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Machines That Learn Better
New mathematics will make it much easier to build machine-learning systems that tackle a wider range of problems.
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Lsu Scientists Develop New Efficiency Software
Louisiana State University professors Supratik Mukhopadhyay and S.S. Iyengar have developed software that can monitor systems and use the data it collects to make...
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Junior, the Robotic Car, Learns to Slide Park
The autonomous car that the Stanford Racing Team developed for the DARPA Urban Challenge in 2007 is now capable of parking itself from an accelerated, reverse position...
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Software Improves Rehabilitation Techniques
Clear and simple visualizations of biomechanical data could improve rehabilitation after a stroke, accelerate the recovery from joint replacements, and prevent...
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'Tamper Evident' CPU Warns of Malicious Backdoors
Columbia University scientists have developed a chip design that prevents microprocessors from being equipped with malicious backdoors that could be used to steal...
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When Good Enough is Better
MIT researchers have developed a system that automatically finds parts of computer code where accuracy can be traded for significant increases in speed.
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W3c Launches Xproc Spec
The W3C has released XProc, an XML pipeline specification that "provides a standard framework for composing XML processes [and] streamlines the automation, sequencing...
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Legal Experts: LimeWire Likely Doomed
A federal court judge has likely dealt a death blow to LimeWire, one of the most popular and oldest file-sharing systems, according to legal experts.
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Can Social Networks Be Generated Automatically?
When Google launched Buzz, a microblogging social network, several months ago, the company boasted that the network had been generated automatically, by algorithms...
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Can Cameras and Software Replace Referees?
Tennis has adopted Hawk-Eye's line-calling technology with (mostly) open arms. Why are other sports resisting the more accurate, high-tech refs?
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They Walk. They Work. New Dna Robots Strut Their Tiny Stuff.
For the first time, microscopic robots made from DNA molecules can walk, follow instructions and work together to assemble simple products on an atomic-scale assembly...
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Decline Is Seen in Nasa
The decline of basic research at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration jeopardizes the agency’s ability to study and explore the cosmos, a review panel...
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Virtualization Moves Closer to the Desktop
Virtual computing has moved closer with the unveiling of a new client-based hypervisor that allows users to run multiple virtual machines on a single laptop.
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Over $50 Billion Lost to Software Piracy: Report
Software piracy cost technology companies more than $50 billion around the world last year. For every $100 of legitimate software sales in 2009, another $75 worth...
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The Cybersecurity Boom
When cybersecurity firm Triumfant was founded in late 2002, it developed software meant to assist help desks in managing information technology problems. The company...
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Why Labs Love Gaming Hardware
Blasting zombies may seem to have little to do with serious research, but video game hardware is helping scientists in a variety of ways including helping them...
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A 3-D Environment Model Enhances Collaboration During Learning
Universidad Politecnica de Madrid researchers have developed a model for three-dimensional virtual learning environments using an autonomous virtual tutor that...
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Students Develop Software to Detect Hearing Problem
Computer science students from Dubai's University of Wollongong took fourth place at the Microsoft Gulf Imagine Cup for developing Ear It, software that turns a...
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Microsoft Researches Low Latency Operating System For Multicores
The Microsoft Research Lab in Cambridge, England, has developed BarrelFish, an operating system designed to overcome the latency problem in multi-core computers...
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