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Health Care of the Future
A new system developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory can provide clues about...
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Microsoft Imagine Cup 2011 Winners Tap Windows Phone, Cloud and Bing
Microsoft recently announced the winners of the ninth annual Microsoft Imagine Cup, which honors student innovations that address global challenges.
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Mobile 'Pinging' Claim Raises Legal Questions
A former News of the World journalist's allegation the newspaper paid police to track mobile phones raises serious questions about the U.K.'s eavesdropping laws...
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.s. Cyber Approach 'too Predictable' For One Top General
The nation’s second-ranking military official said Thursday that the U.S. approach to protecting its computer systems was "too predictable" and failed to penalize...
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Global Race on to Match U.s. Drone Capabilities
At the most recent Zhuhai air show, the premier event for China's aviation industry, crowds swarmed around a model of an armed, jet-propelled drone and marveled...
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Ict and Automotive: New App Reduces Motorway Pile-ps By 40 Percent
University of Bologna researchers have developed an automatic car accident detection system that could reduce the number of vehicles involved in a crash by up to...
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Prettier Websites Make For More Trusting Web Surfers, Study Finds
More visually appealing Web sites have led to an increase in online consumer trust, says University of Melbourne professor Brent Coker.
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Computer Science Tops List of Best Major For Jobs
Computer science has topped the National Association of Colleges and Employers' list of best majors for jobs for the first time since 2008.
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Bradley Manning's Army of One
How a lonely, five-foot-two, gender-questioning soldier became a WikiLeaks hero, a traitor to the U.S., and one of the most unusual revolutionaries in American...
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The Race to Zero: Speech By Andrew Haldane
In a speech at the International Economic Association 16th World Congress in Beijing, Andrew Haldane, Executive Director for Financial Stability and member of...
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Questioning the Inca Paradox
Did the civilization behind Machu Picchu really fail to develop a written language?
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It Security: Staying Ahead of the Curve
The size and scope of cybersecurity needs to account for the integration of information technology into everything, says Robert Brammer with the Northrop Grumman...
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Former CIA Director: Build a New Internet to Improve Cybersecurity
The United States may seriously want to consider creating a new Internet infrastructure to reduce the threat of cyberattacks, said Michael Hayden, President George...
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New Software Aids Fight Against Nitrates in Florida's Groundwater
Florida State University researchers have developed software designed to help state and local governments measure the amount of nitrates from septic systems that...
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Computer Scientists, Computational Biologists, Statisticians Designing Hiv Vaccine
The medical community is calling on computer scientists, computational biologists, and statisticians to help its work on a safe and effective vaccine against HIV...
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Silicon Valley Status Symbols Emphasize Mind Over Material
Aaron Patzer lives in a 600-square-foot, one-bedroom apartment in Palo Alto with an old couch and TV. His favorite shoes are hand-me-down brown leather wingtips...
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Spies Want to Mine Your Tweets For Signs of the Next Tsunami
The intelligence community has seen the future, and the future is Google Trends. Actually, more like a highly sophisticated version of Google Trends, with Twitter...
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Can Anyone Create a Hacker-Proof Cyberspace?
The opportunity for cyberattacks increases every day as corporations and governments continue stockpiling information about individuals in complex networks across...
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Protecting Protestors With Photos That Never Existed
In a response to protestors getting arrested for taking pictures of government-instigated violence, researchers have developed a method that uses graphics processors...
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