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Nasa's Opals to Beam Data From Space Via Laser
NASA will use the International Space Station to test a new communications technology that could dramatically improve spacspacecraft communications, enhance commercial...
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Kremlin Returns to Typewriters to Avoid Computer Leaks
A source at Russia's Federal Guard Service, which is in charge of safeguarding Kremlin communications and protecting President Vladimir Putin, claimed that the...
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Human Motion Will Power the Internet of Things, Say Energy Harvesting Engineers
The Internet of Things is the imagined network of data links that will emerge when everyday objects are fitted with tiny identifying devices.
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The Manning Trial Grapples with the Question of Whether Wikileaks Is a Media Entity
Defense arguments in the trial of former Army private Bradley Manning—who stands accused of a number of crimes for handing over classified documents to WikiLeaks...
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In Head-Hunting, Big Data May Not Be Such a Big Deal
Q. How is Big Data being used more in the leadership and management field?
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Iran Planning Cyber Drills
Head of Iran's Civil Defense Organization Brigadier General Gholam Reza Jalali announced on Saturday that Iran plans to stage cyber exercises in the near future...
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Parts Installed 'upside Down' Caused Russian Rocket to Explode Last Week
While America was looking forward to the July 4 holiday, the Russian space program was busy putting the final touches on its latest rocket launch.
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Touch Screens Are Tested For Piloting Passenger Jets
As Denis Bonnet slipped into the right-hand seat of a commercial jet demonstrator in the airliner cockpit design center here at Thales, the French electronics group...
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Unmasking Organized Crime Networks with Data
One of the big challenges in fighting organized crime is precisely that it is organized. It is run a bit like a business, with chains of command and responsibility...
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Science Team Outlines Goals for NASA's 2020 Mars Rover
The rover NASA will send to Mars in 2020 should look for signs of past life, collect samples for possible future return to Earth, and demonstrate technology for...
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New York City's New Hot Address: .nyc
Say you live in New York City and you're just itching to find an obscure gift for that geek in your life who has everything.
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Internet Inventor: No Technological Cure For Privacy Ills
Is there technological solution for protecting people from online surveillance?
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What Your Metadata Says About You
As recently as a few weeks ago, "metadata" was an obscure term known mainly to techies and academics.
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This Is the Woman at the Heart of Everything Google Builds
There was a time when Melody Meckfessel juggled two wardrobes: one for one Google, and one for the rest of her life.
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New Language Helps Quantum Coders Build Killer Apps
Quantum software has finally left the dark ages with the creation of the first practical, high-level programming language for quantum computers.
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Future Cops: How Technology Is Set to Change Policing
The sci-fi vision of police officers rushing to the scene of a crime before any crime has even been committed may be rather far-fetched but technology is increasingly...
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Big Data Spells Trouble For Consumer Privacy
Matt Valentine, head of Microsoft's enterprise solutions for Hong Kong, shares a key piece of advice with his five- and seven-year-old children: when it comes to...
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How Nasa Steers the International Space Station Around Space Junk
Orbiting about 250 miles (400-ish km) above our heads is one of the most complex and expensive engineering projects that the human race has ever put together: the...
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Computer Programs Improve Fingerprint Grading
Researchers have developed a process for grading a fingerprint for sufficient detail for subsequent identification.
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