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Ancient Sites Spotted From Space, Say Archaeologists
Computer science techniques have enabled archaeologists to discover about 9,000 possible early human settlements across 23,000 square miles in northeastern Syria...
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The Spanish Link in Cracking the Enigma Code
A pair of rare Enigma machines used in the Spanish Civil War have been given to the head of GCHQ, Britain's communications intelligence agency.
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How Hackers Are Caught Out By Law Enforcers
The Internet has gained a reputation as somewhere you can say and do anything with impunity, primarily because it is easy to disguise your identity.
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Cebit's Pole-Dancing Droids and Other New Technologies
Robots everywhere, driverless cars, new eco-solutions, screens that "read" feelings, and smart museums and stadiums—just some of the "City of the Future" technologies...
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Social Apps 'harvest Smartphone Contacts'
Twitter has admitted copying entire address books from smartphones and storing the data on its servers, often without customers' knowledge.
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Hackers Outwit Online Banking Identity Security Systems
After logging in to the bank's real site, account holders are being tricked by the offer of training in a new "upgraded security system."
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Four Telescope Link-Up Creates World's Largest Mirror
Astronomers have created the world's largest virtual optical telescope linking four telescopes in Chile, so that they operate as a single device.
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Self-Steering Bullet Researched By U.s. Weapons Experts
A self-guiding bullet that can steer itself towards its target is being developed for use by the U.S. military.
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Fbi Plans Social Network Map Alert Mash-p Application
The FBI is seeking to develop an early-warning system based on material "scraped" from social networks.
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Hewlett Packard Opens Doors to Its HP Labs .K. Research Base
The year is 2015, and in a government-owned data centre somewhere in southern England thousands of servers are humming away, hard at work keeping the country running...
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Quantum Computing Could Head to 'the Cloud,' Study Says
A novel high-speed, high-security computing technology will be compatible with the "cloud computing" approach popular on the Web, a study suggests.
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Sopa: Sites Go Dark As Part of Anti-Piracy Law Protests
Thousands of Internet sites are taking part in a "blackout" protest against anti-piracy laws being discussed by U.S. lawmakers.
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Hackers Plan Space Satellites to Combat Censorship
An organization of computer hackers is planning to launch its own communication satellites and bypass satellites controlled by governmental bodies and used to censor...
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Self-Healing Electronic Chip Tests May Aid Space Travel
Self-repairing electronic chips are one step closer, according to a team of U.S. researchers, creating a circuit that heals itself when cracked thanks to the...
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Touchless Smartphones and Tvs Could Be on Sale in 2012
So you've lost your TV remote control. Again.
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Driverless Car: Google Awarded .s. Patent For Technology
The intellectual rights relate to a method to switch a vehicle from a human-controlled mode into the state where it takes charge of the wheel.
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Scientists Break World Record For Data-Transfer Speeds
Researchers are claiming a new world record for data transfers over long distances.
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How seful Is a Captured Drone?
An American surveillance drone has been captured and filmed in Iran, where experts are apparently examining it.
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Why Are Humans Scared of Robots?
"If popular culture has taught us anything, it is that someday mankind must face and destroy the growing robot menace." Author and robotic engineer Daniel H Wilson's...
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