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Genius and Tragedy at Dawn of Computer Age
One of the many myths about Apple is that the company's name is a reference to the half-eaten apple reportedly found beside the corpse of the British computer scientist...
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Just the Facts. Yes, All of Them.
AT 7 years old, Gilad Elbaz wrote, "I want to be a rich mathematician and very smart." That, he figured, would help him "discover things like time machines, robots...
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The Soul of the New Hacktivist
In 1988, a Cornell graduate student, Robert Tappan Morris, let loose a computer worm on the fledgling version of the Internet. He said it was meant to be an experiment...
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Bypassing the Password
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants to see an alternative to passwords and is supporting work that would confirm a computer user's identity...
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New Interest in Hacking as Threat to Security
During the five-month period between October and February, there were 86 reported attacks on computer systems in the United States that control critical infrastructure...
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Life on Mars? Funds to Find Answer Fade
Just as NASA is on the cusp of answering the most fascinating questions about Mars—is there, was there or could there be life there?—the money needed to provide...
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Automatic Recharging, From a Distance
Think how convenient it would be if you could recharge electronic devices without ever having to plug them in—or even take them out of your briefcase.
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The First Google Maps War
Did Google Maps almost cause a war in 2010? On Nov. 3 of that year, Edén Pastora, the Nicaraguan official tasked with dredging the Rio San Juan, justified his country's...
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The Bright Side of Being Hacked
Hackers operating under the banner Anonymous have been poking a finger in the eye of one private company after another for two years now.
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Et Tu, Google? Android Apps Can Also Secretly Copy Photos
It's not just Apple. Photos are vulnerable on Android phones, too.
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For Impatient Web Users, an Eye Blink Is Just Too Long to Wait
Wait a second. No, that's too long.
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Microsoft Ponders Future of Kinect, Tech
When Microsoft thinks about the future of technology, it seems to do so with its stomach.
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In Attack on Vatican Web Site, a Glimpse of Hackers' Tactics
The elusive hacker movement known as Anonymous has carried out Internet attacks on well-known organizations like Sony and PBS. In August, the group went after its...
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A Law Apple Would Like to Break
These days, it’s hard to find a superlative that adequately describes Apple. But maybe simplest is best: biggest.
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Behind the Google Goggles, Virtual Reality
It wasn't so long ago that legions of people began walking the streets, talking to themselves. On closer inspection, many of them turned out to be wearing tiny...
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Physicists Create a Working Transistor From a Single Atom
Australian and American physicists have built a working transistor from a single phosphorus atom embedded in a silicon crystal.
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How Companies Learn Your Secrets
Andrew Pole had just started working as a statistician for Target in 2002, when two colleagues from the marketing department stopped by his desk to ask an odd question...
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Flaw Found in an Online Encryption Method
A team of European and American mathematicians and cryptographers have discovered an unexpected weakness in the encryption system widely used worldwide for online...
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