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NASA Spacecraft Embarks on Historic Journey Into Interstellar Space
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft officially is the first human-made object to venture into interstellar space. The 36-year-old probe is about 12 billion miles (19 billion...
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Trigger Finger: Apple Fires Biometrics Into the Mainstream
By adding a fingerprint scanner to its newest mobile phone, Apple Inc. is offering a tantalizing glimpse of a future where your favorite gadget might become a biometric...
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The Real Reasons Apple's 64-Bit A7 Chip Makes Sense
Apple injected a lot of marketing hyperbole into its claims about the wonders of 64-bit computing when it showed off the A7 processor at the heart of the new ...
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Tackling Enterprise Threats From the Internet of Things
Security experts warn that a dire threat is posed by the poor security of the Internet of Things.
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Google Gives Online Class on Making Websites Accessible to the Blind
Google is offering a free online course to teach Web developers and designers how to make their websites more friendly for blind and visually-impaired users.
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New Approach to Making Graphene Could Lead to Workable Transistors
Researchers at Stanford have used DNA as a template to synthesize ultra-thin ribbons of graphene directly on silicon wafers. This new approach could ultimately...
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Intel's Extensive Makeover
While Apple talked about a couple of new products on Tuesday, Intel, with much less fanfare, talked about the transformation of a world, and itself.
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Proposals Sought to Foster Best Practices for Supporting Postdocs
The Computing Research Association's Computing Community Consortium seeks proposals for ways to develop best practices in support of postdoctoral scholars.
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Appeals Court Voices Concern About FCC Rule
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has concerns about the legality of FCC rules requiring equal treatment for all Internet traffic.
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The Nsa Sponsors 'cyber Operations' Training at niversities. Here's What Students Learn.
Last week, Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh became one of the latest—and most prestigious—schools to partner with the National Security Agency on a program...
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Researchers Developing New Systems to Improve Voice Recognition
A new system can identify speaking voices even while whispering, speaking through various emotions, or talking with a stuffy nose.
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Team Attempts to Restore Communications
Ground controllers have been unable to communicate with NASA's long-lived Deep Impact spacecraft.
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Artificial-Intelligence Research Revives Its Old Ambitions
The birth of artificial-intelligence research as an autonomous discipline is generally thought to have been the monthlong Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial...
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iSpy: How the NSA Accesses Smartphone Data
Michael Hayden has an interesting story to tell about the iPhone.
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The Nba Will Now Track Every Player's Movements
The National Basketball Association announced a contract with sports information company Stats to install player-tracking camera systems in every arena beginning...
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The New Era of Toy Robotics
In olden times, the most an ambitious young tinkerer could hope for in a toy was to be able to stick one funny-shaped piece onto another. Kids built airplanes with...
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md Engineering Group on Cutting Edge in Car Safety
Researchers have developed programming that will give drivers instant information on what lies ahead of them on the road.
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