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Nsf Seeks Cyber Infrastructure to Make Sense of Scientific Data
The National Science Foundation recently called on University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill researchers to develop a national data infrastructure that will help...
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Advances in Reliable Computing Draw Recognition For Doctoral Student
Arizona State University doctoral student Reiley Jeyapaul's research focuses on finding solutions to the problems that cause computers to crash, lose data, or behave...
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Texas Computer Scientist Outflanks Next-Generation Computer Viruses
University of Texas at Dallas researchers have developed a method for anticipating the actions of computer viruses, which could lead to a new generation of tools...
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White House Orders New Computer Security Rules
The White House plans to issue an executive order on Friday to replace a flawed patchwork of computer security safeguards exposed by the disclosure of hundreds...
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How Many Security Clearances Have Been Issued?
More than 4.2 million people have security clearances for access to classified information, a number that vastly outstrips previous estimates and nearly rivals...
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Light Is Not Fast Enough For High-Speed Stock Trading
Every microsecond counts in stock trading. The New York Stock Exchange handles a third of the world's stock trading—around 22 billion messages a day. But NYSE...
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Homework Program Catches on in Metrowest
Hundreds of teachers are using the ASSISTments educational software, developed by a computer science teacher in Massachusetts, and a series of recent grants could...
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Uvm Scientist Wins Highest National Award
U.S. President Barack Obama has recognized University of Vermont researcher Joshua Bongard with the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers...
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Caltech Engineers Build Smart Petri Dish
California Institute of Technology researchers have developed ePetri, a device that can streamline and improve cell culture experiments by reducing human labor...
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Xss Web Attacks Could Live Forever, Researcher Warns
If browsers do not provide a mechanism for Web sites to securely recover from certain cross-site scripting attacks, the attacks could become invincible and the...
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Playboy Interview: Steven Jobs (1985)
If anyone can be said to represent the spirit of an entrepreneurial generation, the man to beat for now is the charismatic cofounder and chairman of Apple Computer...
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10 Ways Steve Jobs Changed the World
Fortune looks back at how Steve Jobs changed the way we think about and use technology forever, putting his own stamp on everything from the personal computer...
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Steve Jobs, Apple's Visionary, Dies at 56
Steven P. Jobs, the visionary co-founder of Apple who helped usher in the era of personal computers and then led a cultural transformation in the way music, movies...
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From Doom to Rage: 20 Years of Id Development
Both Tim Willits and Matt Hooper got their start in game design as fans, creating maps for id Software games like Doom and Quake. Now, as the studio celebrates...
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Students Building Satellite That's Seen as Future of Space Research
University of California, Berkeley students and researchers are developing CubeSat for Ions, Neutrals, Electrons & MAgnetic fields, a small satellite that could...
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With Big Data Comes Big Responsibilities
Researchers at the University of New South Wales and Microsoft presented a paper at the Symposium on the Dynamics of the Internet and Society that illustrates the...
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Low-Cost Electronic Tablet Proves Worth in Indian Classroom
Researchers at Rice and Nanyang Technological universities, working at the Institute for Sustainable and Applied Infodynamics, are preparing for full-scale production...
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Secure Updates For Navigation Systems & Co
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Research Institution for Applied and Integrated Security (AISEC) have developed a way to enable a vehicle navigation system to automatically...
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Wales' Rugby World Cup Team sing Swansea ni App
The Wales national rugby team is using MatchPad, a Swansea University-developed iPad application, to simplify match information and help understand the team's performance...
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