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DDoS Cyber Attacks Get Bigger, Smarter, More Damaging
Crashing websites and overwhelming data centers, a new generation of cyber attacks is costing millions and straining the structure of the Internet.
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Virtual Reality Startups Look Back to the Future
It's been almost 30 years since the computer scientist Jaron Lanier formed VPL Research, the first company to sell the high-tech goggles and gloves that once defined...
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The Quantified Computer Scientist: Larry Smarr on the Future of Medicine
A conversation with computer scientist Larry Smarr
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The First Woman to Get a Ph.d. in Computer Science From MIT
Irene Greif talks to The Atlantic about her life and legacy.
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Perjurers and Fake Reviews Train Software to Spot Lies
Lawyers and judges use skill and instinct to sense who might be lying in court.
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Mathematical Proof Reveals How To Make The Internet More Earthquake-Proof
One of the common myths about the Internet is that it was originally designed during the Cold War to survive nuclear attack.
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Open Source Challenges a Proprietary Internet of Things
The Linux Foundation recently created the AllSeen Alliance, which combines the AllJoyn Framework with its open source network.
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Radboud Professor Invents Magnet For Fast and Cheap Data Storage
Optical data storage does not require expensive magnetic materials and works just as well as synthetic alternatives, say researchers.
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S&t Computer Engineer Patents Quantum Computing Device
A Missouri University of Science and Technology researcher has patented a quantum processor capable of parallel computing that uses no transistors.
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Social Physics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab Human Dynamics Laboratory director Alex Pentland is working on a new theory of human social interaction.
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Designing Robots That Can Keep Secrets
Researchers are studying ways to prevent surrogate robots from unnecessarily revealing the identities of the people with whom they interact.
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Inside the New Arms Race to Control Bandwidth on the Battlefield
An electromagnetic mystery in northern Iraq changed the course of Jesse Potter's life.
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Cuban-Americans Hack For Information Freedom
A network of students and young professionals strive to empower youth in Cuba.
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Cassini Nears 100th Titan Flyby with a Look Back
Ten years ago, we knew Titan as a fuzzy orange ball about the size of Mercury.
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Since It Can't Sue s All, Getty Images Embraces Embedded Photos
For the past decade or so, the best defense Getty Images could find against the right-click button on your mouse—home of the "copy" and "save" functions—has been...
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MIT Research Looks to Extend Moore's Law
New directed self-assembly techniques could resolve issues associated with techniques used in the conventional semiconductor manufacturing process.
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Plan to End U.s. Control of Icann Submitted to Brazil Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance
Syracuse University researchers have proposed a solution to the U.S. government's ties to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.
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A Blueprint For Centralized Research Data Storage and Sharing
The University of Colorado Boulder PetaLibrary storage system has been deployed to address challenges regarding large-scale data storage and data management.
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Digital Ears in the Rainforest: Estimating Dynamics of Animal Populations By Using Sound Recordings and Computing
A team of researchers is developing a system to estimate the dynamics of animal populations by using sound recordings, statistics, and scientific computing.
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