New software protects confidentiality of data while enabling access and sharing May 02, 2006 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Penn State researchers have developed software that allows databases to "talk to each other" automatically without compromising the security of the data and metadata because the queries, data communicated and other information ... | |
 Computer game's high score could earn the Nobel Prize in medicine May 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 48 vote(s)
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Gamers have devoted countless years of collective brainpower to rescuing princesses or protecting the planet against alien invasions. This week researchers at the University of Washington will try to harness ... | |
MS Patch Tuesday Fires Off 14 Critical Updates May 09, 2007 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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System administrators will have to prioritize between updating Exchange and DNS servers while leaving equally important server and application updates dangling, experts say. | |
Using G OS 3.0 to access Google programs September 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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Before recent fuss over the new Google Chrome browser, I was looking at another new freebie that may give the average user a better idea of where the search giant is headed. And it isn't even a Google product. | |
New Quantum Strategy Keeps Web Searches Private June 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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When an Internet user types a word or phrase into a search engine, the Web server has the ability to find out that inquiry. As more people and businesses are becoming concerned about privacy, researchers are developing new ... | |
 Jump into the screen with 360-degree immersive video February 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 43 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 ... | |
Teaching experience August 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Business veterans claim you cannot teach ‘experience’, but European researchers say you can. The team developed software that helps players acquire real-life skills and realistic experiences through game playing. But this ... | |
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 ... | |
Security loophole found in Windows operating system November 12, 2007 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 37 vote(s)
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A group of researchers headed by Dr. Benny Pinkas from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Haifa succeeded in finding a security vulnerability in Microsoft's "Windows 2000" operating system. | |
Keep Mac screen from dimming September 24, 2008 | User rating: 2.1 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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The Internet is full of great TV shows and movies that you can watch for free online, but sometimes, Mac computers will often dim the screen slightly while you are watching the video. | |
 Sims creator's long-awaited 'playing god' game hits stores September 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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"Spore", the eagerly-awaited computer game five years in the making allowing people to play God by re-creating the universe, hits stores worldwide this week. | |
New software turns PC into TiVo TV recorder September 29, 2008 | User rating: 2.8 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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(AP) -- TiVo Inc. and Nero AG of Germany were set to announce Monday that they will be launching a package that turns a Windows PC into a TV recorder, just like a TiVo set-top box. | |
Instant messaging proves useful in reducing workplace interruption June 03, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Employers seeking to decrease interruptions may want to have their workers use instant messaging software, a new study suggests. A recent study by researchers at Ohio State University and University of California, Irvine ... | |
Bringing down the language barrier... automatically May 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Progress being made by European researchers on automatic speech-to-speech translation technology could help the EU tackle one of the biggest remaining boundaries to internal trade, mobility and the free exchange of information ... | |
 Research puts finger on virtual iPhone button July 22, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A virtual tactile keyboard could hold the key to making the iPhone easier to use. | |
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