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Media in China, Arab Middle East Suppressing Wikileaks Coverage
Revelations by the organization WikiLeaks have received blanket coverage this week on television, in newspapers and on Web sites around the globe. But in parts...
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Hackers Take the Kinect to New Levels
But achieving the Holy Grail—controlling a computer without touching it—proves more difficult.
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IBM Claims Breakthrough in Laser-Based Chips
IBM recently announced a breakthrough in the development of silicon-based chips that send data using pulses of laser light. IBM says the research sets the stage...
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FCC Chairman to Propose Plan For Net Neutrality
U.S. Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachowski will announce a plan Wednesday (Dec. 1) that prevents Internet service providers from favoring...
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Assange on Secrecy, China, and Wikileaks' Growth
"Secrecy is important for many things," said WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in an interview with Time over Skype on Monday. Managing editor Richard Stengel...
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FCC to Vote on Net Neutrality at December 21 Meeting
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission will vote on whether to adopt rules to preserve net neutrality at its December 21st open meeting, according to a tentative...
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Ibm Chips: Let There Be Light Signals
IBM has achieved a major milestone in making the dream of silicon photonics, in which computer chips send signals of light rather than electricity, into reality...
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Your Next Wallet Is Calling
"Contactless" hardware lets phones and gadgets pay with a tap, but the coming plethora of apps that use it may confuse users.
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Intelligent Detector Provides Real-Time Information on Available Parking Spaces
A Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya research team has developed a way to locate available parking spaces using optical and magnetic sensors. The researchers...
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With Better Sharing of Data Comes Danger
The release of a huge tranche of U.S. diplomatic cables has laid bare the primary risk associated with the U.S. government's attempt to encourage better information...
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Computers Get Help from the Human Brain
Tapping into the processing power of the human brain could help computers with some tasks.
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European nion Funds Cloud Security Project
The European Union is funding Trustworthy Clouds, a research project aimed at developing a series of technical advances that will increase the security of cloud...
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Ahead in the Cloud
Amazon's cloud computing has revolutionized American small business, but can Amazon beat rising competitors?
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Eu, S and Nato to Work Together on Cyber Defense
The European Union, the United States, and NATO have approved a range of new plans to meet cyberdefense challenges. The European Commission has announced proposals...
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Out of Many, One In-Box
Nokia is developing a universal in-box that collects messages and updates from different smartphone applications and organizes them in one location so users can...
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Researchers Link Most Spam to Only 50 Isps
The majority of spam messages come from a limited number of Internet service providers and countries, according to a study by researchers at Delft University of...
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Wikileaks Files Detail .s. Electronic Surveillance
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ordered clandestine surveillance of United Nations leadership, including obtaining "security measures, passwords, personalWikiLeaks...
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War Machines: Recruiting Robots For Combat
War would be a lot safer, the Army says, if only more of it were fought by robots.
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Professors se Twitter in Foreign Language Teaching
Two professors at the University of South Carolina are using Twitter as a tool in teaching foreign languages.
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