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Wired Is the New Wireless: Spreading the Web in China
It's not easy to give over 1.3 billion people access to the internet—especially if that population is spread across a vast area that ranges from hinterland to sprawling...
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Europe Hits Old Internet Address Limits
Ripe NCC, the governing body that hands out addresses to European Internet service providers and other organizations, has started strict rationing of IPv4 addresses...
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Icann's New Ceo Announces Bold Restructure
New ICANN CEO Fadi Chehade recently announced his plans to restructure the organization, including the selection of two new senior managers.
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Data Mining in the Social-Media Ecosystem
Northeastern University professor Raymond Fu recently received funding from the U.S. Intelligence Community and the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research...
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European Commission Deploys Crack Computer Emergency Response Team
The European Commission announced that it has deployed its anti-hacker Computer Emergency Response Team on a permanent basis to combat the growing number of cyberthreats...
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At 100 Gbps, Esnet Puts Network Research on Fast Track
The U.S. Department of Energy's 100 Gbps testbed provides a facility for researchers to solve the near-term challenges associated with deploying and operating science...
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Iphone 5? Yawn. What Will the 'phone' of 2022 Look Like?
The near-term future of phones is fairly well-established. The iPhone 5 was released Wednesday and its similarity to every Apple phone since 2007 serves as a reminder...
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Software, Not Just Bullets, Puts Military At Odds
Military commanders, government officials and members of Congress have long wrangled over which weapon systems are needed. Now, there's an argument over what computer...
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Arab Spring: Tech As Tinder
The Internet tools of the Arab Spring have become the weapons of a new Arabian nightmare playing out at American diplomatic missions across North Africa and the...
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Optimizing Popularity Versus Similarity in Networks
UCSD researchers recently published a paper exploring the concept of popularity versus similarity and how it impacts the growth of networks.
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Perfecting Email Security
City University of Hong Kong researchers have defined perfect forward secrecy for email and suggested a technical solution to enable email security to be independent...
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Microsoft Xbox 3D-Projected Games Outlined in Patent
Details of an immersive video games display system that projects images of the title's environment around a player's room have been revealed in a U.S. patent belonging...
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With Kinect-Like Gestures, Softkinetic Leads the Way to Intel's Perceptual Computing
The age of perceptual computing starts with devices that can be controlled with the wave of your hand or the sound of your voice rather than just a mouse, keyboard...
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Difference Engine: The Pc All Over Again?
What could well be the next great technological disruption is fermenting away, out of sight, in small workshops, college labs, garages, and basements. Tinkerers...
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New Breed of Robotics Aims to Help People Walk Again
When Joey Abicca pokes a metal crutch into the ground with his right arm, tiny motors start whirling around his left leg, lifting it and moving it forward.
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Mars Rover Curiosity Arm Tests Nearly Complete
NASA's Mars Curiosity team has almost finished robotic arm tests in preparation for the rover to touch and examine its first Martian rock.
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New York Police Dept. Issues First Rules For se of Social Media During Investigations
The NYPD has for the first time laid out rules for using social media during investigations—but critics say the guidelines raise questions about privacy issues.
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How Google Builds Its Maps—and What It Means For the Future of Everything
Behind every Google Map, there is a much more complex map that's the key to your queries but hidden from your view.
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Research Paints Shamoon Creators as 'skillful Amateurs'
Despite seemingly endless pontification, it's still too early to definitively say whether there's a connection between the Shamoon malware and recent attacks on...
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