 Computer scientists uncover online auction fraud December 05, 2006 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 39 vote(s)
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Computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University are using data mining techniques to identify perpetrators of fraud among online auction users as well as their otherwise unknown accomplices. | |
 Software allows amateurs to compose professional-looking music sports videos May 07, 2007 | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Although currently the composition of music sports videos requires a tech-savvy professional with an artist’s touch, the future may enable any amateur to create their own personalized video using software ... | |
Computer scientists develop solutions for long-term storage of digital data April 21, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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Although the digital age is well under way, one crucial detail remains to be worked out--how to store vast amounts of digital information in a way that allows future generations to recover it. | |
 Spam filter design to benefit from internet routing data September 12, 2006 | User rating: 1.9 / 5 after 52 vote(s)
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A database of more than 10 million spam email messages collected at just one Internet "spam sinkhole" suggests that Internet service providers could better fight unwanted junk email by addressing it at the ... | |
 Computer Science Fog Machine Improves Computer Graphics April 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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UC San Diego computer scientists have created a fog and smoke machine for computer graphics that cuts the computational cost of making realistic smoky and foggy 3-D images, such as beams of light from a lighthouse ... | |
Researchers devise new method for protecting private data April 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Companies and organizations that keep sensitive personal information on millions of Americans have become attractive targets for hackers in recent years, resulting in billions of dollars in losses for U.S. businesses and ... | |
 Hubble maps the changing constellation of Internet 'black holes' April 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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You're trying to log on to a Web site and it's not working. You try again and again. But persistence doesn't pay off. The site you want is inexplicably, frustratingly, out of reach. | |
 'What can I, Robot, do with that?' April 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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A new approach to robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) could lead to a revolution in the field by shifting the focus from what a thing is to how it can be used. | |
 Location spoofing possible with WiFi devices April 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Apple iPhone and iPod (touch) support a new self-localization feature that uses known locations of wireless access points as well as the device's own ability to detect access points. Now ETH Zurich researchers ... | |
 Virtual Eve: first in human computer interaction November 19, 2007 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 84 vote(s)
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The near-human performance of a virtual teacher called Eve created by Massey researchers has drawn the attention of scientists across the computing world. | |
 Maryland Professor Creates Desktop Supercomputer June 26, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 158 vote(s)
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A prototype of what may be the next generation of personal computers has been developed by researchers in the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering. Capable of computing speeds 100 ... | |
Not Much Anonymity for Unprotected File-Sharers: Researchers Examine P2P Networks September 26, 2007 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 60 vote(s)
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The same technology that allows easy sharing of music, movies and other content across a network also allows government and media companies easy access to who is illegally downloading that content. | |
Ad hoc encyclopaedia for the information age April 14, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Linking communities and information into a virtual digital library is the 21st century version of the Dictionaire Raisonneé. Better, they can be organised around specific topics, creating vast repositories and networks of ... | |
Researchers Use Wikipedia To Make Computers Smarter January 06, 2007 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 55 vote(s)
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Using Wikipedia, Technion researchers have developed a way to give computers knowledge of the world to help them “think smarter,” making common sense and broad-based connections between topics just as the human mind does. ... | |
 Beyond chess: Deep green models rapid change for combat commanders April 11, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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The USC Information Sciences Institute is playing a $7.6 million part in a DARPA research effort called Deep Green aimed at creating a system that can do so, one that might help future combat commanders in ... | |
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