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Pen-Based Computing: Still Looking For The Write App
The sector, once popular, is searching for applications and users.
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Q&a: Exascale Now a Global Race For Tech
Peter Beckman, director of the Exascale Technology and Computing Institute at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, recently spoke with Computerworld...
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Exascale Computing Seen in This Decade
A major focus at the SC11 supercomputing conference was plans to develop an exascale computing system, which would be about 1,000 times more powerful than any...
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New Computer Interfaces Challenge Touch Screens
Researchers at several recent conferences have shown how new interfaces could change the future of human-computer interaction.
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Linux Loses its Luster as a Darling Among Developers
Linux as an application development platform has fallen to third place in popularity behind Mac OS and Windows, according to an Evans Data Corp. survey.
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Cerf Calls Internet Governance Critical Issue in High Tech
Governance of the Internet is a critical issue for the high-tech world, says Internet pioneer Vint Cerf.
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3D Chips: The Next Electronics Revolution
The semiconductor industry is moving toward three-dimensional (3D) chip design, stacking dies and moving data from one layer to another.
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Robots Are Taking Mid-Level Jobs, Changing the Economy
The eventual replacement of humans by robots and computers in enough jobs will eventually transform the economic landscape, and this process has already begun,...
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Table Salt Found to Boost Data Storage Density
Table salt could be used to increase the capacity of hard drives from as much as 4 Tbytes today to more than 21 Tbytes, according to researchers at the Institute...
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High-Skill Visa Reform Needs Action By Congress, Obama Says
Congressional action is needed to overhaul high-skill immigration policy, President Obama said during a meeting of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness...
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Salaries Rise For Engineers Despite Higher Unemployment
Despite a higher-than-normal rate of unemployment and a weak economy, salaries for engineers are on the upswing.
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Argonne Researchers 'hack' Diebold E-Voting System
Argonne National Laboratory researchers recently demonstrated how the Diebold Accuvote TS machine can be hacked using inexpensive, widely available electronic...
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E-Voting Gets Almost nanimous Praise, Study Finds
A recent Delvinia report could lead to the introduction of Internet voting across all levels of government in Canada.
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5 More Tech Breakthroughs: Innovations in Access, Power and Control
Five new technology breakthroughs could change the way users power and interact with their devices and access the Internet.
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Schoolchildren to Be Taught How to Write Software
The British government has decided to start teaching pre-General Certificate of Secondary Education students how to write software as part of its effort to transform...
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5 Tech Breakthroughs: Chip-Level Advances That May Change Computing
Chip-level advances, including new processors and circuits, could be the building blocks that lead to a new generation of computing products and devices.
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Parallel Programming Skills Crisis Could Stall Server Evolution
The lack of parallel programming expertise worldwide will become a major issue for the IT industry over the next 10 years, warns a RMIT University report.
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Ten Years After 9/11, Cyber Attacks Pose National Threat, Committee Says
Catastrophic cyberattacks are a very real threat to U.S. security, according to a study from the Bipartisan Policy Center's National Security Preparedness Group...
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Researchers Show Off Homemade Spy Drone at Black Hat
Security researchers Mike Tassey and Richard Perkins recently unveiled the Wi-Fi Aerial Surveillance Platform, a remote controlled unmanned aerial vehicle that...
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The A-Z of Programming Languages: Shakespeare
In an interview, Swedish programmers Jon Aslund and Karl Wiberg say they created the Shakespeare Programming Language in one night while they were studying at the...
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