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Cybersleuths Try to Mine Newtown Killer Adam Lanza's Hard Drive
Some of the most important clues about what drove Adam Lanza to mass murder probably sit on the computer that the reclusive, technical-minded 20-year-old used as...
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Learn English Online: How the Internet Is Changing Language
Online, English has become a common language for users from around the world. In the process, the language itself is changing.
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Big Nsf Grant Funds Research Into Training Robots to Work With Humans
The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded a $3.5 million grant to University of California, Berkeley robotics researchers Ken Goldberg and Pieter Abbeel...
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Warning, Speedsters: You Can't Fool Quantum Radar
Is it a bird, a plane, or a speeding car?
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Stopping the Leaks
Side channels give out information that can be used to crack secrets, but researchers are identifying the holes and trying to close them.
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Debunker of Doomsday: Nasa Scientist Tries to Talk Some Sense Into the World
Swirling with lunacy and paranoia, the theories warn of mayhem and cataclysm.
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Tor: An Anonymous, and Controversial, Way to Web-Surf
The Tor Project, which was created 10 years ago to hide the online activity of dissidents in countries that censor the Internet, has recently seen its popularity...
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How Google Is Taking the Knowledge Graph Global
Earlier this month, Google shared a fascinating statistic. The number of items in the company's Knowledge Graph—its database of people, places, and things, and...
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Looking at the Battle of Gettysburg Through Robert E. Lee's Eyes
Anne Kelly Knowles loves places where history happened.
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North Korea: On the Net in World's Most Secretive Nation
There's a curious quirk on every official North Korean Website: a piece of programming that must be included in each page's code.
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Selling Flak Jackets in the Cyberwars
When the Israeli army and Hamas trade virtual blows in cyberspace, or when hacker groups like Anonymous rise from the digital ether, or when WikiLeaks dumps a trove...
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Got Food Allergies? Now You Can Test Your Meal on the Spot Using a Cell Phone
UCLA researchers have developed iTube, a lightweight device that attaches to a cell phone to detect allergens in food samples. iTube uses the cell phone's built...
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Mind-Controlled Robotic Arm Gets Closer Than Ever to Human Limb
Researchers in the United States have developed a robotic arm controlled directly by thought with a level of agility closer than ever to a normal human limb.
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Hacking the Human Brain: The Next Domain of Warfare
It's been fashionable in military circles to talk about cyberspace as a "fifth domain" for warfare, along with land, space, air, and sea.
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A Brooklyn Protester Pleads Guilty After His Twitter Posts Sink His Case
In the end, the tweets told the tale.
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.S. Terrorism Agency to Tap a Vast Database of Citizens
The U.S. National Counterterrorism Center implemented a new program in March that allows the agency to copy entire government databases and examine information...
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Science,technology Will Suffer If .s. Goes Over Fiscal Cliff
With the looming fiscal cliff, the big issue for the IT industry is that the sequestration cuts affect all aspects of the government, including the NSF and the...
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.s. Rejects Telecommunications Treaty
The United States, Canada, and several European countries formally rejected a treaty proposed by Russia, China, and several developing countries that would have...
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.s. Sees Tech's 'center of Gravity' Shifting to Asia
The U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence recently released a report that outlines potential worldwide scenarios over the next 15 to 20 years. It...
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