Music file compressed 1,000 times smaller than mp3 April 01, 2008 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 57 vote(s)
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Researchers at the University of Rochester have digitally reproduced music in a file nearly 1,000 times smaller than a regular MP3 file. The music, a 20-second clarinet solo, is encoded in less than a single kilobyte, and ... | |
 Oxford project to develop free software for green computing March 18, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Oxford University is pioneering an energy saving research project for green computing, which is likely to have wide-reaching benefits for further and higher educational institutions across the UK. | |
IBM Cracks Web 2.0 Security Concerns With 'SMash' March 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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IBM today announced new technology to secure "mashups," web applications that pull information from multiple sources, such as Web sites, enterprise databases or emails, to create one unified view. Mashups are attractive for ... | |
Emails show Microsoft's Vista problems February 29, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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E-mails suggest Microsoft executives struggled to make Windows Vista work on their own computers after it was released, a published report said. | |
 Jump into the screen with 360-degree immersive video February 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 42 vote(s)
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As you watch a video, have you ever wondered what's happening beyond the camera frame? If you could jump inside the video and look around, you would have a 360-degree view of the world in your TV screen or ... | |
Team-based e-learning turns a new page February 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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How do students, who may be located across the globe, collaborate together on team-based project work? European researchers have developed the first online platform that integrates elements of e-learning, social networking ... | |
 Nomadic devices, the freedom to compute February 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Today's mobile phones and other nomadic devices have the computing power to offer users many more applications than currently available. However, security concerns and costs are holding back developments in ... | |
UI develops free, easy-to-use web tool kit for archivists February 19, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Archivists at the University of Illinois Library believe they have built a better tool kit. Their new online collections management program called Archon has more than a few attractive features – not the least of which is ... | |
 Put trust in your pocket: CSIRO's trust extension device February 19, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
CSIRO has developed a prototype portable device that will allow people to do business across the internet on any computer in a trusted manner. | |
Digital frame virus traced to China February 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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A powerful virus recently discovered in digital photo frames has been identified as a Chinese Trojan Horse that gathers personal information. | |
Gliding to gold -- world-beating software could boost British swimming February 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
New computer software could enable Britain’s swimmers to improve a key aspect of their technique more quickly and effectively than previously possible – and so help them win more medals in major championships in future. | |
 Software gets smart cars talking February 11, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
New technology allowing a group of vehicles to exchange data automatically with each other and with traffic control centres could pave the way for a more efficient and safer European road network. | |
 Teams battle to on-screen victory February 08, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Tanks, soldiers, snipers, mortars and bombers fanned out rapidly over unfamiliar undulating terrain, searching for their enemy counterparts and trying to seize control of battle towers. Some armies swarmed ... | |
IBM to Build First Cloud Computing Center in China February 01, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
IBM today announced it will establish the first Cloud Computing Center for software companies in China, which will be situated at the new Wuxi Tai Hu New Town Science and Education Industrial Park in Wuxi, China | |
 Music lovers get the 'meta' of digital audio January 31, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Groundbreaking audio software developed by European researchers could help music lovers jump to the hidden beats. | |
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