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Research leads to improved human, object detection technology

Research leads to improved human, object detection technology

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

When searching for basketball videos online, a long list of websites appears, which may contain a picture or a word describing a basketball. But what if the computer could search inside videos for a basketball? ...


Hooks hijacked? New research shows how to block stealthy malware attacks

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (13) | comments 3

The spread of malicious software, also known as malware or computer viruses, is a growing problem that can lead to crashed computer systems, stolen personal information, and billions of dollars in lost productivity every ...


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Microsoft's monthly security fixes spare Windows 7

Technology / Software

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Microsoft's newest computer operating system has survived its first few weeks on the market without needing any security fixes.


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Los Angeles OKs plan to use Google Web services

Technology / Internet

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The Los Angeles City Council has tentatively approved a multimillion-dollar proposal to tap Google Inc. for government e-mail and other Internet services.


Ericsson developing a 'spider' computer

Ericsson developing a 'spider' computer (w/ Video)

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (7) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ericsson has produced a prototype of a portable computer that projects the screen and keyboard, and a mock-up of a "spider" computer that will be small enough to carry in a pocket.


Computer scientists work to strengthen online security

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

If you forget your password when logging into an e-mail or online shopping Web site, the site will likely ask you a security question: What is your mother's maiden name? Where were you born?


One tonne 'Baby' goes mobile

One tonne 'Baby' goes mobile

Technology / Software

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- It took a one-tonne computer the size of a room to run a simple mathematics program in 1948 - but now computer scientists have made it available on your mobile.


A new system preserves the right to privacy in Internet searches

A new system preserves the right to privacy in Internet searches

Technology / Other

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A team of Catalan researchers has developed a protocol to distort the user profile generated by Internet search engines, in such a way that they cannot save the searches undertaken by Internet users and thus ...


Researchers bring noise to virtual worlds

Researchers bring noise to virtual worlds

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer scientists have developed a method to synthesize the sounds of cymbals, falling garbage cans and lids, and plastic water-cooler bottles and recycling bins.


Solving big problems

Solving big problems with new quantum algorithm

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (31) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a recently published paper, Aram Harrow at the University of Bristol and colleagues from MIT in the United States have discovered a quantum algorithm that solves large problems much faster ...


A pain in the neck: Researcher studies the effects of too much texting on college students

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The world record for fastest text message typing is held by a 21-year old college student from Utah, but his dexterous digits could mean serious injury later on. Most adults aged 18-21 prefer texting over e-mail or phone ...


Robots perform Shakespeare to learn how to save people

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Flying robot fairies are joining human actors in Texas A&M University?s production of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, which runs through Sunday (Nov. 15) in the Rudder Forum.


Study Shows Thousands of Consumer Internet Connectivity Devices Are Vulnerable to Attack

Study Shows Thousands of Consumer Internet Connectivity Devices Are Vulnerable to Attack

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Following news reports that 65,000 modems and wireless routers used by Time Warner Cable customers are vulnerable to attack by hackers, a Columbia University expert on computer security and ...


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NY files antitrust suit against Intel (Update)

Technology / Business

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(AP) -- New York's attorney general hit Intel Corp. with an antitrust lawsuit Wednesday, claiming the company used "illegal threats and collusion" to dominate the market for computer microprocessors.


Glimpsing a greener future

Glimpsing a greener future: Computer model foresees effects of alternative transportation fuels

Space & Earth / Environment

created 3 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- It's the year 2060, and 75 percent of drivers in the Greater Los Angeles area have hydrogen fuel cell vehicles that emit only water vapor.