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Innovative Technique Can Spot Errors in Key Technological Systems

An innovative computational technique that draws on statistics, imaging, and other disciplines has the capability to detect errors in sensitive technological systems...

Forty Students Named Finalists in the Intel Science Talent Search 2010
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Forty Students Named Finalists in the Intel Science Talent Search 2010

Forty high school seniors from across the United States were named finalists in the Intel Science Talent Search 2010, a program of Society for Science & the Public...

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China Set For Global Lead in Scientific Research

China has demonstrated the most growth in scientific research of any country in the past three decades and is on pace to overtake the United States as the world's...

Colleges Look For New Ways to Help Women in Science
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Colleges Look For New Ways to Help Women in Science

Colleges have developed programs to support women in science and engineering through the use of federal grants such as those offered under the U.S. National Science...

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Apple Wins Patent For "proximity Sensing" Multi-Touch Display

Apple has been granted a patent for a multi-touch display that can sense when and where a finger is near the screen. The patent was one of 13 granted to Apple,U...

Supercomputer Center Pursuing Hpc-Based Radiation Therapy
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Supercomputer Center Pursuing Hpc-Based Radiation Therapy

Researchers from the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego have joined forces with the Department of Radiation Oncology in the university's School of Medicine...

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U.s. Businesses Face Increasing Threats From Chinese Cyber Attacks

U.S. businesses and government agencies are facing increasing risks of potential cyber attacks from China, according to a recent report. And IT departments that...

U.s. Keeps Foreign Ph.d.s
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U.s. Keeps Foreign Ph.d.s

Most foreigners who came to the U.S. to earn doctorate degrees in science and engineering stayed on after graduation — at least until the recession began — refuting...

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Pentagon Searches For

One of the trickiest problems in cyber security is trying to figure who’s really behind an attack. Darpa, the Pentagon agency that created the Internet, is trying...

In Digital Combat, U.s. Finds No Easy Deterrent
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In Digital Combat, U.s. Finds No Easy Deterrent

On a Monday morning earlier this month, top Pentagon leaders gathered to simulate how they would respond to a sophisticated cyberattack aimed at paralyzing the...

Software to Test Cybersecurity Systems For Flaws
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Software to Test Cybersecurity Systems For Flaws

Cybersecurity systems are tough to crack, but not tough enough. A Clarkson University professor is developing software programs that will test cybersecurity systems...

From Communications of the ACM

ACM Fellows Honored

Forty-seven men and women are inducted as 2009 ACM Fellows.

Better Computing, Communication For Disaster Response
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Better Computing, Communication For Disaster Response

The response to natural disasters like the killer earthquake in Haiti is complicated by the difficulty delivering medical care in a chaotic environment where the...

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Teaching Computer Games

Rapid computer game creation (RCGC) could be used to close the digital divide, according to Nikunj Dalal and colleagues at Oklahoma State University. Schools and...

From ACM Opinion

Outsourcing Makes A Comeback

After fizzling out over the past couple years, outsourcing is back in vogue. A new PricewaterhouseCoopers study shows outsourcing has roared back to life in the...

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Tech Volunteers Aiding Haiti Relief Efforts

Software developers and tech-savvy individuals from around the world are organizing to help with the Haiti relief effort. Projects already underway include the...

Ict Research to Boost India Socio-Economic Development
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Ict Research to Boost India Socio-Economic Development

William Thies and other scientists at Microsoft Research India have created technologies specifically designed to facilitate socio-economic development, spanning...

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Industry Says Gov't Must Regulate 'cloud' to Protect User Privacy

The federal government needs to address electronic security to calm Americans' uncertainty about cloud computing and secure its privacy, according to industry representatives...

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If Your Password Is 123456, Just Make It Hackme

Back at the dawn of the Web, the most popular account password was “12345.” Today, it’s one digit longer but hardly safer: “123456.” Despite all the reports...

Tech Volunteers Build New Tools to Aid Haiti Relief Efforts
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Tech Volunteers Build New Tools to Aid Haiti Relief Efforts

Techies are gathering in person and online to collaborate on the development of new systems to support rescuers and relief workers on the ground in Haiti, and to...
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