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Netflix Awards $1 Million Prize and Starts a New Contest
Netflix, the movie rental company, has decided its million-dollar-prize competition was such a good investment that it is planning another one. The company’srecommendation...
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Researchers Could Save Thousands sing Xbox's Parallel Processing Capabilities
University of Warwick researcher Simon Scarle has demonstrated that an Xbox 360 chip could replace parallel processing hardware for a fraction of the cost. Scarle's...
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Prone Robot Sculpture Draws Attention
Goldie, the sculpture that looks like a rusty, prone robot, lies mute on Woods Quad at the University of Alabama. Curious, delighted visitors drawn to the enchanting...
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Google Acquires Recaptcha
ReCAPTCHA Inc., a spin-off of Carnegie Mellon University's Computer Science Department, has been acquired by Google Inc. The Pittsburgh company developed online...
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NRL Artificial Intelligence Team Win Prestigious Video Awards
Researchers at the U.S. Navy Research Laboratory's (NRL) Navy Center for Applied Research in Artificial Intelligence won two awards at the 21st International Joint...
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European Research Plays Bit Part in Ben Hur Live
Technology developed by European researchers is helping the stage production of Ben Hur Live in London's O2 arena. It might only be a bit part, but technology developed...
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Rome Is Built in a Day, with Hundreds of Thousands of Digital Photos
The ancient city of Rome was not built in a day. It took nearly a decade to build the Colosseum, and almost a century to construct St. Peter's Basilica. But now...
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The Wall Street Journal 2009 Technology Innovation Awards
New York-based Organic Motion Inc.'s motion-capture system that doesn't require bodysuits or markers won the computing-systems category of The Wall Street Journal...
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Can Video Game Testing Spark Interest in Computing Among Black Youth?
Betsy DiSalvo with Georgia Tech's College of Computing is betting that young African American males' interest in video games can be tapped to generate a greater...
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Smart Sensors Power Interaction
More than 70 demonstrations of interactive technologies that use sensors for a wide range of applications were showcased at the Human Computer Interaction conference's...
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A Turing Test For Computer Game Bots
Can a computer fool expert gamers into believing it's one of them? That was the question posed at the second annual BotPrize, a three-month contest that concluded...
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Computer Games Make You More Efficient at Work
The Volvo Group has developed a computer game to teach the principles of lean production, a concept designed to increase the efficiency of working processes. In...
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Internet Addiction Center Opens In .s.
Ben Alexander spent nearly every waking minute playing the video game "World of Warcraft." As a result, he flunked out of the University of Iowa.Alexander, 19,...
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Child's Play May Revolutionize Video Gaming, Police Work
University of Alberta researchers Marcia Spetch and Vadim Bulitko have completed a study on the decisions humans make when hiding and searching for objects. They...
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Inventor Demonstrates Humanoid Robot's Latest AI Abilities
Independent inventor Le Trung recently demonstrated the newest version of his robot-controlling software called Bio Robot Artificial Intelligence Neural System...
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Software Annotates Images For Semantic Search
Innovative software developed in Europe that makes it easier to organize, search and navigate collections of digital images will soon be available to media agencies...
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China's 600-Year-Old Forbidden City Comes Alive Online
China's 600-year-old Forbidden City is renovating its Web site in a move to improve its offerings of Chinese culture. According to Hu Chui, head of the Palace Museum's...
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Computer System Classifies Music By its Beat and Tempo
Taiwanese computer scientists have developed a neural network program that can classify music on its beat and tempo. Lead researchers Mao-Yuan Kao and Chang-Biau...
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Html 5 Steps p
Microsoft Internet Explorer developers recently offered their feedback on the most recent draft of HTML version 5. Despite the fact that the entire Web is built...
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