 3D Graphics Can Geometrically Guide Your Attention July 10, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 26 vote(s)
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(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, ... | |
Security flaws in online banking sites found to be widespread July 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- More than 75 percent of the bank Web sites surveyed in a University of Michigan study had at least one design flaw that could make customers vulnerable to cyber thieves after their money or even their identity. | |
 Virtual world is sign of future for scientists, engineers July 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Purdue University is operating a virtual environment that enables scientists and engineers to interpret raw data collected with powerful instruments called dynamic atomic force microscopes. | |
 Semantics gives the web meaning -- for machines July 16, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Where would we be without the web? It is such an immense and rich source of information; we feel that every answer is out there. All it takes is a bit of searching... | |
 For your eyes only: Custom interfaces make computer clicking faster, easier July 15, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Insert your key in the ignition of a luxury car and the seat and steering wheel will automatically adjust to preprogrammed body proportions. Stroll through the rooms of Bill Gates' mansion ... | |
 Multithreaded supercomputer seeks software for data-intensive computing July 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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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 ... | |
 Many processors make light work of calculations July 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Solving complicated calculations has never been easy, but a new European computing grid means researchers can number crunch their data faster than ever before. | |
Researchers detect fake art from originals July 09, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
As museums continue to digitize their art collections, it becomes increasingly easier for paintings to be forged. Two Penn State researchers are part of an international team working on a digital system to help detect original ... | |
 Artificial intelligence takes home the pot at the poker table July 09, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Last weekend, the best man at the table was a machine. Polaris, the University of Alberta poker playing computer program, took on professional players in Las Vegas and came out on top. Like last year's challenge, ... | |
 Making sure the internet delivers July 04, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
European researchers have developed affordable test suites that businesses can use to check whether their software will work with the next-generation internet. | |
 Man versus machine poker re-match July 01, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Polaris, the University of Alberta poker playing computer program, is heading to Las Vegas for a re-match against humans. | |
To sing like Shakira, press '1' now June 30, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Vibrato -- the pulsating change of pitch in a singer's voice -- is an important aspect of a singer's expression, used extensively by both classical opera singers and pop stars like Shakira. Usually, the quality of a vibrato ... | |
 Goodbye to faulty software? July 15, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Will it ever be possible to buy software guaranteed to be free from bugs? A team of European researchers think so. Their work on the mathematical foundations of programming could one day revolutionise the ... | |
 Fujitsu Develops New Technology that Ensures Authenticity of Digital Video Clips July 03, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Fujitsu Laboratories announced today the development of the world's first technology that makes it possible to ensure that digital video data recorded over long time periods and then stored and managed in ... | |
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