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Tide Turns Against Million-Dollar Maths Proof
Initially hailed as a solution to the biggest question in computer science, the latest attempt to prove P ≠ NP—otherwise known as the "P vs NP" problem—seems to...
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Hiding Files in Flickr Pics Will Fool Web Censors
Life is about to become more difficult for countries trying to censor access to foreign Websites. A system dubbed Collage will allow users in these countries...
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Gesture-Based Computing Takes a Serious Turn
Call me a creature of habit, but I approach any new computer interface with a sense of apprehension.
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'god Couldn't Do Faster': Rubik's Cube Mystery Solved
It has taken 15 years to get to this point, but it is now clear that every possible scrambled arrangement of the Rubik's cube can be solved in a maximum of 20...
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P ? Np? It's Bad News For the Power of Computing
Has the biggest question in computer science been solved? On 6 August, Vinay Deolalikar, a mathematician at Hewlett-Packard Labs in Palo Alto, California, sentdraft...
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Future on Display: Technology You'll Want to Stroke
Whatever you might expect from the latest computer technology, fur is unlikely to be one of them.
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Virtual Walkers Lead the Way for Robots
Children do it with ease, but walking on two feet is challenging for robots. And while animated characters stroll along quite happily, they rarely look human...
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Artificial Life Forms Evolve Basic Intelligence
For generations, the Avidians have been cloning themselves quietly in a box. They're not perfect, but most of their mutations go unnoticed. Then something remarkable...
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Google, Twitter, and Facebook Build the Semantic Web
A truly meaningful way of interacting with the web may finally be here, and it is called the semantic web. The idea was proposed over a decade ago by Tim Berners...
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Team-Working Robots Huddle Together to Boost Comms
When you are in hostile territory, it pays to stick together—especially if you are a robot. Falling into line will be easier with an innovative communication system...
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Satellite Quantum-Communication Circles Closer
Communications protected by quantum encryption systems offer unconditional security—if you know which way is up. A new quantum protocol is the first that promises...
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Perfecting Synthetic Sounds For Animated Worlds
If computers can generate the imagery in animated movies like Toy Story 3 and Despicable Me, why can't they also generate the sound effects to go with them?
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Social Web: The Great Tipping Point Test
Every move you make, every twitter feed you update, somebody is watching you. You may not think twice about it, but if you use a social networking site, a cellphone...
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Twitter Mood Maps Reveal Emotional States of America
America, are you happy? The emotional words contained in hundreds of millions of messages posted to the Twitter website may hold the answer.
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Google May Know Your Desires Before You Do
Google attempts to return relevant search results in the blink of an eye. But in future it could go one better, delivering search results to its users even before...
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Geo-Tags Reveal Celeb Secrets
U.S. computer scientists have demonstrated that by using information from Internet images and videos it is possible to determine the addresses and locations of...
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Shrewd Search Engines Know What You Want
For better or worse, search engines have become the gateway to the Web. They help users to find information, advertisers to sell products—they even help hackers...
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Crunching Cancer With Numbers
When Danny Hillis spent a day watching a top surgeon perform keyhole cancer surgery, he was left both exhilarated and depressed. The clinical precision with which...
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Search Engines Learn How to Watch and Listen to Video
Missed the winning goal in that crucial football match at the 2010 FIFA World Cup? Just get on the net and you'll find hours of user-generated video content of...
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