'Saucy' software update finds symmetries dramatically faster June 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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Computer scientists at the University of Michigan developed open-source software that cuts the time to find symmetries in complicated equations from days to seconds in some cases. | |
 Sandia fingerprinting technique demonstrates wireless device driver vulnerabilities September 12, 2006 | User rating: 2.2 / 5 after 58 vote(s)
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The next time you’re sipping a latte and surfing the Net at your favorite neighborhood wireless cafe, someone just a few seats away could be breaking into your laptop and causing irreparable damage to your ... | |
'N-variant' microchips could protect intellectual property, enable new services June 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Rice University computer engineers have created a way to design integrated circuits that can contain many multiple selves. The chips can assume one identify or a subset of identities at a time, depending on the user's needs. ... | |
A new way to protect computer networks from Internet worms June 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Scientists may have found a new way to combat the most dangerous form of computer virus. The method automatically detects within minutes when an Internet worm has infected a computer network. Network administrators can then ... | |
Scientists teach a computer to recognize attractiveness in women April 04, 2008 | User rating: 3.1 / 5 after 30 vote(s)
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“Beauty,” goes the old saying, “is in the eye of the beholder.” But does the beholder have to be human? Not necessarily, say scientists at Tel Aviv University. Amit Kagian, an M.Sc. graduate from the TAU School of Computer ... | |
 Computer Program Can't Lose at Checkers July 19, 2007 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 71 vote(s)
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Game over. Computer scientists at the University of Alberta have solved checkers, the popular board game with a history that dates back to 3,000 B.C. | |
 Engineer Creates First Academic Playstation 3 Computing Cluster March 09, 2007 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 132 vote(s)
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The Sony Playstation 3, Xbox and Nintendo Wii have captivated a generation of computer gamers with bold graphics and rapid-fire animation. But these high-tech toys can do a lot more than just play games. At ... | |
 Computer Science Professor’s Breakthrough Maps the Cool Quest June 20, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Like a Doppler weather map with red blotches tracking the paths of major storms, a new tracking software service co-developed by Columbia University computer science professor Tony Jebara instantly shows people ... | |
 Computer scientists devise a 'P4P' system for efficient Internet usage May 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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A Yale research team has engineered a system with the potential for making the Internet work more efficiently, in which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and Peer-to-Peer (P2P) software providers can work ... | |
Groundbreaking research study to measure 'how much information?' is in the world June 03, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, today announced a new study to quantify the amounts and kinds of information being produced worldwide by businesses and consumers alike. The "How Much Information?" ... | |
Videogaming goes audio: New game lets visually impaired share the fun June 03, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A new computer game developed by MIT and Singaporean students has taken the video out of videogames, making it possible for visually impaired people to play the game on a level field with their sighted friends. | |
 Researchers develop new image-recognition software May 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 26 vote(s)
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It takes surprisingly few pixels of information to be able to identify the subject of an image, a team led by an MIT researcher has found. The discovery could lead to great advances in the automated identification ... | |
Researchers demonstrate direct brain control of humanoid robot December 15, 2006 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 57 vote(s)
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A classic science-fiction scene shows a person wearing a metal skullcap with electrodes sticking out to detect the person’s thoughts. Another sci-fi movie standard depicts robots doing humans’ bidding. Now the two are combined, ... | |
 Researchers reveal 'extremely serious' vulnerabilities in e-voting machines September 13, 2006 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 155 vote(s)
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In a paper published on the Web today, a group of Princeton computer scientists said they created demonstration vote-stealing software that can be installed within a minute on a common electronic voting machine. ... | |
 Bringing Second Life To Life: Researchers Create Character With Reasoning Abilities of a Child March 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 36 vote(s)
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Troy, N.Y. – Today’s video games and online virtual worlds give users the freedom to create characters in the digital domain that look and seem more human than ever before. But despite having your hair, your ... | |
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