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NASA Mars Rover Preparing to Drill Into First Martian Rock
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is driving toward a flat rock with pale veins that may hold clues to a wet history on the Red Planet.
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California to Give Web Courses a Big Trial
Online education startup Udacity has unveiled a partnership with San Jose State University to offer remedial and college-level algebra and introductory statistics...
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Researchers Find Blocking Internet Pirating Sites Is Not Effective
Researchers recently conducted a study on the effectiveness of anti-piracy measures taken by content providers. The research indicates that strategies such as...
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Facebook on Collision Course With Google on Web Searches
After years of collecting photos and personal data from its billion-plus members, Facebook Inc. Tuesday unveiled a search tool that sifts through people's profiles—and...
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Google's Kurzweil on Teaching Human Language to Computers
Famed inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil joined Google last month to work on "some of the hardest problems in computer science," specifically machine learning and...
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Iranian Military Able to Repel Enemy Jamming, Electronic Attacks
A senior Iranian army commander lauded the achievements of the country's Armed Forces in electronic warfare, stressing that Iran's military units can maintain communications...
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Study: Women Lagging in Internet Adoption in Many Countries
Women and girls are falling behind men in terms of Internet access in many parts of the world, causing them to miss out on the economic and social benefits of being...
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Internet2 Eyes Cloud Boost From Silicon Valley Office
The Internet2 technology consortium recently opened its first Silicon Valley office. "It will serve as a hub for our West Coast campuses and our Asian partners...
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When Huygens Met Titan
Eight years ago, the European Space Agency's Huygens bounced, slid, and wobbled its way to rest on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan.
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Hp Ceo Whitman Dubs Windows 8 a Work in Progress
There are plenty of Meg Whitman doubters out there. Some say the former EBay chief executive officer doesn't have the requisite big company experience to run a...
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Andrew Schwartz: Brain Control For Artificial Limbs
When Jan Scheuermann grasped a chocolate bar and raised it to her mouth last year, it was a neuroscience breakthrough.
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Oculus Rift: Deep Inside the Immersive, Disorienting Virtual Reality Gaming Experience
We just met with the team behind the Oculus Rift, which started out as a DIY project that quickly morphed into into a Kickstarter success story.
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Ieee Approves Wigig, Clearing Way For Faster Wireless Networking
The IEEE Standards Association has approved WiGig, a very fast, short-range networking technology that operates in the 60-GHz band. Also known as 802.11ad, WiGig...
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Cyber Security in 2013: How Vulnerable to Attack Is U.s. Now?
Last year offered many unsettling revelations for businesses, individuals, and U.S. government officials concerned about cyberattacks. There is more befuddlement...
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Nasa's Robotic Refueling Demo Set to Jumpstart Expanded Capabilities in Space
In mid-January, NASA will take the next step in advancing robotic satellite-servicing technologies as it tests the Robotic Refueling Mission, or RRM, aboard the ...
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Rocra Espionage Malware Campaign ncovered After Five Years of Activity
For five years, it hid in the weeds of networks used by Eastern European diplomats, government employees and scientific research organizations, stealing data and...
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Drivers With Hands Full Get a Backup: The Car
Car makers increasingly are adopting technologies for use in autonomous vehicles that take advantage of the array of optical and radar sensors in new cars. The...
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In Video-Streaming Rat Race, Fast Is Never Fast Enough
On average, YouTube streams 4 billion hours of video per month.
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Their Apps Track You. Will Congress Track Them?
There are three things that matter in consumer data collection: location, location, location.
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