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Earth Project Aims to 'simulate Everything'
An international group of scientists are aiming to create a simulator that can replicate everything happening on Earth—from global weather patterns and the spread...
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Life Goes Online After Death with 'memory Boxes'
The death of a close, elderly relative can often mean a sombre weekend or two going through old things, sorting through photographs, donating old clothes to charity...
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Anonymous Hacktivists Say Wikileaks War to Continue
A member of the Anonymous group of hackers, which has been targeting firms it sees as being anti-Wikileaks has said the campaign is not over.
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Web Bug Reveals Browsing History
Porn sites are among the top users of a browser bug that reveals all the places people go online, finds research.
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The Birth of a .k. Tech Giant
British chip designer ARM will soon be 20 years old. Bill Thompson was there at the start.
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Code Clues Point to Stuxnet Maker
Detailed analysis of the code in the Stuxnet worm has narrowed the list of suspects who could have created it.
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Why Is a Universal Translator So Elusive?
With a global economy and flights that can take you all over the world in hours, why is it that we still struggle with a language barrier that technology is finding...
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Implanted Chip 'allows Blind People to Detect Objects'
A man with an inherited form of blindness has been able to identify letters and a clock face using a pioneering implant, researchers say.
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The Robot That Reads Your Mind to Train Itself
University of Washington researchers are developing brain-computer interface (BCI) technology by teaching robots new skills using only brain signals. They are...
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Campaign Builds to Construct Babbage Analytical Engine
A U.K. campaign to build a truck-sized, prototype computer first envisaged in 1837 is gathering steam.
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Call to Define Rules of Cyber War
Nations need to define the rules of engagement for acts of cyber terror.
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Mobile Chips Battle For Processing Power
Inside your smartphone, a battle is raging. As tiny chips with big ambitions fight for processing power, is there anything the phones of the future will not be...
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Tim Berners-Lee Calls For Free Internet Worldwide
Tim Berners-Lee said that he would like to see everybody given a low-bandwidth connection "by default."
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Intel and Arm to Battle For the Hearts of Smartphones
Intel is aiming for a slice of the smartphone market with a new chip with built-in graphics.
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Alien Hunters 'should Look For Artificial Intelligence'
A senior astronomer has said that the hunt for alien life should take into account alien "sentient machines."
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Virtual Reality Tackles Tough Questions
Virtual reality is allowing scientists to ask difficult questions about human behaviour that were previously not possible or were thought too unethical.
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Wikileaks Encryption se Offers 'legal Challenge'
A novel use of encryption by whistle-blowing website Wikileaks could "challenge the legal system for years to come," according to an influential observer of the...
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How the Internet Is Changing Language
"To Google" has become a universally understood verb, and many countries are developing their own Internet slang. But is the Web changing language, and is everyone...
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Cult of Less: Living Out of a Hard Drive
Many have begun trading in CD, DVD, and book collections for digital music, movies, and e-books. But this trend in digital technology is now influencing some...
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