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Web Could Be Stylized By New W3c Font Platform
The World Wide Web Consortium's Web Fonts Working Group has launched version 1.0 of the Web Open File Format (WOFF), compression technology that will provide a...
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.s. Takes Aim at China Cyber Threat
The U.S. for the first time is publicly warning about the Chinese military's use of civilian computer experts in clandestine cyber attacks aimed at American companies...
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Dual-Core Smartphones on the Horizon
Smartphones with dual-core Arm processors could add faster processing, video capabilities.
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How Canadian 'science Fiction' Drives Subway Trains Abroad
Inside a north Toronto office building, rows of bulky computers operate virtual subway systems half a world away in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Dubai, managing...
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Feds Strengthen Cybersecurity Workforce Plans
Representatives from both the public and the private sector who attended a recent cybersecurity conference said that progress has been made in developing and executing...
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Tell Me Where You Are and I'll Tell You What I See
Fondazione Bruno Kessler researchers have developed a system that can analyze a mobile phone-produced photo and generate information about the location.
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How the Internet Is Changing Language
"To Google" has become a universally understood verb, and many countries are developing their own Internet slang. But is the Web changing language, and is everyone...
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Tcs to Offer Cheap Cloud Computing Service in India
TCS plans to launch an affordable cloud computing service to small and medium businesses in India. The service is expected to be launched by mid-September.
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Survey: Broadband Growth Slowing in the US
Broadband adoption in the United States is slowing, according to a survey by the Pew Research Center. The number of U.S. residents with broadband Internet service...
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Is Sending Signals to Aliens Really a Good Idea?
If we are not alone in the universe, then—considering what happened to the Indians after Columbus landed in America—shouldn't we be keeping a pretty low profile...
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Step 1: Post Elusive Proof. Step 2: Watch Fireworks.
The potential of Internet-based collaboration was vividly demonstrated this month when complexity theorists used blogs and wikis to pounce on a claimed proof for...
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Building a Cloud Out of Smart Phones
An international group of researchers has developed Misco, a version of Google's MapReduce algorithm powered by cell phones in a self-contained cloud computing...
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Tide Turns Against Million-Dollar Maths Proof
Initially hailed as a solution to the biggest question in computer science, the latest attempt to prove P ≠ NP—otherwise known as the "P vs NP" problem—seems to...
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Riders on a Swarm
Mimicking the behaviour of ants, bees and birds started as a poor man’s version of artificial intelligence. It may, though, be the key to the real thing.
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Google Plan With Verizon Disillusions Some Allies
On Friday at lunchtime, as Google employees dined al fresco, a hundred protesters descended on the company’s Silicon Valley campus. A group called the Raging...
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Social Networking for Innovators
The European Union-funded Laboranova project is an initiative to create a social networking platform to facilitate collaboration between innovators. The goal is...
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Xinhua, China Mobile to Establish Internet Search Engine Joint Venture
Xinhua News Agency Thursday signed a framework agreement with China Mobile Communications Corp., the world's biggest mobile operator by subscribers, to establish...
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Hiding Files in Flickr Pics Will Fool Web Censors
Life is about to become more difficult for countries trying to censor access to foreign Websites. A system dubbed Collage will allow users in these countries...
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Google Denies Selling Out, Defends Net Neutrality Pact with Verizon
Google responded Thursday to heavy criticism of its agreement with Verizon Communications, saying it compromised in order to move the ball forward on a net neutrality...
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