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Researchers Find Some Smartphone Models More Vulnerable to Attack
The preloaded applications of some smartphones specifically designed to support the Android mobile platform could make the devices more vulnerable to hackers, according...
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Programming Language Can't Be Copyrighted: Eu Court
Yves Bot, advocate general of the European Union (EU), says programming languages such as Java and HTML should be regarded the same as language used by a novelist...
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Gchq Aims to Recruit Computer Hackers with Code-Cracking Web Site
Government intelligence service targets "self-taught" hackers with cryptic Web site that features no obvious branding.
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The Search For Analysts to Make Sense of 'big Data'
Businesses keep vast troves of data about things like online shopping behavior, or millions of changes in weather patterns, or trillions of financial transactions—information...
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Dna Sequencing Caught in Deluge of Data
BGI, based in China, is the world’s largest genomics research institute, with 167 DNA sequencers producing the equivalent of 2,000 human genomes a day.
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Comedy of Errors Led to False 'water-Pump Hack' Report
It was the broken water pump heard 'round the world. Cyberwar watchers took notice this month when a leaked intelligence memo claimed Russian hackers had remotely...
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Photoshopped or Not? A Tool to Tell
The photographs of celebrities and models in fashion advertisements and magazines are routinely buffed with a helping of digital polish.
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Web Crawler Takes Aim at Child Exploitation
Simon Fraser University researchers have developed a Web crawling tool for tracking Web sites that exploit children, which could aid police in their investigations...
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It's a Drone's World. We Just Live in It
Drones have had a profound effect on the way America fights its wars, allowing it to fight in new theaters while minimizing the risk to troops.
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Fliers Must Turn Off Devices, but It's Not Clear Why
Millions of Americans who got on a plane over the Thanksgiving holiday heard the admonition: "Please power down your electronic devices for takeoff."
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Palantir, the War on Terror's Secret Weapon
A Silicon Valley startup that collates threats has quietly become indispensable to the U.S. intelligence community.
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This Year's H-1b Cap Is Reached at Quicker Pace
The annual H-1B cap has been reached two months ahead of last year's pace, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced on Nov. 23.
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Cyber War Threatens Iran: Passive Defense Organization Chief
Until the next Iranian calendar year (which begins on March 20, 2012) cyber attacks will pose serious threats to Iran and that is why the Passive Defense Organization...
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Cyberwar Storm Clouds Are Gathering
Cyberspace. Some call it the new domain of war, after land, sea, air, and space.
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Millions of Printers Open to Devastating Hack Attack, Researchers Say
Could a hacker from half-way around the planet control your printer and give it instructions so frantic that it could eventually catch fire? Or use a hijacked...
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Patent Office Highlights Jobs's Innovations
The United States Patent and Trademark Office in Alexandria, Va., recently unveiled an exhibit of 30 giant iPhone-like models honoring the inventions of the late...
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The Big Data Boom Is the Innovation Story of Our Time
The data revolution has turned customers into unwitting business consultants, as our purchases and searches are tracked to improve everything from Web sites to...
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How Private Is Your Email? It Depends
Do the police need a warrant to read your email? Believe it or not, two decades into the Internet age, the answer to that question is still "maybe." It depends...
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Will Your Mall Be Tracking Your Cellphone Today?
Some shoppers looking for Black Friday deals will find a surprise waiting for them at the mall—sensors that track their every move.
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