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Fbi Warns Retailers to Expect More Credit Card Breaches
The FBI has warned U.S. retailers to prepare for more cyber attacks after discovering about 20 hacking cases in the past year that involved the same kind of malicious...
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Scientists Detect 'spoiled Onions' Trying to Sabotage Tor Privacy Network
Computer scientists have identified almost two dozen computers that were actively working to sabotage the Tor privacy network by carrying out attacks that can degrade...
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Herschel Telescope Detects Water on Dwarf Planet
Scientists using the Herschel space observatory have made the first definitive detection of water vapor on the largest and roundest object in the asteroid belt,...
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kraine Tracks Protesters Through Cellphones
The Ukrainian government used telephone technology to pinpoint the locations of cellphones in use near clashes between riot police officers and protesters early...
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Researchers Plan to se Nano-Satellites as Space Traffic Cops
Researchers are developing a team of small satellites that will serve as traffic cops in space.
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Silver Nanowire Sensors Hold Promise For Prosthetics, Robotics
Silver nanowires have been used to develop wearable, multifunctional sensors that can measure strain, pressure, human touch, and electrocardiograms.
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Google's Quantum Computer Flunks Landmark Speed Test
Google's quantum revolution is still in the slow lane.
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Laser Looks nder the Surface of Art
Chemists have unveiled a technique that can get under the skin of paintings to provide a three-dimensional analysis of the old masters' works without causing any...
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Seeing Things: A New Transparent Display System Could Provide Heads-up Data
Transparent displays have a variety of potential applications—such as the ability to see navigation or dashboard information while looking through the windshield...
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Byu's Smart Object Recognition Algorithm Doesn't Need Humans
Researchers say they have developed an algorithm that can accurately identify objects in images or video sequences without human calibration.
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Probing Bitcoins
Researchers recently examined how Bitcoins have been used since their introduction.
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Why Bitcoin Matters
A mysterious new technology emerges, seemingly out of nowhere, but actually the result of two decades of intense research and development by nearly anonymous researchers...
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Target Got Hacked Hard in 2005. Here's Why They Let It Happen Again
A gang of shadowy hackers tears through the systems of big-box retailers, making off with millions of credit and debit card numbers in a matter of weeks and generating...
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Natural 3D Counterpart to Graphene Discovered
Researchers have discovered that sodium bismuthate can exist as a form of quantum matter called a three-dimensional topological Dirac semi-metal.
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'have You Ever Been on a Boat?' and 15 Other Weird Interview Questions from Tech Firms
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Houston, We Have Ants: Mimicking How Ants Adjust to Microgravity in Space Could Lead to Better Robots, Stanford Scientist Says
Sending ants to the International Space Station could help determine how they change the algorithms that modulate their group behavior in an exotic environment. ...
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Coming Soon: Control Your Computer With Your Brain via Open Source
The team behind the OpenBCI project hopes to release the third iteration of the OpenBCI board sometime around April.
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Seals Are Scientists' Little Helpers For Collecting Ocean Data
In recruiting a research team, some scientists would do well to include a few seals. Over the past ten years, around 350 of these blubbery mammals—mostly elephant...
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Amazon Wants to Ship Your Package Before You Buy It
Amazon.com knows you so well it wants to ship your next package before you order it.
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