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Teaching Real-World Programming
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Teaching Real-World Programming

In an innovative software-engineering class, students meet for regular "code reviews" with senior programmers from Boston-area companies.

Software to Combat Hacking Technique Wins Award
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Software to Combat Hacking Technique Wins Award

One of the serious threats to a user's computer is a software program that might cause unwanted keystroke sequences to occur in order to hack someone's identity...

Should We Be Worried About a Cyberwar?
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Should We Be Worried About a Cyberwar?

Some experts say that the real danger lies in confusing cyber espionage with cyber war.

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One-Time Niche Programming Languages on the Rise

A number of increasingly popular niche programming languages—Python, Ruby, MatLab, JavaScript, R, Erlang, Cobol, and CUDA—offer features that cannot be found in...

Better Hands May Help Robots Grasp Meaning
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Better Hands May Help Robots Grasp Meaning

Two recent studies show that roboticists are applying some fresh thinking to the building and operation of robot hands, and a third suggests why the work is so...

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Helping New Medical Graduates to Prescribe Safely

Aston University researchers have developed a software-based program designed to ensure that new doctors prescribe medicine safely from their first day on the job...

Computer Software Program Allows Observation of Viruses
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Computer Software Program Allows Observation of Viruses

Two New Mexico State University scientists have developed software that generates approximate three-dimensional models of complex and unknown proteins, which could...

­a Engineer Designs Better Error-Correction Code
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­a Engineer Designs Better Error-Correction Code

University of Arizona professor Bane Vasic has led the development of an error-correction decoder that outperforms belief propagation algorithms.  One company has...

Argonne Launches Tool to Help Auto Industry Reduce Costs
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Argonne Launches Tool to Help Auto Industry Reduce Costs

Researchers at the Argonne National Laboratory's Center for Transportation recently unveiled Autonomie, a modeling tool designed to address the auto industry's...

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Software Knows What Films You Like

University of Minnesota researchers are using the GroupLens artificial intelligence media recommendation system to develop BookLens, an Internet-based book recommendation...

Security in the Cloud
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Security in the Cloud

Cloud computing offers many advantages, but also involves security risks. Fortunately, researchers are devising some ingenious solutions.

Turning Data Into Knowledge
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Turning Data Into Knowledge

Today's data deluge is leading to new approaches to visualize, analyze, and catalog enormous datasets.

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With Kinect, Microsoft Aims for a Game Changer

Tim Nichols measures fun. A slim, 32-year-old psychologist, he spends his days behind a one-way mirror at Microsoft’s video games research center here, watching...

New Search Method Tracks Down Influential Ideas
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New Search Method Tracks Down Influential Ideas

Princeton University computer scientists have developed a method that uses  algorithms to trace the origins and spread of ideas, which they say could make it easier...

National Smarter-Car Research Network Established at Mcmaster
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National Smarter-Car Research Network Established at Mcmaster

Canada has announced NECSIS, the Network on Engineering Complex Software Intensive Systems for Automotive Systems, a national research network that will use innovative...

Supercomputer Digests Twitter in Real-Time
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Supercomputer Digests Twitter in Real-Time

Specialized hardware and software could provide new insights into the social Web.

Adding Human Intelligence to Software
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Adding Human Intelligence to Software

MIT researchers have developed TurKit, a toolkit that enables users to write algorithms to coordinate online workers using Javascript and create human intelligence...

Twitter Can Predict the Stock Market
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Twitter Can Predict the Stock Market

The emotional roller coaster captured on Twitter can predict the ups and downs of the stock market, a new study finds. Measuring how calm the Twitterverse is...

German Radar Satellites Fly Tight Space Waltz
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German Radar Satellites Fly Tight Space Waltz

It is a remarkable acrobatic display. Two German radar satellites are now flying in tight formation as they prepare to make the most detailed ever 3D map of the...

Microsoft's Top Visionary To Leave as Ranks Shift
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Microsoft's Top Visionary To Leave as Ranks Shift

Ray Ozzie, the executive who became Microsoft Corp.'s top technical visionary after the retirement of cofounder Bill Gates, plans to leave the software company...
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