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Man versus machine poker re-match

July 01, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | User comments: 4

Polaris, the University of Alberta poker playing computer program, is heading to Las Vegas for a re-match against humans.


3D Graphics Can Geometrically Guide Your Attention

July 10, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 26 vote(s) | User comments: 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- When you gaze at a painting, the first thing that catches your eye is usually not an accident. Since the beginning of art, painters have used strategic techniques to guide a viewer’s attention ...


How Secure Is Your Network? NIST Model Knows

July 23, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Data breaches are a recurring nightmare for IT managers responsible for securing not only their company’s confidential data, but possibly also sensitive information belonging to their clients, ...


Multithreaded supercomputer seeks software for data-intensive computing

July 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | User comments: 1

The newest breed of supercomputers have hardware set up not just for speed, but also to better tackle large networks of seemingly random data. And now, a multi-institutional group of researchers has been awarded ...