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Improving Phones Through Surveillance
Apps that track how people use their phones could help make the devices more efficient.
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How Energy-Efficient Is Cloud Computing?
University of Melbourne researchers have found that cloud computing is not always the most energy-efficient option.T he team found that transporting data between...
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Research Project Aims to Simplify Large-Scale Network Control
Researchers at Google, Nicira Networks, and NEC presented a research project designed to simplify the control and management of large-scale network implementations...
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W3C: Hold Off on Deploying HTML5 in Websites
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) says that HTML5 is still not ready for deployment to websites. "It's a little too early to deploy it because we're running...
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Google to Map Inflation Using Web Data
Google is using its vast database of web shopping data to construct the "Google Price Index"—a daily measure of inflation that could one day provide an alternative...
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Robotic Aircraft & Ground Vehicle to Collaborate at Robotics Rodeo
Researchers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute are poised to show the U.S. Army an advanced approach to enabling autonomous collaboration among dissimilar robotic...
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Cars and Wind: What's Next For Google as It Pushes Beyond the Web?
Google, a vanguard of the Internet, has placed its bets on the high-tech transformation of non-tech industries—cars and wind energy.
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Intel Tries Anonymity, For a Change
An average laptop contains about 1,800 components, but only one garners much brand awareness from typical consumers: the chip made by Intel.
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Study Shows Why It's Hard to Crash the Electric Grid
A recent study accounting for the two most important laws of physics governing the flow of electricity shows why terrorists would have a hard time bringing down...
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Microsoft Fixes Record 49 Holes, Including Stuxnet Flaw
In a record Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released updates today for Windows, Internet Explorer, and the .NET framework that feature fixes for 49 holes, including...
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Time For .s. to Assert Itself on the Internet, Report Says
The United States should apply its interests in overseeing the Internet's infrastructure because it plays such a crucial role in the country's national security...
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Researcher Finds Top Reasons for Facebook Unfriending
University of Colorado Denver's Christopher Sibona surveyed more than 1,500 Facebook users on Twitter and found that the number one reason for unfriending is frequent...
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Web Code Offers New Ways To See What sers Do Online
Worries over Internet privacy have spurred lawsuits, conspiracy theories and consumer anxiety as marketers and others invent new ways to track computer users...
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Chinese and Saudis Lead Way in Internet Use
People in China and the Middle East are the busiest and most enthusiastic internet users, a study of the world’s online habits has revealed.
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Eu Calls Stuxnet 'paradigm Shift' As U.s. Responds More Mildly
While official U.S. response has been comparatively mild, the European Union's cybersecurity agency says Stuxnet represents a "paradigm shift" in critical infrastructure...
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Artificial Intelligence: Helping Man Explore the Cosmos
Man's first 50 years of spaceflight may have been fuelled by human ingenuity but it is artificial intelligence that will play an increasingly important role in...
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The Smartphone's Shape-Shifting Future
The smartphone of the future might lose its sleek, solid shell to become a shape-shifter, able to alter its appearance to signal an alert in situations where...
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An Operating System to Run It All
Intel's MeeGo will let apps span tablets, phones, and TVs.
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Linkedin Mines Twitter Streams
The LinkedIn social network has launched in limited beta a service that lets users glean relevant information from the massive volume of Twitter streams. Called...
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