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Computer Program Turns Complex Data Into Brilliant Images
University of Utah scientists Jens Krueger and Tom Fogal have developed ImageVis3D, a 3-D imaging program that converts complex data into colorful pictures that...
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Georgia Tech Students Sweep Health It Coding Challenge
In a competition to make health data for doctors who are on call more effective, a team of Georgia Tech College of Computing graduate students finished first, second...
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Computer Science Shows How 'twitter-Bombs' Wield Influence
Wellesley College computer science professor P. Takis Metaxas says "Twitter bombs"—sending many Tweets from a large number of Twitter accounts within a short...
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Rensselaer Launches $16.75 Million Center To Research Social Cognitive Networks
Funded by the Army Research Lab, the Social Cognitive Networks Academic Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is dedicated to the emerging discipline...
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Microsoft's Internet Explorer Losing Browser Share
Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) web browser, now accounts for less than 60% of the market, down from 95% at its peak in 2003, according to new figures.
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Audiences, and Hollywood, Flock to Smartphones
It might be hard to imagine watching "The Office" on a screen no bigger than a business card. But tens of thousands of people--by the most conservative estimate...
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Why Are Computer sers Still Choking on Spam?
Who is actually responsible for sending spam. It might surprise many to learn that the number one source of spam is the United States, according to a new report...
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Johns Hopkins Technology Transfer: There's an App For That
IPhone, iPad and Motorola Droid users can now, with the touch of a button, instantly access the Johns Hopkins Technology Transfer office with a new, free app...
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The Data-Driven Life
Humans make errors. We make errors of fact and errors of judgment. We have blind spots in our field of vision and gaps in our stream of attention. Sometimes we...
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Privacy Concerns Limit Online Ads, Study Says
Privacy advocates have had an impact on Madison Avenue after all, according to a new study.
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Modeling Human Mobility
Increasingly, cell phones are equipped with GPS locational receivers and their bread crumb trails are opening up entirely new ways to study and predict the dynamics...
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Spammers Pay Others to Answer Security Tests
Faced with stricter Internet security measures, some spammers have begun borrowing a page from corporate America’s playbook: they are outsourcing. The going rate...
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Me and My Files
If you are fed up with juggling too many incompatible devices, European researchers may have the answer. In their 'me-centric' world, you literally wear all your...
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For Web
Mark Brooks wants the whole Web to know that he spent $41 on an iPad case at an Apple store, $24 eating at an Applebee’s, and $6,450 at a Florida plastic surgery...
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Cloud Computing and Developing Nations
For a growing number of organizations worldwide, cloud computing offers a quick and affordable way to tap into IT infrastructure as an Internet service. But obstacles...
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Modeling the Astronomical
Advances in computer technology have changed the way astronomers see and study the universe.
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Study Shows Students Are Addicted to Social Media
A new study from the University of Maryland concludes that most college students are not just unwilling, but functionally unable, to be without their media links...
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Secure P2p Scheme Leverages Social Networks
Microsoft and Catholic University of Leuven researchers are proposing Drac, a method to secure anonymous instant messaging and voice-over-IP communication using...
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PC Makers Vie To Be Green-est
Leading PC makers have introduced "green" models and set goals for "toxin free" product lines, but other manufacturers say the supply chain is unable to deliver...
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