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Nations Must Talk to Halt 'cyber Terrorism': Kaspersky
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Nations Must Talk to Halt 'cyber Terrorism': Kaspersky

Eugene Kaspersky, whose lab discovered the Flame virus that has attacked computers in Iran and elsewhere in the Middle East, said on Wednesday only a global effort...

Cyber-Attack Concerns Raised Over Boeing 787 Chip's 'back Door'
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Cyber-Attack Concerns Raised Over Boeing 787 Chip's 'back Door'

Two Cambridge experts have discovered a "back door" in a computer chip used in military systems and aircraft, such as the Boeing 787, that could allow the chip...

Training Cells to Perform Boolean Functions? It's Logical
From ACM TechNews

Training Cells to Perform Boolean Functions? It's Logical

Johns Hopkins University researchers have engineered cells that behave like AND and OR Boolean logic gates, producing an output based on one or more unique inputs...

Idf Admits to Using Cyber Space to Attack Enemies
From ACM News

Idf Admits to Using Cyber Space to Attack Enemies

The IDF uses cyber space to gather intelligence, attack enemies, and conduct various military operations, the military revealed on Sunday in a posting on its official...

Freaks, Geeks, and Microsoft
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Freaks, Geeks, and Microsoft

When the Kinect was introduced in November 2010 as a $150 motion-control add-on to Microsoft's Xbox consoles, it drew attention from more than just video-gamers...

From ACM News

Iran: 'flame' Virus Fight Began with Oil Attack

Computer technicians battling to contain a complex virus last month resorted to the ultimate firewall measures—cutting off Internet links to Iran’s Oil Ministry...

S'pore Develops Chipset For Fast Data Transfer
From ACM TechNews

S'pore Develops Chipset For Fast Data Transfer

A microchip developed in Singapore can transmit data 1,000 times faster than Bluetooth. 

With Goal-Line Tech, Soccer Tries Kicking Its Addiction to Human Error
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With Goal-Line Tech, Soccer Tries Kicking Its Addiction to Human Error

Saturday's high-profile match between England and Belgium is the biggest test yet for a system that may finally put an end to flubbed goal-line calls, a technological...

A Dive Into the Digital Deep
From ACM News

A Dive Into the Digital Deep

When next winter's storms subside, a specialized ship will begin a slow crossing, lowering a skinny cable into its wake along a precisely prescribed path: the shortest...

'part-Time' Scientists Aim to Develop Autonomous Rover to Compete For Lunar X Prize
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'part-Time' Scientists Aim to Develop Autonomous Rover to Compete For Lunar X Prize

Some people try to make the most of their spare time by exercising, volunteering, or simply recharging their batteries. Others like to use that time to build robots...

Iran 'finds Fix' For Sophisticated Flame Malware
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Iran 'finds Fix' For Sophisticated Flame Malware

Iran says it has developed tools that can defend against the sophisticated cyber attack tool known as Flame.

A New Home For Computer Screens: The Face
From ACM News

A New Home For Computer Screens: The Face

Employees at eyeglasses designer Michael Pachleitner Group have no reason to consult desktop computers, tablets or old-fashioned paper binders to find items in...

Craig Venter Wants to Solve the World's Energy Crisis
From ACM Opinion

Craig Venter Wants to Solve the World's Energy Crisis

There is one version of Craig Venter's life story where he would’ve been a dutiful scientist at the National Institutes of Health, a respected yet anonymous researcher...

21st Century Computer Architecture
From ACM TechNews

21st Century Computer Architecture

The Computing Community Consortium has released "21st Century Computer Architecture," a white paper developed by members of the computer architecture research community...

From ACM News

Was Flame Virus that Invaded Iran's Computer Networks Made in ­sa?

As the United Nations and Iran warn that the newly discovered Flame computer virus may be the most potent weapon of its kind, U.S. computer security experts tell...

Shots Fired, Pinpointed and Argued Over
From ACM News

Shots Fired, Pinpointed and Argued Over

 At 7:22:07 p.m. on a recent Thursday, an electronic alarm went off in the soundproof control room of a suburban office building here.

What Fearmongers Get Wrong About Cyberwarfare
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What Fearmongers Get Wrong About Cyberwarfare

Should we worry about cyberwarfare? Judging by excessively dramatic headlines in the media, very much so. Cyberwarfare, the argument goes, might make wars easier...

Intel Eyes Future With Computers That Learn
From ACM TechNews

Intel Eyes Future With Computers That Learn

ReutersIntel's Collaborative Research Institute for Computational Intelligence will work with researchers in Israel to develop devices that will learn about their...

­sing Machine Learning to Discover Ancient Middle East Settlements
From ACM News

­sing Machine Learning to Discover Ancient Middle East Settlements

 An archeologist and a computer scientist have developed a new technique to analyze satellite images of wide swaths of land to discover ancient settlements in the...

Meet 'flame,' The Massive Spy Malware Infiltrating Iranian Computers
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Meet 'flame,' The Massive Spy Malware Infiltrating Iranian Computers

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