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Two Apps Aim To Tell The Truth And Nothing But The Truth
Two new software tools — both works-in-progress — are being built to help online readers distinguish truth from BS.
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Security Flaw In Common Keycard Locks Exploited In String Of Hotel Room Break-Ins
Whoever robbed Janet Wolf's hotel room did his work discreetly.
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Risk Profiling Software Tackles the Terrorist Threat
The U.K. branch of an American company has developed a hi-tech software programme it believes can help detect and prevent potentially dangerous passengers and cargo...
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More Sensitive Technique Could Lead to Improved Location-Based Mobile Services
A technique developed by an international research team could potentially improve the accuracy of determining the position of mobile devices. The protocol simultaneously...
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IT Building Blocks for the Man in the Street
Researchers at SINTEF ICT are developing computing tools composed of different building blocks so that people can select, combine, and put together the information...
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Big News From Mars? Rover Scientists Mum for Now
Scientists working on NASA's six-wheeled rover on Mars have a problem. But it's a good problem.
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What Goes Down Must Come Back Up
For most of the past two decades, the NASA and European Topex/Poseidon, Jason-1 and Jason-2 satellites have tracked the gradual rise of the world's ocean in response...
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NASA Observatories Find Most Distant Galaxy Candidate
By combining the power of NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes and one of nature's own natural "zoom lenses" in space, astronomers have set a new record for...
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As Boom Lures App Creators, Tough Part Is Making a Living
Shawn and Stephanie Grimes spent much of the last two years pursuing their dream of doing research and development for Apple, the world’s most successful corporation...
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Will We Ever nderstand How Our Brains Work?
When it comes to the human brain, many scientists believe that we are incapable of understanding how it works because we lack the tools and intelligence to measure...
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High-Performance Computing Turns to Apps to Cut Cost and Frustration
The concept of apps could enable more companies to take advantage of high-performance computing (HPC), considering the cost of HPC hardware and software makes adoption...
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New Ncsa Team to Focus on Big Science and Engineering Data Challenges
The U.S. National Center for Supercomputing Applications' new Data Cyberinfrastructure Directorate will combine NCSA projects, personnel, and capabilities to focus...
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Computer Simulations Shed Light on Cancer Prevention
NYU researchers are using high performance computing resources to model airborne cancerous chemicals, known as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, and their effect...
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From Sudan to Cyber, Secret War with Iran Hots Up
From a suspected Israeli airstrike in Sudan to cyber warfare in the Gulf and a drone shot down over Israel, the largely hidden war between Iran and its foes seems...
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Microsoft Brings Star Trek's Voice Translator to Life
Microsoft has developed and publicly demonstrated nearly instantaneous Chinese-to-English spoken word translation software capable of preserving the distinctive...
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Eye Am a Camera: Surveillance and Sousveillance in the Glassage
Digital eye glasses like Google’s Project Glass, and my earlier Digital Eye Glass, will transform society because they introduce a two-sided surveillance and sousveillance...
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Uconn Voter Center Helps Ensure Accuracy of Voting Machines
The University of Connecticut's Voting Technology Research Center analyzes data from AccuVote Optical Scanners, which are electronic ballot-counting systems used...
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Obama's Win a Big Vindication for Nate Silver, King of the Quants
In the end, big data won.
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Silicon Valley Technology Could Be Key to Connect Cars For Safer Driving
While Google's self-driving car is getting heaps of attention, a lesser-known effort that would employ Silicon Valley technologies to make regular automobiles safer...
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