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Nist Is Nearly Ready to Pick the Next Hash Algorithm
Developers of the 14 semifinalist algorithms for the new SHA-3 Secure Hash Algorithm standard will defend their work at a U.S. National Institute of Standards and...
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Flawed Proof shers In Era of Wikimath
His prospects of answering one of the biggest questions in mathematics may be fading, but Vinay Deolalikar of Hewlett-Packard Labs in Palo Alto, California, may...
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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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Intel-McAfee Deal Bets on Building Security Into Hardware
Intel Corp. agreed to buy security-software specialist McAfee Inc. Thursday for $7.68 billion, a surprise transaction that underscores the company's determination...
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Wikileaks Encryption se Offers 'legal Challenge'
A novel use of encryption by whistle-blowing website Wikileaks could "challenge the legal system for years to come," according to an influential observer of the...
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What Does 'p vs. Np' Mean For the Rest of Us?
A proposed "proof" is probably a bust—but even failed attempts can advance computer science.
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New Facebook Location Feature Sparks Privacy Concerns
Moments after Facebook introduced a new feature called Facebook Places on Wednesday that allows its users to share their location and find their friends, advocates...
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Mobile Flaw Could Cloak Clicks
Stanford University researchers have found that mobile websites are extremely vulnerable to attacks from malicious sites using a technique known as tapjacking,...
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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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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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Smudges on Touchscreen Phones Could Reveal User Passwords
University of Pennsylvania researchers have found that smartphone passwords can be deciphered by analyzing the smudges left on their touchscreens.
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'Science 2.0' Sifts Data to Provide Relevant Search Results
A team at West Virginia University is researching ways to make better use of digital data. The researchers are working on technology that knows a user's goals...
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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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Stuxnet Could Hijack Power Plants, Refineries
A worm that targets critical infrastructure companies doesn't just steal data, it leaves a back door that could be used to remotely and secretly control plant...
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How Spies (and Counter Spies) Are Using The Cloud
Secret agents have long been at the cutting edge of technological developments. By studying how different spy agencies use technology, it’s often been possible...
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Tire Tags Reveal Driver Whereabouts
Researchers at Rutgers University and the University of South Carolina have found that wireless signals between new cars and their tires can be intercepted or forged...
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Teraflop Troubles: Powerful Gpus May Threaten the World's Password Security System
Georgia Tech Research Institute computer scientists are studying whether desktop computers with graphics processing units are so powerful that they compromise password...
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P ? Np? It's Bad News For the Power of Computing
Has the biggest question in computer science been solved? On 6 August, Vinay Deolalikar, a mathematician at Hewlett-Packard Labs in Palo Alto, California, sentdraft...
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