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World first for sending data using quantum cryptography

World first for sending data using quantum cryptography

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 08, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (64) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time the transmission of data secured by quantum cryptography is demonstrated within a commercial telecommunications network. 41 partners from 12 European countries, including ...





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First quantum cryptographic data network demonstrated

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 28, 2006 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (38) | comments 0

A joint collaboration between Northwestern University and BBN Technologies of Cambridge, Mass., has led to the first demonstration of a truly quantum cryptographic data network. By integrating quantum noise protected data ...


Secure computers aren't so secure

Secure computers aren't so secure

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (13) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Even well-defended computers can leak shocking amounts of private data. MIT researchers seek out exotic attacks in order to shut them down.


Researchers unite to distribute quantum keys

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Researchers from across Europe have united to build the largest quantum key distribution network ever built. The efforts of 41 research and industrial organisations were realised as secure, quantum encrypted information ...


The explainer: P vs. NP -- The most notorious problem in theoretical computer science remains open

P vs. NP -- The most notorious problem in theoretical computer science remains open

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (22) | comments 5

In the 1995 Halloween episode of The Simpsons, Homer Simpson finds a portal to the mysterious Third Dimension behind a bookcase, and desperate to escape his in-laws, he plunges through. He finds himself wander ...


Trust in global computing

Trust in global computing

Technology / Software

created Jul 12, 2006 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Access to distributed mobile resources by software agents of all types promises much for global computing. But it suffers from the same security and trust problems as the internet itself. Now new tools and ...


Encryption and Smart Card Technology Leaders Develop Identifier-Based Encryption for Portable Formats

Technology /

created Apr 26, 2005 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Researchers from HP Laboratories and STMicroelectronics have collaborated with card manufacturer Incard to develop technology for the implementation of Identifier-Based Encryption (IBE) on smart cards. A demonstration of ...


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 ...


Maintaining cryptographic security in the quantum age

Maintaining cryptographic security in the quantum age

Nanotechnology /

created Dec 23, 2004 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Behind the scenes, cryptographic technologies underpin a great deal of the security that we take for granted. Yet with ever more powerful computers, the encryption and decryption methods that underpin secure ...


NASA Portable Hyperbaric Chamber Technology Finds Home on Earth

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has signed a patent license agreement with a California company to improve the medical community's access to hyperbaric chambers used to treat many medical conditions and emergencies.


Email Authentication Will Help Fight Fraud and Spam

Technology /

created Aug 09, 2004 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sendmail, Inc., the global provider of electronic message management solutions, has completed initial benchmark testing of the DomainKeys email authentication technology introduced by Yahoo!. The findings show that, even ...



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