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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Computers Bring Efficiency to the Infrastructure
Low-cost sensors, clever software, and computing firepower are key ingredients of an emerging computing trend called smart infrastructure — efficient and environmentally...
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U.S. Steps Up Effort on Digital Defenses
The United States is engaged in an international race to develop both cyberweapons and cyberdefenses. Thousands of daily attacks on federal and private computer...
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Fight Over Internet Filtering Has a Test Run in Europe
Europe's influence over technology regulation has led U.S. companies to send lobbyists to try and influence European lawmakers as they debate Internet access policy...
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The Real High-Tech Immigrant Problem: They're Leaving
New York TimesLanguage in the U.S. bank bailout legislation that discourages banks from recruiting skilled foreign workers on work visas has re-ignited the controversy...
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Surprise: America Is No. 1 in Broadband
Although some countries have far more broadband-connected homes and higher broadband speeds than the United States, the U.S. leads the world in putting broadband...
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Technology Gets a Piece of Stimulus
The $825 billion stimulus plan proposed by U.S. President Barack Obama and House Democrats includes a $37 billion investment in three high-technology areas: broader...
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