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The 160-mile download diet: Local file-sharing drastically cuts network load Technology / Computer Sciences 20 hours ago \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 16 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 (PhysOrg.com) -- Ever since Bram Cohen invented BitTorrent, Web traffic has never been the same. Whether that's a good thing or a bad thing, however, is a matter of debate.

New Algorithm Significantly Boosts Routing Efficiency of Networks Technology / Computer Sciences August 18, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 13 vote(s) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- A time-and-money-saving question shared by commuters in their cars and networks sharing ever-changing Internet resources is: "What's the best way to get from here to there?"

'Virtual archaeologist' reconnects fragments of an ancient civilization Technology / Computer Sciences August 15, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 18 vote(s) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- For several decades, archaeologists in Greece have been painstakingly attempting to reconstruct wall paintings that hold valuable clues to the ancient culture of Thera, an island civilization ...

Computer users are digitizing books quickly and accurately with Carnegie Mellon method Technology / Computer Sciences August 14, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 32 vote(s) \| User comments: 4 Millions of computer users collectively transcribe the equivalent of 160 books each day with better than 99 percent accuracy, despite the fact that few spend more than a few seconds on the task and that most do not realize ...

Hollywood Hair is Captured at Last Technology / Computer Sciences August 13, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 14 vote(s) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- UC San Diego computer scientists presented a new method this week for accurately capturing the shape and appearance of a person’s hairstyle for use in animated films and video games.

Networks of the Future: Extending Our Senses into the Physical World Technology / Computer Sciences August 13, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 16 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 (PhysOrg.com) -- The picture of a future with wireless sensor networks-webs of sensory devices that function without a central infrastructure--is quickly coming into sharper focus through the work of Los Alamos National Laboratory ...

Images for 3D Video Games Without High Price Tags or Stretch Marks Technology / Computer Sciences August 12, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 16 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 (PhysOrg.com) -- The images of rocks, clouds, marble and other textures that serve as background images and details for 3D video games are often hand painted and thus costly to generate. A breakthrough from ...

'Virtuality' gets real Technology / Computer Sciences August 12, 2008 \| User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 (PhysOrg.com) -- Up to now virtual reality has proved cumbersome as a design tool, but European researchers are finalising a system that brings ‘virtuality’ to the wider world.

Computer scientist aims for a better-networked military Technology / Computer Sciences August 07, 2008 \| User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet Patrick Crowley, Ph.D., assistant professor of computer science and engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, has received a one-year, $499,765 grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) ...

Researchers develop next-generation computer antivirus system Technology / Computer Sciences August 06, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 28 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 (PhysOrg.com) -- Antivirus software on your personal computer could become a thing of the past thanks to a new "cloud computing" approach to malicious software detection developed at the University of Michigan. ...

Visualizing Open Source Software Development Technology / Computer Sciences July 30, 2008 \| User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- A UC Davis graduate student has created short, colorful movies that show the development of open source software. With dancing points of light, rings of color and a soundtrack, the Code_swarm animations show ...

Hybrid Human Faces Could Populate Google Street View Technology / Computer Sciences July 30, 2008 \| User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 15 vote(s) \| User comments: 6 Due to privacy concerns, Google has been blurring the faces of people caught on Google Street View cameras. But rather than blurring people's faces and diminishing the reality of the scene, researchers have ...

Europe’s next-generation broadband Technology / Computer Sciences July 25, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 13 vote(s) \| User comments: 6 An enormous research effort by Europe’s leading broadband players has helped accelerate dramatically the rollout of next-generation broadband services reaching speeds in the 10s of Mbit/s in many European countries. That ...

How Secure Is Your Network? NIST Model Knows Technology / Computer Sciences July 23, 2008 \| User rating: 3 / 5 after 6 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 Technology / Computer Sciences July 23, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 16 vote(s) \| No comments yet (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.

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The 160-mile download diet: Local file-sharing drastically cuts network load Technology / Computer Sciences 20 hours ago \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 16 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 (PhysOrg.com) -- Ever since Bram Cohen invented BitTorrent, Web traffic has never been the same. Whether that's a good thing or a bad thing, however, is a matter of debate.

New Algorithm Significantly Boosts Routing Efficiency of Networks Technology / Computer Sciences August 18, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 13 vote(s) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- A time-and-money-saving question shared by commuters in their cars and networks sharing ever-changing Internet resources is: "What's the best way to get from here to there?"

'Virtual archaeologist' reconnects fragments of an ancient civilization Technology / Computer Sciences August 15, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 18 vote(s) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- For several decades, archaeologists in Greece have been painstakingly attempting to reconstruct wall paintings that hold valuable clues to the ancient culture of Thera, an island civilization ...

Computer users are digitizing books quickly and accurately with Carnegie Mellon method Technology / Computer Sciences August 14, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 32 vote(s) \| User comments: 4 Millions of computer users collectively transcribe the equivalent of 160 books each day with better than 99 percent accuracy, despite the fact that few spend more than a few seconds on the task and that most do not realize ...

Hollywood Hair is Captured at Last Technology / Computer Sciences August 13, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 14 vote(s) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- UC San Diego computer scientists presented a new method this week for accurately capturing the shape and appearance of a person’s hairstyle for use in animated films and video games.

Networks of the Future: Extending Our Senses into the Physical World Technology / Computer Sciences August 13, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 16 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 (PhysOrg.com) -- The picture of a future with wireless sensor networks-webs of sensory devices that function without a central infrastructure--is quickly coming into sharper focus through the work of Los Alamos National Laboratory ...

Images for 3D Video Games Without High Price Tags or Stretch Marks Technology / Computer Sciences August 12, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 16 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 (PhysOrg.com) -- The images of rocks, clouds, marble and other textures that serve as background images and details for 3D video games are often hand painted and thus costly to generate. A breakthrough from ...

'Virtuality' gets real Technology / Computer Sciences August 12, 2008 \| User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 (PhysOrg.com) -- Up to now virtual reality has proved cumbersome as a design tool, but European researchers are finalising a system that brings ‘virtuality’ to the wider world.

Computer scientist aims for a better-networked military Technology / Computer Sciences August 07, 2008 \| User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet Patrick Crowley, Ph.D., assistant professor of computer science and engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, has received a one-year, $499,765 grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) ...

Researchers develop next-generation computer antivirus system Technology / Computer Sciences August 06, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 28 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 (PhysOrg.com) -- Antivirus software on your personal computer could become a thing of the past thanks to a new "cloud computing" approach to malicious software detection developed at the University of Michigan. ...

Visualizing Open Source Software Development Technology / Computer Sciences July 30, 2008 \| User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- A UC Davis graduate student has created short, colorful movies that show the development of open source software. With dancing points of light, rings of color and a soundtrack, the Code_swarm animations show ...

Hybrid Human Faces Could Populate Google Street View Technology / Computer Sciences July 30, 2008 \| User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 15 vote(s) \| User comments: 6 Due to privacy concerns, Google has been blurring the faces of people caught on Google Street View cameras. But rather than blurring people's faces and diminishing the reality of the scene, researchers have ...

Europe’s next-generation broadband Technology / Computer Sciences July 25, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 13 vote(s) \| User comments: 6 An enormous research effort by Europe’s leading broadband players has helped accelerate dramatically the rollout of next-generation broadband services reaching speeds in the 10s of Mbit/s in many European countries. That ...

How Secure Is Your Network? NIST Model Knows Technology / Computer Sciences July 23, 2008 \| User rating: 3 / 5 after 6 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 Technology / Computer Sciences July 23, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 16 vote(s) \| No comments yet (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.

The 160-mile download diet: Local file-sharing drastically cuts network load

New Algorithm Significantly Boosts Routing Efficiency of Networks

'Virtual archaeologist' reconnects fragments of an ancient civilization

Computer users are digitizing books quickly and accurately with Carnegie Mellon method

Hollywood Hair is Captured at Last

Networks of the Future: Extending Our Senses into the Physical World

Images for 3D Video Games Without High Price Tags or Stretch Marks

'Virtuality' gets real

Computer scientist aims for a better-networked military

Researchers develop next-generation computer antivirus system

Visualizing Open Source Software Development

Hybrid Human Faces Could Populate Google Street View

Europe’s next-generation broadband

How Secure Is Your Network? NIST Model Knows

Security flaws in online banking sites found to be widespread

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