Communications of the ACM
NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography Candidate Cracked
It took researchers in Belgium just an hour to crack the SIKE cryptographic algorithm.
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Computer Security Team Proposes Cloud Computing Definition
A working definition for cloud computing has been released by a team of computer security experts at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)....
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Toyota Deploys Tech Tools in Third-Generation Prius
Recognizing that first-ness is a perishable commodity, Toyota has deployed an array of new technologies in its third-generation Prius hybrid aimed at cementing...
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Memory-Chip Alternative Is Unveiled
Unity Semiconductor Corp. says it has developed an alternative to the widely used NAND flash memory chip that can store four times the amount of data in the same...
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Superstumble For Japan's Supercomputer
Two private companies have recently withdrawn from a Japanese consortium established to build the world's fastest supercomputer. The Next-Generation Supercomputer...
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Saudi Arabia and Intel Plan R&d Center
In an effort to strength the Middle East's technical work force, Intel will help establish a nanoelectronics research center at the King Abdul-Aziz City of Science...
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Micromedicine to the Rescue
Medical researchers have long dreamed of "magic bullets" that go directly where they are needed. Now micromedicine and nanotechnology are making a range of molecules...
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Intel Launches Visual Computing Institute
Intel and Germany's University of Saarland have launched Intel VCI, a new visual computing institute that will focus on software architectures and algorithms for...
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Italy Aims to Send Spider-Bot Swarm to Moon
Nearly 40 years after Americans first set foot on the moon, a host of private rocketeers are hoping to follow to win a $30 million prize. Team Italia, one of 17...
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Cutting-Edge Robots Show Off in Japan
Researchers from around the world are meeting at a conference in Kobe, Japan, to discuss recent advancements in robotics. Among those on display will be RiSE, a...
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Energy-Efficient Technology Seen Providing Saving For Decades
While Americans may worry about having to give up their beloved flat screen TVs, computers and other high-tech devices in the home and workplace in an energy-constrained...
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Flexible Displays May Be Stretched Over Curved Surfaces
A team of University of Tokyo researchers led by professor Takao Someya has engineered a stretchable display by linking organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) and...
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Color E-Paper That Rivals the Real Thing
A new approach electronic-paper developed by Philips offers fresh hope for color e-paper displays that are so bright and clear that even traditional liquid crystal...
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Make Brighter, Full-Color Electronic Readers? Brilliant!
An international collaboration that includes the University of Cincinnati has announced the development of Electrofluidic Display Technology (EFD), which they say...
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New York Times Graphics Director Selected For Siggraph Keynote
The New York Times graphics director Steve Duenes, a leader in transforming complex data into understandable graphic journalism, will be the keynote speaker for...
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Researchers Step Toward Faster Chips
Scientists and engineers from the University of Florida, Stanford University, and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have created a basic type of semiconductor...
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Robots Take To The Stairs
Robots can climb stairs, and they are doing it everywhere you look. Built on painstakingly accumulated knowledge, several examples are demonstrated in YouTube...
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Control System Has What It Takes to Guide Experimental Aircraft
Ohio State University (OSU) engineers have developed control system software capable of piloting aircraft that travel faster than the speed of sound by adapting...
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Microsoft: Space Is the New Frontier in Computing
Microsoft Research Cambridge managing director Andrew Herbert says we are moving into a client-cloud era in which space is the new frontier. He says computingView...
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Nist Requests Comments on Automated Computer Security Spec
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, has issued for public comment a draft publication describing...
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