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Squeezing Web Sites Onto Cellphones
When a group of engineers at National Instruments Corp. modified a 1988 Oldsmobile so it could be controlled by an iPhone, the company was quick to share the project...
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Google, nesco Alliance Provides Virtual Visits to World Heritage Sites
Sites inscribed on the World Heritage List — the Palace of Versailles in France, the historic center of Prague in the Czech Republic and the old town of Cáceres...
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Darpa's Latest Challenge: Locate These 10 Balloons
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will award $40,000 to the first person who can complete a new social-networking challenge. DARPA wants to...
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Iphones Are Musical Instruments in New Course and Ensemble
iPhones are being used as musical instruments in a new course at the University of Michigan. Course students — who design, build and play instruments on their smartphones...
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NIST Develops Experimental Validation Tool for Cell Phone Forensics
Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new technique aimed at improving the validation of a crime lab's cell phone...
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Linux Laptop Orchestra Gives Debut Performance
Scoot over winds and brass, strings and chorale – it is time to make room for the laptop orchestra. Virginia Tech's laptop group has started the first Linux-based...
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Cell Phones to Provide Picture of Human Interaction
Pennsylvania State University (PSU) researchers are studying how emotions, physical health, and personal interactions affect individuals and those they interact...
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Magic Box For Mission Impossible
Inspired by the struggles rescue workers faced following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, researchers in Norway, Spain, and Finland launched the CELTIC project...
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Message Gone Viral? Blame Altruistic, Image-Conscious 'e-Mavens'
Why do some online ad campaigns go viral while other online marketing messages gather "cyber-dust" on the information superhighway? The key may lie in the motivation...
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Game On at Kingston niversity
A new state-of-the-art gaming facility should help Kingston University produce industry leaders in game development. Every desk in the laboratory has an Xbox and...
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nflattening Touch-Screen Buttons
Ever wish the flat touch screen buttons on your phone felt more like physical buttons? Chris Harrison and Prof. Scott Hudson at Carnegie Mellon have developed...
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A Translator Tool With a Human Touch
Nearly 100 IBM researchers are working on n.Fluent, a project to create an automatic translation tool that is fast and accurate enough to be used in instant-messaging...
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Making Automation Work
Today's automated systems provide enormous safety and convenience. However, when glitches, problems, or breakdowns occur, the results can be catastrophic.
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Blueprints For Self-Assembly
Researchers are using tools from information theory and computer science to facilitate the automatic creation of nanoscale structures.
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Google Offers Peek at Operating System, a Potential Challenge to Windows
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google began lifting the veil on its planned Chrome operating system on Thursday, but it said that computers powered by the software would...
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Southampton's World-Class Supercomputer Opens Windows
The University of Southampton's new supercomputer was ranked 74th on the Top500 supercomputer list and is the fastest university-owned supercomputer in England....
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Mobile Botnets Show Their Destructive Potential
Denial-of-services (DoS) attacks are a common tactic used by "black hats" intent on bringing down a high-profile Web site. Now Patrick Traynor of the Georgia Institute...
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Facebook Offers Poor Personal Data Protection
A study of Norwegian Internet users and social media found that people are willing to post their personal information on social media sites even when they are not...
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Hackers Create Tools For Disaster Relief
The first-ever Random Hacks of Kindness recently took place in Mountain View, Calif., bringing software developers together to focus on how technology could be...
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