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System thwarts Internet eavesdropping

Technology / Internet

created Aug 25, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (16) | comments 0

The growth of shared Wi-Fi and other wireless computer networks has increased the risk of eavesdropping on Internet communications, but researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science and College of ...





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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 ...


'Rich interaction' may make computers a partner, not a product

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

In the movie "2010," while trying to salvage the mission to Jupiter, the Hal 9000 computer noted, "I enjoy working with human beings, and have stimulating relationships with them."


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 ...


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Apple countersues Nokia over phone patents

Technology / Business

created 17 hours ago | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

(AP) -- Apple Inc. is suing cell phone maker Nokia Corp. for patent infringement, a countermove to Nokia's earlier suit against technologies used in Apple's iPhone.


Online social networks leak personal information to tracking sites, new study shows

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 4

More than a half billion people use online social networks, posting vast amounts of information about themselves to share with online friends and colleagues. A new study co-authored by a researcher at Worcester Polytechnic ...


People are still the weakest link in computer and internet security, study finds

Technology / Other

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Two decades ago, studies showed that computer users were violating best practices for setting up hack-proof passwords, and not much has changed since then. What's clear, say researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison ...


Making global science networking more user-friendly

Technology / Computer Sciences

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

Scientists working collaboratively, at the same time, but in different locations around the world, can now do so thanks to ultra-high-speed, broadband networks and special software developed as part of a National Science ...


Software improves p2p privacy by hiding in the crowd

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers at the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern University have identified a new "guilt-by-association" threat to privacy in peer-to-peer (P2P) systems that would enable an eavesdropper ...


DNA computation gets logical

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Aug 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (12) | comments 5

Biomolecular computers, made of DNA and other biological molecules, only exist today in a few specialized labs, remote from the regular computer user. Nonetheless, Tom Ran and Shai Kaplan, research students in the lab of ...


Machines can't replicate human image recognition, yet

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

While computers can replicate many aspects of human behavior, they do not possess our ability to recognize distorted images, according to a team of Penn State researchers.



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