News tagged with computer fraud
FBI smashes US-Egypt cyber 'phishing' ring
Oct 07, 2009 |
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Investigators in the United States and Egypt have smashed a computer "phishing" identity theft scam described as the biggest cyber-crime investigation in US history, officials said Wednesday.
State govs saying 'No thanks' to mystery laptops
Aug 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Even during tight budgetary times, a growing handful of state governors are proving too wary to accept laptop computers that have shown up at their offices this month, unsolicited.
Researcher says internal security breaches pose a bigger threat than hackers
Technology / Computer Sciences
Aug 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Periodic news accounts about computer hacking and deployment of worms and viruses strike fear in companies that now conduct much of their business online. But an Iowa State University information security ...
Reports of Internet crime jump 33 percent
Mar 30, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Reports of Internet-based crime jumped 33 percent in 2008, according to a group that monitors web-based fraud.
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Could acetaminophen ease psychological pain?
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
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Headaches and heartaches. Broken bones and broken spirits. Hurting bodies and hurt feelings. We often use the same words to describe physical and mental pain. Over-the-counter pain relieving drugs have long been used to alleviate ...
Accelerators and Light Sources of Tomorrow (Part 1: From Linacs to Lasers)
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From their humble beginnings as offshoots of the ordinary electric light bulb, particle accelerators have evolved in surprising directions. Among the most productive and promising developments have been light ...
Court bans sale of Word; Microsoft promises fix
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(AP) -- A federal appeals court ordered Microsoft Corp. to stop selling its Word program in January and pay a Canadian software company $290 million for violating a patent, upholding the judgment of a lower ...
Formation of the Gulf of Corinth rift, Greece
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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A study of the structure and evolution of the Gulf of Corinth rift in central Greece will increase scientific understanding of rifted margin development and the tectonic mechanisms underlying seafloor spreading ...
Efficient new wireless system can save 10 percent of bandwidth
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Driven by fast-growing use of smart phones and Internet videos, wireless communication among Americans is expanding so rapidly that a tsunami of megabytes could soon threaten to overwhelm the bandwidth available.
How do you improve mammogram accuracy? Add noise
Technology / Computer Sciences
6 hours ago |
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Members of a Syracuse University research team have shown that an obscure phenomenon called stochastic resonance (SR) can improve the clarity of signals in systems such as radar, sonar and even radiography, used in medical ...
New compounds may control deadly fungal infections
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An estimated 25,000 Americans develop severe fungal infections each year, leading to 10,000 deaths despite the use of anti-fungal drugs. The associated cost to the U.S. health care system has been estimated at $1 billion ...
System developed to detect plastic anti-personnel mines
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A team of European researchers has devised a method for locating plastic anti-personnel mines, which are manufactured to avoid detection by metal detectors. The technique involves analysing the temperature ...
Hardware-accelerated global illumination by image space photon mapping
Technology / Computer Sciences
8 hours ago |
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Research presented in a paper by Morgan McGuire, assistant professor of computer science at Williams College, and co-author Dr. David Luebke of NVIDIA, introduces a new algorithm to improve computer graphics for video games.
Report: FBI probes hacker attack on Citigroup
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(AP) -- The FBI is investigating a hacker attack on Citigroup Inc. that led to the theft of tens of millions of dollars, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
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