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Braess' Paradox Infects Social Networks Too, Say Computer Scientists
The paradox that adding extra roads to a network can lead to greater congestion, may be seen in social networks, too.
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Quantum Cryptography Put to Work For Electric Grid Security
Quantum cryptography researchers say they demonstrated how they can secure control data for electric grids using quantum cryptography.
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Top .s. Stealth Jet Has to Talk to Allied Planes Over nsecured Radio
For the first time, America's top-of-the-line F-22 fighters and Britain's own cutting-edge Typhoon jets have come together for intensive, long-term training in...
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Exposé of Chinese Data Thieves Reveals Sloppy Tactics
A beige office block in Shanghai's suburbs belonging to the Chinese army became world famous on Tuesday after Mandiant, a Washington-based computer security company...
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Cybercrime: It's Serious, But Exactly How Serious?
Symantec says $110 billion annually while McAfee says $1 trillion. Why can't anyone agree?
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Decoding Dementia
Computer models may help neurologists unlock the secrets of brain disorders, from Alzheimer's to cancer.
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NASA Rover Confirms First Drilled Mars Rock Sample
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has relayed new images that confirm it has successfully obtained the first sample ever collected from the interior of a rock on another...
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Using 3D Worlds to Visualize Data
Take a walk through a human brain? Fly over the surface of Mars?
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Brown Mooc to Lure High School Students to STEM
Brown University will offer a massive open online course (MOOC) aimed at drawing high school students to careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)...
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The Drones Come Home
At the edge of a stubbly, dried-out alfalfa field outside Grand Junction, Colorado, Deputy Sheriff Derek Johnson, a stocky young man with a buzz cut, squints at...
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China Defense Ministry Refutes Cyber Attack Allegations
China's military spokesman said on Wednesday that the country's armed forces had never backed any hacking activities, denouncing U.S. cyber security firm Mandiant's...
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Tongue-Tingling Interface Lets You Taste Data
A new device called Tongueduino can turn the tongue into a 'display' for output from environmental sensors.
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Picture-Perfect
MIT researchers have developed a processor chip that can quickly create more realistic or enhanced lighting in a photograph.
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Data Mining Is New Lobbying Gold
A congressman gets an earful from his neighbor after church about a tax bill. A senator suddenly finds old high school classmates calling her about an upcoming...
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When Will the Internet Reach Its Limit (and How Do We Stop It from Happening)?
The number of smartphones, tablets and other network-connected gadgets will outnumber humans by the end of the year.
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Software that Tracks People on Social Media Created By Defence Firm
A multinational security firm has secretly developed software capable of tracking people's movements and predicting future behaviour by mining data from social...
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'slow Light' Advance Could Speed Optical Computing, Telecommunications
Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers have demonstrated rapidly switching on and off "slow light" in specially designed materials at room temperature.
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Chinese Army Unit Is Seen as Tied to Hacking Against U.s.
On the outskirts of Shanghai, in a run-down neighborhood dominated by a 12-story white office tower, sits a People's Liberation Army base for China’s growing corps...
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New High-Tech Warfare Medal Draws Backlash
The Pentagon sparked an uproar among troops and veterans when it revealed that a new high-level medal honoring drone pilots will rank above some traditional combat...
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