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Pushing For Software Quality Assurance
In a recent Journal of Computer Science research article, "Resistance Factors in the Implementation of Software Process Improvement Project in Malaysia," the authors...
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Creating Apps Just For Cars
Ford Motor Co. is working with the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and Microsoft to offer a computer science and engineering course in which Michigan students...
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Computer Scientists Create a Multilingual Search Engine
Universidad Politecnica de Madrid researchers have developed a multilingual search engine that can query a data repository written in Interlingua using questions...
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ACM Council on Women Honors Leader in Improving Cad Performance
ACM's Council on Women in Computing has named Pennsylvania State University computer science professor Mary Jane Irwin the 2010-2011 Athena Lecturer.
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U.s. Asks Colleges to Enhance the Nation's Internet Capacity
The U.S. government wants colleges and universities to help bring ultra high-speed Internet access to more communities. The proposal is part of a federal blueprint...
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Web Sites That Can Take a Punch
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have developed a system to keep Web servers running even when they are under attack from cybercriminals.
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Women in It: How to Combat Misconceptions
Experts say the information technology (IT) industry needs to start appealing to women at a younger age to encourage more of them to choose it as a career.
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New Spam Targeting Facebook sers Is Invisible to Most Virus Scans, Says Expert
Cyber-criminals are using fake e-mails to target Facebook users and deliver computer viruses that were being detected only by one-third of the 42 most common anti...
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Experience Hubble's niverse in 3-D
Supercomputers and 3-D models helped visualization specialists at the Space Telescope Science Institute transformed Hubble Telescope 2-D images into 3-D environments ...
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See-Through Networks
Promising faster, more efficient and cheaper computer networking, transparent networks are the paradigm of the future. But thanks to European researchers, they...
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Privacy in the Age of Digital Glass Houses
The private e-mails and texts that keep you closely connected could quickly turn embarrassing if made public by a spurned friend or partner. How much privacy can...
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Are Machines Ready to Break Down Language Barriers?
Even in an era of global networks and cheap travel, international communication still faces one great barrier: we don't all speak the same language. But that gap...
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Electronics 'Missing Link' Brings Neural Computing Closer
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Assistant Professor Wei Lu is leading a research effort to make brain-like computers using memristors.
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Recognition Technology to Transform Mobile Devices
MobileLab researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas, in collaboration with Texas Instruments and GetFugu, are developing next-generation human-device interaction...
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An Express Lane From Camera to Computer
Intel is developing the Light Peak fiber-optic link, cable technology that will transmit 10 gigabits of data per second bidirectionally, and is expected to scale...
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China Drawing High-Tech Research From .s.
U.S. companies—and their engineers—are being drawn to China more and more as the country develops a high-tech economy that increasingly competes directly with the...
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Intel Powers Its Way Inside the Smart Grid
Intel wants you to take more interest in your energy use but isn't fussy about how you do it. The chip giant has developed a broad strategy to make money on smart...
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Amarsi Project Could See Robots Learn From Co-Workers
The AMARSi project aims to build humanoid robots that can autonomously learn and develop motor skills in open-ended environments just as humans do.
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Mobile Phone Allows Boss to Snoop
KDDI Corp. has developed mobile phone technology that detects even the tiniest actions of the user by analyzing the movement of accelerometers embedded in the devices...
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