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Google's Kurzweil on Teaching Human Language to Computers
Famed inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil joined Google last month to work on "some of the hardest problems in computer science," specifically machine learning and...
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Iranian Military Able to Repel Enemy Jamming, Electronic Attacks
A senior Iranian army commander lauded the achievements of the country's Armed Forces in electronic warfare, stressing that Iran's military units can maintain communications...
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When Huygens Met Titan
Eight years ago, the European Space Agency's Huygens bounced, slid, and wobbled its way to rest on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan.
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Hp Ceo Whitman Dubs Windows 8 a Work in Progress
There are plenty of Meg Whitman doubters out there. Some say the former EBay chief executive officer doesn't have the requisite big company experience to run a...
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Andrew Schwartz: Brain Control For Artificial Limbs
When Jan Scheuermann grasped a chocolate bar and raised it to her mouth last year, it was a neuroscience breakthrough.
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Oculus Rift: Deep Inside the Immersive, Disorienting Virtual Reality Gaming Experience
We just met with the team behind the Oculus Rift, which started out as a DIY project that quickly morphed into into a Kickstarter success story.
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Nasa's Robotic Refueling Demo Set to Jumpstart Expanded Capabilities in Space
In mid-January, NASA will take the next step in advancing robotic satellite-servicing technologies as it tests the Robotic Refueling Mission, or RRM, aboard the ...
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Rocra Espionage Malware Campaign ncovered After Five Years of Activity
For five years, it hid in the weeds of networks used by Eastern European diplomats, government employees and scientific research organizations, stealing data and...
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Drivers With Hands Full Get a Backup: The Car
Car makers increasingly are adopting technologies for use in autonomous vehicles that take advantage of the array of optical and radar sensors in new cars. The...
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In Video-Streaming Rat Race, Fast Is Never Fast Enough
On average, YouTube streams 4 billion hours of video per month.
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Their Apps Track You. Will Congress Track Them?
There are three things that matter in consumer data collection: location, location, location.
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The Future According to Google's Larry Page
When Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO of WPP Group, the giant advertising agency, visited Google this past fall, CEO Larry Page sent a car to pick him up at the Rosewood...
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Berkeley Lab Contemplates Stepping Stone to Exascale Supercomputer
The National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center at Berkeley Lab recently began installing Edison, a Cray supercomputer that will exceed two peak petaflops...
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U.s. Warns on Java Software As Security Concerns Escalate
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security urged computer users to disable Oracle Corp's Java software, amplifying security experts' prior warnings to hundreds of...
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Leap Motion, Others Look Beyond the Mouse and Keyboard
There was a time when the mouse and keyboard were the two primary ways to interact with a computer. Then came touch screens, and the idea of "natural input" became...
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Mobile Apps Drive Rapid Change in Searches
When the Federal Trade Commission decided last week to close its antitrust investigation of Google without charges, one important factor, though hardly mentioned...
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A Peek Inside China's Internet Giants and Their Massive Scale
Here's the thing about China: It's very, very big.
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How Fast Does 'Virtual Reality' Have to Be to Look Like 'Actual Reality'?
For decades now, virtual reality has been a pipe dream concept, well ahead of the technology needed to realize it.
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Mapping Malware's Genome to Fight Future Attacks
Every year a computer worm emerges to stalk the Internet, each one seemingly bigger and badder than the last (see diagram).
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