New search technique for images and videos has broad applications

Technology / Computer Sciences

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have developed a powerful new approach to a fundamental problem in computer vision: how to program a computer to recognize or categorize ...

Grant awarded to improve the security of mobile devices and cellular networks

Technology / Telecom

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Smart phones -- like BlackBerrys and iPhones -- have become indispensable to today's highly mobile workforce and tech-savvy youngsters. While these devices keep friends and colleagues just a few thumb-taps ...

New 'finFETs' promising for smaller transistors, more powerful chips

Technology / Semiconductors

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Purdue University researchers are making progress in developing a new type of transistor that uses a finlike structure instead of the conventional flat design, possibly enabling engineers ...

Epson's new 4K panel for 3LCD projectors

Technology / Hi Tech

6 hours ago | 4.7 / 5 (7) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Seiko Epson Corporation has announced the world's first 4K panel for 3LCD (liquid crystal display) projectors. The panel will enable the projectors to produce a bright image of 4096 x 2160 ...

Google says Murdoch stories can be taken off

Technology / Internet

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Google said on Tuesday, in response to threats by Rupert Murdoch to ban the search engine from listing content from his news empire, that any company could ask to have stories taken off. ...