspiration and has basic creativity.
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Cracking Teenagers' Online Codes
Microsoft senior researcher Danah Boyd, a professor at New York University, is focusing on children and teenagers' use of social media.
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