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Experts See Early Activity From the Conficker Worm
An informal group of computer security experts said they have observed early attempts by the Conficker virus to communicate with a control server, but they are...
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Rivals Say I.b.m. Stifles Competition to Mainframes
I.B.M. has dominated the mainframe computer business since the category was created four decades ago. And it still gets about one-quarter of its $100 billion in...
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Scientists Publish Map of Knowledge
Scientists at the research library of the Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed a map of knowledge that better reflects the actual use of information by...
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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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Exploring a 'Deep Web' That Google Can't Grasp
Google recently added the one trillionth Web address to its list of indexed Web pages, and yet that represents only a small portion of the entire Web. Beyond the...
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Google, Yahoo and Microsoft Collaborate to Clean p Web
Yahoo! and Microsoft announced that they will support Google's technology for detecting duplicate pages on Web sites. Web publishers will be able to use Google's...
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A New Internet?
There is a growing belief among engineers and security experts that the only way to fix Internet security is to recreate the Internet from scratch. What a new...
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Sensors Help Keep the Elderly Safe, and at Home
Sensors and other monitoring technologies offer senior citizens more freedom to live independently and at less risk within the home. Motion sensors, medication...
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Google and Amazon to Put More Books on Cellphones
Google has made 1.5 million books accessible on mobile devices such as the iPhone and the T-Mobile G1. The titles are the public domain books Google previously...
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Google Earth Dives Deep, Filling in Its Maps' Watery Gaps
When Google Earth first launched, the two-thirds of the planet that is covered by water was simply left blue. "We had this arbitrary distinction that if it was...
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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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