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U.s. Plan to Make Hacking Harder Revealed

The Obama administration has declassified part of its plan to improve the security of cyberspace in an attempt to cultivate greater collaboration between government...

What's Next For High-Performance Computing?
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What's Next For High-Performance Computing?

The fusion of high-performance computing (HPC) and high-performance data could potentially result in the generation of robust systems that are at least one order...

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Attack Unmasks User Behind the Browser

Vienna University of Technology researchers have developed the "deanonymization" attack as a way to reveal the identity of Internet users based on their interactions...

Skills Experts Bemoan Poor It Teaching
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Skills Experts Bemoan Poor It Teaching

Information technology (IT) needs to be taught a different way in schools if the industry is to deepen its talent pool, experts in the United Kingdom said during...

Scientists Strive to Map the Shape-Shifting Net
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Scientists Strive to Map the Shape-Shifting Net

In a dimly lit chamber festooned with wires and hidden in one of California’s largest data centers, Tim Pozar is changing the shape of the Internet. He is using...

The Interpreter in the Laptop
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The Interpreter in the Laptop

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology scientists will demonstrate a language-to-language translation device at the upcoming CeBIT conference. The device combines automatic...

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Software Sniffs Out Criminals By the Shape of Their Nose

University of Bath scientists have developed a biometric system for identifying people based on their nose shape. The researchers used a photographic system to...

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Nsf-Supported Researchers Gain Access to Microsoft's Azure Services Platform

The National Science Foundation has announced a memorandum of understanding with Microsoft Corp. whereby Microsoft will provide NSF supported-researchers access...

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Guide For Applying Risk Management Framework to Information Systems Released

The final publication of the 93-page Guide for Applying the Risk Management Framework to Federal Information Systems: A Security Life Cycle Approach (NIST Special...

Ornl Technology May Better Detect Cyber Security Attacks
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Ornl Technology May Better Detect Cyber Security Attacks

A system that can more effectively detect possible cyber security attacks within large organizations—including government agencies—is being developed with the assistance...

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First Test Labs for Next-Generation Internet Protocol (IPv6) Are Accredited

The first two laboratories have recently completed accreditation to provide testing services for the USGv6 Program. The program provides the basis for expressing...

Cloud Technology to Combat Cancer
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Cloud Technology to Combat Cancer

Cloud services provided over grid technology are helping to treat cancer patients, thanks to an enormous effort by European researchers working closely with industry...

Security Key to Unlocking Cloud Potential
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Security Key to Unlocking Cloud Potential

The issue of security is holding back its full potential of cloud computing. This was the gist of the keynote message presented Tuesday (March 2) by Art Coviello...

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Study: Google-China Attack Driven by Amateurs

The computer attack which led Google to threaten leaving China and created a firestorm between Washington and Beijing appears to have been deployed by amateurs,...

U.s. Won't Succeed If India Has More Scientists: Obama
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U.s. Won't Succeed If India Has More Scientists: Obama

President Barack Obama has said that the U.S. is facing stiff competition from India and cannot succeed if the country continues to produce more scientists and...

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New Energy Harvesting Network Means Batteries Not Included

The new Energy Harvesting Network will offer U.K. researchers a resource for energy harvesting (EH) technology. The  network will give academics, industry, and...

Student-Run Business Wins Epa Energy-Optimization Contract
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Student-Run Business Wins Epa Energy-Optimization Contract

A company founded and run by Missouri University of Science and Technology students recently received its first federal contract, and hopes to parlay that funding...

Free Systems Biology Markup Language Has Proven Popular
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Free Systems Biology Markup Language Has Proven Popular

A scientific paper that describes a file format used by scientists to represent models of biological processes has exceeded 500 citations in the ISI Web of Knowledge...

Tomorrow's Forecast: Clear With a Chance of Tremors
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Tomorrow's Forecast: Clear With a Chance of Tremors

The goal of the Southern California Earthquake Center's CyberShake project is to accurately predict earthquake activity for the next 50 years. The CyberShake predictions...

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Hp Labs Opens Singapore Research Hub

Hewlett-Packard (HP) Labs announced the opening of a new research and development  center in Singapore. The Singapore lab will work on research in cloud computing...
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