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Computer Scientists Find Vulnerabilities in Cisco Voip Phones
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Computer Scientists Find Vulnerabilities in Cisco Voip Phones

Columbia University researchers have found significant vulnerabilities in Cisco voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) telephones, and have demonstrated how they can...

Marking the Birth of the Modern-Day Internet
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Marking the Birth of the Modern-Day Internet

A long time ago, my colleagues and I became part of a great adventure, teamed with a small band of scientists and technologists in the U.S. and elsewhere.

­niversity Wins Record $1.17 Billion Verdict Against Marvell Semiconductor
From ACM News

­niversity Wins Record $1.17 Billion Verdict Against Marvell Semiconductor

A Pittsburgh jury found that hard drive control chips made by Marvell Semiconductor infringe two patents owned by Carnegie Mellon University.

Classical Computing Embraces Quantum Ideas
From ACM News

Classical Computing Embraces Quantum Ideas

Someday, quantum computers may be able to solve complex optimization problems, quickly mine huge data sets, simulate the kind of physics experiments that currently...

All Systems Go For Highest Altitude Supercomputer
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All Systems Go For Highest Altitude Supercomputer

The U.S. National Radio Astronomy Observatory has installed and tested in Chile the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, the most elaborate ground-based...

Proving the Need For Quantum Computers
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Proving the Need For Quantum Computers

University of Queensland researchers aim to prove the need for quantum computers by finding a problem that can be mathematically proven to be unsolvable by classical...

Why Everybody Wants a Slice of Raspberry Pi
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Why Everybody Wants a Slice of Raspberry Pi

In a world where computers are increasingly powerful and are concealed within ever more glossy slabs of aluminum, the Raspberry Pi offers surprising proof for the...

Why China's Homemade Microchips Will Struggle to Displace Western Giants
From ACM Opinion

Why China's Homemade Microchips Will Struggle to Displace Western Giants

If China's ultimate aim in the sphere of technology is to become completely self-sufficient, it is well on the way to achieving this ambitious goal.

Iran Repels New ­.s. Cyber Attack
From ACM News

Iran Repels New ­.s. Cyber Attack

Iran announced that it has thwarted a second cyber attack on one of its Culture Ministry institutes.

Cassini Instrument Learns New Tricks
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Cassini Instrument Learns New Tricks

For seven years, a mini-fridge-sized instrument aboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft reliably investigated weather patterns swirling around Saturn; the hydrocarbon...

Computer Engineering: Feeling the Heat
From ACM News

Computer Engineering: Feeling the Heat

A laptop computer can double as an effective portable knee-warmer—pleasant in a cold office.

Nist Nobel Winner Leads Work on Code-Breaking Computer
From ACM TechNews

Nist Nobel Winner Leads Work on Code-Breaking Computer

Research by U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology physicist David Wineland is part of an international race to develop quantum computers.

The Man Looking to Turn Samsung Into a Silicon Valley Trendsetter
From ACM Opinion

The Man Looking to Turn Samsung Into a Silicon Valley Trendsetter

Samsung Electronics is a company at the top of its game, having become the world’s leading smartphone manufacturer in the last year.

Stopping the Leaks
From Communications of the ACM

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.

Wallflowers of Silicon Valley Get Asked to Dance
From ACM Careers

Wallflowers of Silicon Valley Get Asked to Dance

After years of being wallflowers at Silicon Valley's hottest tech conferences and Sean Parker's after-parties, enterprise technology firms are now part of the "in"...

There's So Much Data that We're Running Out of Words to Describe It
From ACM News

There's So Much Data that We're Running Out of Words to Describe It

The world is producing and storing data at such a rate that the day isn't far off when we will literally no longer have a proper way of describing it.

Quantum Computers Will Be Commercially Available in 20 Years: Scientist
From ACM TechNews

Quantum Computers Will Be Commercially Available in 20 Years: Scientist

University of New South Wales professor Andrew Dzurak predicts that commercially available quantum computing will in arrive two decades, while demonstrations of...

Google Gets a Second Brain, Changing Everything About Search
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Google Gets a Second Brain, Changing Everything About Search

In the 1983 sci-fi/comedy flick The Man with Two Brains, Steve Martin played Michael Hfuhruhurr, a neurosurgeon who marries one of his patients but then falls in...

7 Secret Ways America's Stealth Armada Stays Off the Radar
From ACM News

7 Secret Ways America's Stealth Armada Stays Off the Radar

It's no secret how America's stealth warplanes primarily evade enemy radars.

More Radar, Less Radio for Safer Takeoffs And Landings
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More Radar, Less Radio for Safer Takeoffs And Landings

US Airways Flight 27 was roaring down Runway 15R at Boston's Logan Airport when a pickup truck suddenly pulled into its path.
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