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Csi: Tech to Automatically Identify the Bad Guy
Researchers hope a new system could automatically scan the hours of CCTV footage police have to comb through to identify suspects without invading privacy.
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Technology Is Our Friend... Except When It Isn't
The technology in question starts with "gigapixel" photography. Gigapixel photos are giant panoramas that themselves consist of hundreds of component mega-pixel...
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Increasing Fuel Efficiency With a Smartphone
Researchers at MIT and Princeton University have developed SignalGuru, a system that uses a network of smartphones mounted on a car dashboard to collect information...
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Image Searches 'poisoned' By Cybercriminals
More than 113 million Internet users were redirected to malicious pages due to search engine poisoning in May 2011, according to Trend Micro.
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The 10 Commandments of Steve
More than anything else, Jobs's genius is in managing the creative process. Here's his playbook.
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Robot Teaches English as Second Language
Pasadena City College professor Ron Chang Lee has developed interactive robots that help students learn English as a second language.
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Football Analysis Leads to Advance in Artificial Intelligence
Oregon State University researchers have developed an AI-based tool that combines computer vision, machine learning, and automated planning to create a system that...
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t Researchers Develop Algorithm to Improve Remote Electrocardiography
An algorithm developed by a team at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has the potential to make an electrocardiogram more effective.
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Replicating Human Errors to Test Network Security
University of Southern California researchers have developed a system for testing the security of computer networks by making computers simulate the type of human...
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Stanley Kubrick Envisioned the Ipad in '2001,' Says Samsung
Sometimes life really does imitate art. In the battle to compete with Apple's iPad, Samsung has channeled the spirit of Stanley Kubrick, the director of "2001...
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Sleeping Around Gave Early Humans Immune Boost from Neanderthals, Denisovans
The ancestry of modern humans has gotten much more interesting in recent years.
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Chinese Cyberwar Video Goes Missing
Now you see it, now you don’t. A Chinese documentary that showed off the military’s ability to conduct a cyberattack against a U.S.-based site appears to have...
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Google Highlights Trouble in Detecting Web-Based Malware
It is now more difficult to identify malicious Web sites and attacks as antivirus software is proving to be an ineffective defense against new threats, according...
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Argonne Nanoscientists Invent Better Etching Technique
Argonne National Laboratory researchers have developed an improved etching method that involves shooting beams of electrons at computer chips, which could lead...
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Nsf Launches Sustainability Research Networks Competition
The U.S. National Science Foundation recently announced a competition for Sustainability Research Networks as part of the organization's broader focus on Science...
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Simple Security For Wireless
A new wireless security scheme from MIT protects against man-in-the-middle attacks does not require password protection or some additional communications mechanism...
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Researchers: Target Cancer Cell Metabolism
Tel Aviv University professor Eytan Ruppin and colleagues have developed the first computerized genome-scale model of cancer cell metabolism.
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Linux Foundation Releases Specification to Ease Licensing Headaches
The Linux Foundation and FOSSBazaar have released the Software Package Data Exchange, a data exchange specification that tracks license information in a standardized...
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Seeing the Future of the Office Internet
Inside the headquarters of networking giant Cisco in San Jose, California, lies a technology showcase where executives can test out advanced technologies like...
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