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Neurons to Power Future Computers
Researchers are developing novel computers by mimicking the way that neurons are built and how they talk to each other.
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Study Finds Strong Negative Reaction to Paying For Online Services
An annual study of the impact of the Internet on Americans by the Center for the Digital Future found that 49 percent of Internet users said they have used free...
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Ads that Match a Web Page's Images
Using the contents of images or videos to target Web ads could improve click-through.
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Wal-Mart Radio Tags to Track Clothing
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to roll out sophisticated electronic ID tags to track individual pairs of jeans and underwear, the first step in a system that advocates...
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Wireless Companies Could se Your Friends
Each time you make a cellphone call, your network provider knows whom you're calling, for how long, and what device you're using. Now researchers at one of the...
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Facebook Milestone: 500 Million Members; On to 1 Billion?
Facebook on Wednesday announced a remarkable milestone: 500 million active monthly users. And the velocity of its growth raises a mind-boggling possibility: Could...
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The Web Means the End of Forgetting
Four years ago, Stacy Snyder, then a 25-year-old teacher in training at Conestoga Valley High School in Lancaster, Pa., posted a photo on her MySpace page that...
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Crash Spurs Interest in Real-Time Flight Data
In the year since the fatal, still-unexplained crash of a French airliner over the mid-Atlantic, interest has intensified in technologies to enhance the tracking...
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Twitter Mood Maps Reveal Emotional States of America
America, are you happy? The emotional words contained in hundreds of millions of messages posted to the Twitter website may hold the answer.
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Official: Google's China Changes in Line with Law
China renewed Google's Internet license after it pledged to obey censorship laws and stop automatically switching mainland users to its unfiltered Hong Kong site...
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Spending Soars on Internet's Plumbing
Behind the recovery in business spending is a surge in purchases of the computers that form the backbone of the Internet, as companies scramble to meet growing...
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Some Experts Question Efforts to Identify Cyberattackers
Cybersecurity experts testifying at a recent U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee hearing disagreed about whether the federal government should explore new...
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OSIRIS Project to Guide ICT Research Infrastructures
The OSIRIS project is developing an international strategy for open and sustainable ICT research infrastructures.
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Researchers nsheathe New Tool to Battle Botnets
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign researchers have developed a method to use a botnet's own technology to defeat it.
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How Twitter Could Better Predict Disease Outbreaks
Social media is particularly useful for anyone who wants to track the present—or predict the future.
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New Research Can Spot Cloud Computing Problems Before They Start
North Carolina State University researchers have developed a system that will enable large-scale, computer-hosting infrastructure providers to more accurately predict...
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Entering the Secret World of Wikileaks
The Website Wikileaks publishes secret documents submitted by anonymous sources and makes them available to the public. The site, which went public in January 2007...
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China Seeks to Reduce Internet Users' Anonymity
A leading Chinese Internet regulator has vowed to reduce anonymity in China's portion of cyberspace, calling for requirements that people use their real names when...
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Voice Blogging Gains Momentum With Hibuddy
After social networking, blogging, micro blogging comes a new phenomenon called voice blogging. It indeed is what you think it is. It is a voice blogging service...
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