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A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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A Matter of Privacy
Do consumers have enough control over their personal information or is more government regulation needed?
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The New Face of War
With the introduction of the sophisticated Stuxnet worm, the stakes of cyberwarfare have increased immeasurably.
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CSEdWeek Expands Its Reach
The second Computer Science Education Week is showing students, parents, and educators why computer science is important.
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Topic Models vs. Unstructured Data
With topic modeling, scientists can explore and understand huge collections of unlabeled information.
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The Eyes Have It
Eye-tracking control for mobile phones might lead to a new era of context-aware user interfaces.
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When the Playroom Is the Computer
A block-shaped robot that seems to roll onto a computer screen is part of an educational-media system that gets kids out of their chairs.
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Social Media Actually Strengthens Social Ties, Study Says
A University of Texas at Austin study reveals gender differences amid the ubiquitous use of Facebook. College students and graduates are expanding their online...
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With Kinect Controller, Hackers Take Liberties
When Oliver Kreylos, a computer scientist, heard about the capabilities of Microsoft's new Kinect gaming device, he couldn’t wait to get his hands on it. "I dropped...
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Social Networking Extends Mobile Battery Life
Researchers at the University of Zagreb, Crotia, are developing a new approach to social networking for mobile devices that is based on the context and preferences...
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How Wise Are Crowds?
By melding economics and engineering, researchers show that as social networks get larger, they usually get better at sorting fact from fiction.
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Cell Phone Alerts to Warn Residents of Danger
Two U.S. Department of Homeland Security offices are working with wireless carriers to develop a national capability to send emergency alerts to mobile devices....
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Virus Could Ruin Many Industries' Control Systems
Stuxnet, a worm that appears to target Iran's nuclear energy plants, can be tweaked to inflict damage on industrial control systems worldwide, and constitutes the...
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.S. Sees 'Huge' Cyber Threat in the Future
U.S. Defense secretary Robert Gates recently told members of The Wall Street Journal CEO Council that the threat from cybertechnologies will grow from "considerable"...
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Code Clues Point to Stuxnet Maker
Detailed analysis of the code in the Stuxnet worm has narrowed the list of suspects who could have created it.
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Researcher Highlights Need For Transparency on the Web
University of Southampton professor Luc Moreau says that enabling Web users to determine where data comes from and decide if it is trustworthy will lead to a new...
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Cell-Phone Chips to the Rescue
Data centers, under greater demand than ever, are looking to low-power chips as a way to save money, but switching won't be easy.
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China Internet Hijack: A Guide
Cyber terrorism is a growing threat, and of increasing concern to governments around the world. But just what did the latest alleged cyber attack by a Chinese...
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Ecs Research Helps to 'fix the Web'
Citizens Online's new Fix the Web campaign is designed to address the problem of inaccessible websites by providing a quick and easy way for users to complain about...
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Forcing Browsers to se Encryption
The Internet Engineering Task Force has developed a security mechanism to mitigate the threat from browser add-ons that allow attackers to easily capture the cookies...
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