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Agent-Based Computer Models Could Anticipate Future Economic Crisis
The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory is working to create new economic models that will provide more realistic pictures of different types...
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Semantic Desktop Paves the Way For the Semantic Web
The European Union-funded Nepomuk project has developed innovative software to make finding and sharing information on a computer significantly easier, potentially...
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Nasa Turns to Open-Source Problem-Tracking Databases
The recent launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour will involve the first live test of new software that was designed to streamline the process of problem reporting...
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Software For Safe Bridges
Inspectors might not have to examine bridges for visible damage directly on site as a result of new software that has been developed by researchers at the Fraunhofer...
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High Speed Broadband Will Create Energy Bottleneck and Slow Internet, Study Says
A surge in energy consumption caused by the increased adoption of broadband will continue to slow the Internet, concludes a University of Melbourne study presented...
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Google Executive rges Improvements to Technology Infrastructure
Google CEO Eric Schmidt says the U.S. federal government should invest in green technology and a national computer infrastructure to help create jobs and foster...
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Internet's Bandwidth Health Still in Trouble, Report Says
Demand for Internet bandwidth will exceed the Internet's capacity by 2012, predicts a new Nemertes Research report. Nemertes originally projected that Internet...
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Cell Phones Linked to Track Real-Time Traffic
The Mobile Millennium trial, a real-time wireless traffic network for San Francisco, launched this month and will link together GSM-based cell phones equipped with...
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IBM Tries to Bring Brain Power to Computers
IBM Research has been working on a project to give computers the same processing capabilities as the human brain. The goal is to integrate brain-related senses...
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It Sector Adds Jobs Despite Economic Turmoil
New statistics from the U.S. Bureau of Labor show that the IT profession may be stronger than the rest of the job market. Although 240,000 jobs were lost nationwide...
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It Security Education Continues to Evolve
IT security and cyberforensics are two areas with a critical need for more workers, writes Purdue University professor Eugene Spafford, chair of ACM's US Public...
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Nasa Tests First Deep-Space Internet
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) engineers have successfully tested the first deep space communications network based on the Internet, using the Disruption-Tolerant...
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What Has Driven Women Out of Computer Science?
In 1991, Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate student Ellen Spertus published the paper, "Why Are There So Few Female Computer Scientists?" Nearly 20...
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Supercomputers Break Petaflop Barrier, Transforming Science
The surpassing of petaflop speeds by a new breed of supercomputers could facilitate a profound scientific transformation by bringing simulation to the cutting edge...
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Researcher: Self-Driving Cars Could Save U.s. Auto Industry
Stanford University professor Sebastian Thrun says the U.S. auto industry's best hope for long-term survival is to take a leadership role in developing self-driving...
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New Regulations Will Soon Swell It Workloads
IT will have to assume a major workload increase to satisfy new government regulations expected to emerge next year in response to the current financial turmoil...
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It Salaries Take Tiny Leaps
Salaries for information technology (IT) professionals have essentially stalled, reveals Computerworld's 22nd annual Salary Survey. The survey, based on responses...
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Analyzing Online Social Networks
Social network analysis explains why some sites succeed and others fail, how physical and online social networks differ and are alike, and attempts to predict how...
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Damage Control
The U.S. patent system is overdue for reform, but what needs fixing, and how, is a matter of some dispute.
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