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Drivel on Facebook More Valuable Than We Think
The seemingly meaningless comments and updates that appear on Facebook are valuable to users because they serve as constant reminders of a highly useful network...
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3-D Maps Without the Glasses
Students at Washington University in St. Louis' Media and Machines Lab have developed Project Live3D, an Internet application that uses webcams from around the...
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Spambot Wants to Be Your Friend
Vienna University of Technology researchers, studying security issues related to social networking websites, were able to match more than 1.2 million social network...
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Officials Push to Bolster Law on Wiretapping
U.S. law enforcement and counterterrorism officials are urging the revamping of a federal statute requiring phone and broadband carriers to guarantee that their...
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Get in Synch
Understanding conditions that cause oscillators to fall in or out of synchronization is necessary to achieve the optimal functioning of oscillator networks. The...
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Bendable Memory Made from Nanowire Transistors
A new type of device could ultimately hold more data than flash memory.
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Twitter Can Predict the Stock Market
The emotional roller coaster captured on Twitter can predict the ups and downs of the stock market, a new study finds. Measuring how calm the Twitterverse is...
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German Radar Satellites Fly Tight Space Waltz
It is a remarkable acrobatic display. Two German radar satellites are now flying in tight formation as they prepare to make the most detailed ever 3D map of the...
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The Business Of Burying Internet Search Results
Unseen battles are waged every day on the Internet to protect and destroy brands and reputations. The Internet can be a hostile place, with powerful companies paying...
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Robot Limbs to Plug Into the Brain with Light
Imagine a bionic arm that plugs directly into the nervous system, so that the brain can control its motion, and the owner can feel pressure and heat through their...
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Internet Security Plan Under Review Would Alert Users to Hacker Takeover
An Australian program allowing Internet service providers to alert customers if their computers are commandeered by hackers and restrict online access if they do...
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Will Apple's Culture Hurt the Iphone?
If you want a smartphone powered by Google's Android software, you could get Motorola's Droid 2 or its cousin, the Droid X. Then there is the Droid Incredible...
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How Google Tested Google Instant
In a world of data-obsessed number-crunching engineers, Google's John Boyd is the people person.
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Facebook in Privacy Breach
Top-ranked applications transmit personal IDs, a Journal investigation finds.
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Hackers Turn Attention to Corporate Data Theft
Financial services and professional services are the most vulnerable to information theft, with four out of 10 companies reporting some sort of loss or attack...
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Progress Is Slow on Cybersecurity Goals, Gao Reports
The White House's failure to designate roles and responsibilities to federal agencies has impeded efforts to carry out President Obama's strategy for securing computer...
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Cell Phone Is 'gadget of Choice' For Americans
U.S. consumers crave their gadgets, but the cell phone rules them all, according to a new Pew Internet study.
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India Greenlights Secure OS Project
India plans to develop its own operating system for sensitive applications. V.K. Saraswat of India's Defense Research and Development Organization says the development...
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Malware Aimed at Social Networks May Steal Your Reality
A research paper predicts a new generation of malware that will target and extract information about relationships and record patterns of behavior in real-world...
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