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Webrtc Puts Video Chats All in the Browser
The Web Real Time Communication (WebRTC) standard is expected to gain widespread use once it is mature, according to technology observers.
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A Quantum Network Built with Two Atoms and Fiber Optic Cable
In an ordinary computer network, data in the form of binary numbers are transferred from one machine (node) to another via some sort of electronic signal, either...
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Israel's Rocket-Hunting Ace Got His Start Playing Warcraft
While many of the boys in Idan Yahya's high school class were buffing up and preparing themselves for selection into elite combat units, this gawky teenager was...
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Hype Hangs Over Dropbox
Dropbox Inc. followed the Internet start-up playbook to a tee last year.
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Computer Scientists Build Computer sing Swarms of Crabs
Kobe University researchers have built a billiard ball computer using soldier crabs.
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Mu Researchers Find Identical Dna Codes in Plant Species Providing Insights Into Plant and Animal Evolution
University of Missouri researchers recently solved a biological mystery by using a computer algorithm to find identical DNA sequences in different plant and animal...
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Cisco, Juniper Among New Software-Defined Networking Research Center's Founders
A new research center is developing a comprehensive intellectual framework for software-defined networking.
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Humans vs. Robots: Who Should Dominate Space Exploration?
The most recent footprints on the moon are 40 years old, and the next artificial mark on the lunar surface will probably be made by a robot’s wheels rather than...
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Law Allows Creationism to Be Taught in Tenn. Public Schools
A bill that allows Tennessee public school teachers to teach alternatives to mainstream scientific theories, such as evolution, will become law this month after...
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ndergrad Computer Science Enrollments Rise For Fourth Straight Year
The number of undergraduate students enrolled in computer science programs rose 9.6 percent in the 2011-12 school year, the fourth consecutive annual increase,...
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Geek Chic: 'Brogrammer?' Now, That's Hot
The image of the geeky techie is fading in real life, thanks to the legacy of industry giants such as Apple founder Steve Jobs and the increasing dependence of...
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Chips as Mini Internets
MIT researchers have established theoretical limits on the efficiency of packet-switched on-chip communication networks, and have presented measurements from a...
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Check Your Mac For Malware
Mac fans recently got a little taste of what it's like to be a Windows user.
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Will We Ever Create a Perfect Lie Detector?
To create machines that can always tell when someone is lying, we need to know much more about what goes on in our brains.
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Linux Foundation Takes Linux Pulse in Progress Report
The Linux Foundation has updated its progress report on Linux kernel development for the fourth time.
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Is It Time For Javascript to Step Aside For the Next Big 'web' Thing?
At Microsoft's recent Lang.Next conference, a panel of experts discussed various aspects of programming, agreeing that JavaScript is an unforgiving language but...
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From Beaker to Bits: Unique Collaboration Between Biologists and Computer Scientists Creates Computational Model of Human Tissue
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute researchers have developed a computational model called cell graphs that links the structure of human tissue to its corresponding...
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Iran Moving Ahead with Plans for National Intranet
Iran topped a recent list of repressive regimes that most aggressively restrict Internet freedom. The list, published by Reporters Without Borders, is a part of...
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Nasa Views Our Perpetually Moving Ocean
The swirling flows of Earth's perpetually changing ocean come to life in a new NASA scientific visualization that captures the movement of tens of thousands of...
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