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Computer scientists take over electronic voting machine with new programming technique

Computer scientists take over electronic voting machine with new programming technique (w/ Video)

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer scientists demonstrated that criminals could hack an electronic voting machine and steal votes using a malicious programming approach that had not been invented when the voting machine ...


NIST Issues Open and Transparent Methods for Testing Electronic Voting Systems

Technology / Other

created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology today opened for public comment detailed new methods for testing future electronic voting systems' compliance with voluntary federal standards. ...


Improving the security of Internet exchanges

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 20, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- TLS is the main protocol used today to secure exchanges over the Internet. The protocol has been subject to attacks in recent years, resulting in identity theft and data tampering. To address these problems, ...


Hack-a-vote: Students learn how vulnerable electronic voting really is

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 07, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 4

This week undergraduate and graduate students in an advanced computer security course at Rice University in Houston are learning hands-on just how easy it is to wreak havoc on computer software used in today's voting machines.





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Nanowires key to future transistors, electronics

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created 21 hours ago | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new generation of ultrasmall transistors and more powerful computer chips using tiny structures called semiconducting nanowires are closer to reality after a key discovery by researchers ...


Holiday Web shopping looks brighter than last year

Technology / Internet

created 23 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Online retailers hope the convenience of the Web, plus discounts and deals, spur still-nervous shoppers to spend more online this holiday season - even as traditional retailers brace for mediocre sales.


Message gone viral? Blame it on altruistic, yet image-conscious Internet  'e-mavens'

Message gone viral? Blame it on altruistic, yet image-conscious Internet 'e-mavens'

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Why do some online ad campaigns go viral while other online marketing messages gather "cyber-dust" on the information superhighway? The key may lie in the motivation of Internet users to email ...


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Top 10 tech toys for 2009

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

This year, I've grouped my list of Top 10 tech toys into price ranges. Keep in mind that the prices listed are the suggested retail, and you may be able to find better deals.


Time Inc., Conde Nast and Hearst are preparing to launch an online newsstand described as an "iTunes for magazines"

Magazine publishers creating 'iTunes for magazines': reports

Technology / Internet

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

US magazine publishers Time Inc., Conde Nast and Hearst are preparing to launch an online newsstand described as an "iTunes for magazines," according to published reports.


Managing doctors' practices made easier with new software

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A McMaster University-led research team has developed an innovative software tool that gives family doctors up-to-date information on their patients in two seconds or less.


Suggestions for tech-happy holidays

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The holiday season is as much a time for tech as for toys. Electronic gadgets are at the top of many wish lists and account for an ever-growing share of holiday shopping budgets. Fortunately for shoppers, tech gifts don't ...


Facebook creates dual-class structure, but no IPO (AP)

Facebook creates dual-class structure, but no IPO

Technology / Business

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Facebook has created a dual-class stock structure designed to give founder Mark Zuckerberg and other existing shareholders control over the company.


Seeking a Smarter Grid: Integrating Wind Energy by Linking Buildings to the Grid

Seeking a Smarter Grid: Integrating Wind Energy by Linking Buildings to the Grid

Technology / Energy

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In utility parlance, wind energy is known as a “variable load.” That’s because wind is naturally unpredictable and inconstant. What’s worse, it is more likely to blow at night, when demand for electricity ...


Political views may skew perception of skin tone, new study finds

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- Political affinity could influence how some people view the skin tone of biracial political candidates, according to a new study from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, New York University ...



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