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Network Gives Traffic Managers, Police Real-Time View of Road Conditions
University of Maryland researchers have developed the Regional Integrated Transportation Information System, a system that gives traffic managers and police in...
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Mini Generators Make Energy from Random Ambient Vibrations
Tiny generators developed at the University of Michigan could produce enough electricity from random, ambient vibrations to power a wristwatch, pacemaker or wireless...
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Cyber Warriors
Purdue University's Eugene Spafford says that cybercrime has evolved into a well-financed enterprise perpetrated by mature individuals and groups of professionals...
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Wireless Controlled From the Cloud
IBM China Research Lab scientists have developed Wireless Network Cloud, a new architecture that shifts the signal-processing requirements of wireless networks...
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Collaboration With IBM to Speed Up 'the Cloud'
Cornell University professor Hakim Weatherspoon and IBM researchers are studying the causes of data distortions and are developing ways for cloud computing applications...
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Uk Promises
The U.K. Government has announced the creation of the new Institute for Web Science, to be headed by World Wide Web inventor Sir Tim Berners Lee, and leading Web...
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The Internet of Cars
An Internet of cars promises a road system designed around cooperative technology enabling each element of the traffic system—cars, drivers, traffic lights, signs—to...
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Academic Paper in China Sets Off Alarms in .s.
Wang Jianwei, a graduate engineering student in Liaoning, China, who was described as a potential cyberwarrior before the United States Congress this month, says...
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Dismantling of Saudi-CIA Web Site Ilustrates Need For Clearer Cyberwar Policies
By early 2008, top U.S. military officials had become convinced that extremists planning attacks on American forces in Iraq were making use of a Web site set up...
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Big Brother at the Movies: Can They Really Do That?
When it comes to portraying Big Brother on the big screen, how close is Hollywood fiction to real-world fact? Intercepting private cell phone calls. Deploying...
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U.s. Asks Colleges to Enhance the Nation's Internet Capacity
The U.S. government wants colleges and universities to help bring ultra high-speed Internet access to more communities. The proposal is part of a federal blueprint...
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Web Sites That Can Take a Punch
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have developed a system to keep Web servers running even when they are under attack from cybercriminals.
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See-Through Networks
Promising faster, more efficient and cheaper computer networking, transparent networks are the paradigm of the future. But thanks to European researchers, they...
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Privacy in the Age of Digital Glass Houses
The private e-mails and texts that keep you closely connected could quickly turn embarrassing if made public by a spurned friend or partner. How much privacy can...
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Are Machines Ready to Break Down Language Barriers?
Even in an era of global networks and cheap travel, international communication still faces one great barrier: we don't all speak the same language. But that gap...
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An Express Lane From Camera to Computer
Intel is developing the Light Peak fiber-optic link, cable technology that will transmit 10 gigabits of data per second bidirectionally, and is expected to scale...
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Intel Powers Its Way Inside the Smart Grid
Intel wants you to take more interest in your energy use but isn't fussy about how you do it. The chip giant has developed a broad strategy to make money on smart...
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Mobile Phone Allows Boss to Snoop
KDDI Corp. has developed mobile phone technology that detects even the tiniest actions of the user by analyzing the movement of accelerometers embedded in the devices...
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Human Arm Transmits Broadband
Korea University researchers have developed a method for transmitting data at a rate of 10 megabits per second through a person's arm, between two electrodes on...
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