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A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Brands Take Advantage of Hci Technologies
Technologies demonstrated in motion pictures are coming to life for advertisers.
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'Peace Technologies' Enable Eyewitness Reporting When Disasters Strike
Ushahidi — or "testimony" in Swahili — has played a central role in coordinating responses to crises around the globe.
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The Limitations Of Crowdsourcing: On The Hunt For The Boston Bombers
Crowdsourcing demonstrated some of its limitations after the Boston Marathon bombing.
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Augmented-Reality Glasses Bring Cloud Security Into Sharp Focus
The possibility of a new $200-billion-plus industry has cloud security experts bracing for the ramifications.
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'Small Data' Enabled Prediction of Obama's Win, Say Economists
"Big data" from crowdsourcing resulted in more complex predictions.
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Cybercrime: It's Serious, But Exactly How Serious?
Symantec says $110 billion annually while McAfee says $1 trillion. Why can't anyone agree?
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New Global Research Data Alliance Poised For Launch
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In the Year of Disruptive Education
As college tuitions soar, various online models vie to educate college students worldwide — at no cost.
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Super-Fast Broadband: Build It and They will Come–Maybe
When the Internet pipelines in cities like Chattanooga and Kansas City are accelerated to super-fast broadband, the leading-edge technology is expected to generate...
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In Honor of Alan Turing
Thirty-two of the 39 living A.M. Turing Award laureates gathered in San Francisco to pay tribute to "the father of CS" and discuss the past, present, and future...
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Lost and Found
Researchers discover computer pioneer Konrad Zuse's long-forgotten Z9, the world's first program-controlled binary relay calculator using floating-point arithmetic...
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Flame Malware Required World-Class Crypto Abilities
Flame appears to be the first public example of malware “in the wild” using a cryptanalytic attack on digital signatures using the MD-5 hash function.
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Georgia Tech Launches Malware Intelligence Project
Got malware? If so, the Georgia Tech Research Insititute is interested in hearing from you.
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Adaptive Networks Aim to Thwart Cybercriminals
Cybercriminals who take aim at computer networks will find it more difficult to hit their mark if their target is a constantly moving one.
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A Workshop Revival
The success of Germany's Dagstuhl Seminars has inspired a proliferation of Dagstuhl-like venues, especially in India.
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Mobile Apps Reach Internet Tipping Point
June 2011 appears to be the first time people in the U.S. spent more time online with apps than with the Web.
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Rebecca Mackinnon Discusses Threats to Internet Freedom: Part 2
Many people don't realize that most of the censorship and surveillance in China is not being done by the government, but by companies at the behest of the government...
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Rebecca Mackinnon Discusses Threats to Internet Freedom: Part 1
Rebecca MacKinnon shares insights about Internet freedom, including the roles and responsibilities of citizens, corporations, and governments.
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Stanford Schooling - Gratis!
Stanford University's experiment with online classes could help transform computer science education.
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John McCarthy, 1927 - 2011
Winner of the 1971 A.M. Turing Award, John McCarthy was a founder of artificial intelligence and inventor of the Lisp programming language.12