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Cyber-Shield: Brazil Announces Govt System to Block Nsa Snooping
Brazil is creating an email system intended to shield the government from NSA spying.
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Accelerometer Ids Smartphones in Seconds
One afternoon late last month, security researcher Hristo Bojinov placed his Galaxy Nexus phone face up on the table in a cramped Palo Alto conference room. Then...
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On Its Way to Jupiter, Nasa's Juno Probe Sends Snapshot of Earth
Following the speed boosting slingshot of Earth on Wednesday, Oct. 9, that sent NASA's Juno orbiter hurtling towards Jupiter, the probe has successfully transmitted...
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3D Printing a Masterwork For Your Living Room
You may never be able to get to Italy to see Michelangelo's David—but advances in 3D printing technology are making it possible for you to create an almost perfect...
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Several Top Websites se Device Fingerprinting to Secretly Track sers
Researchers have found that 145 of the Internet's top 10,000 websites track users without their knowledge or consent.
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An Early Report Card on Massive Open Online Courses
Massive open online courses could help transform education, but face challenges to realizing their full potential.
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Your Car Is About to Go Open Source
Automakers are working to standardize a Linux-based operating system for in-vehicle infotainment systems that would make cars act more like smartphones.
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Bbc Plans to Help Get the Nation Coding
The British Broadcasting Corporation will launch an initiative in 2015 promoting software programming in the United Kingdom.
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Better Robot Vision
Researchers have developed a robot-vision algorithm they say is 15 percent better than its best competitor at identifying familiar objects in cluttered scenes. ...
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What Our 3d-Printed Future Looks Like
On-demand organs, Terminator-style arms, and aviation nostalgia—the best of 3D printing is on show in 3D: Printing the Future at London's Science Museum.
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Teens Hone Their Hacking Skills in National Competitions Guided By Federal Officials
Federal officials are guiding national cybercontests aimed at helping tech-savvy teenagers prepare for careers in protecting the government and private companies...
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Yep, Apple's A7 Looks Twice As Fast–at Least For Fractal Math
Is Apple's A7 chip twice as fast at processing and graphics, as Apple promised when announcing the new iPhone 5S?
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This Is Mars in Extremely High Resolution
On March 10, 2006, seven months after an Atlas rocket boosted it into space from Cape Canaveral, Florida, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter fell into place in the...
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3D Printing: The Greener Choice
Making products with a three-dimensional printer uses less energy than mass-producing them in a factory.
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Fear Multicore Apps? Reactive Programming to the Rescue
Programs that react to events instead of simply running commands are gaining popularity as a way to program on multicore processors, particularly with Java.
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Virtual Reality Gaming Is Nearly Here; We Just Need the Right Controller
Video games have long promised to offer their players "immersive experiences," but full-blown virtual reality—the holodeck or the matrix—was still a fantasy.
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Nsa's Own Hardware Backdoors May Still Be a 'problem From Hell'
Computer hardware into which secret backdoors have been inserted by the U.S. National Security Agency and its adversaries is a tremendous security problem.
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Researchers Beef Up Flash Memory With Protein
Researchers in Asia say they have created the first three-dimensional flash memory device made with protein.
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UltraHaptics – It's Magic in the Air
UltraHaptics is a new interface system that enables users to experience multi-point haptic feedback above an interactive surface without having to touch or hold...
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