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Botnets

Botnet Hijacking Steals 70GB of Data

Technology / Internet

created May 05, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Security researchers have uncovered one of the most notorious zombie networks, the Torpig botnet, by collecting 70GB of data that was stolen in just 10 days.


Stolen-data trove offers look inside a botnet

Technology / Software

created Mar 15, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(AP) -- Getting hacked is like having your computer turn traitor on you, spying on everything you do and shipping your secrets to identity thieves.





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Food banks go high-tech to feed the hungry (AP)

Food banks go high-tech to feed the hungry

Technology / Hi Tech

created 5 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Food banks across the country are undergoing a high-tech revolution, adopting sophisticated databases, bar coding, GPS tracking, automated warehouses and other technologies used in the food industry ...


Lenovo buying back mobile phone business

Technology / Business

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(AP) -- Personal computer maker Lenovo Group said Friday it is joining the race to develop products that link phones and PCs by buying back a mobile phone business that it sold last year.


Semantic research sets world standards

Semantic research sets world standards

Technology / Computer Sciences

created 6 hours ago | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have created new tools for semantic technology development which are helping to set the next generation of official standards. The tools also unblock some key bottlenecks ...


Apple's iPhone set to make splash in South Korea (AP)

Apple's iPhone set to make splash in South Korea

Technology / Business

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(AP) -- The iPhone's arrival in South Korea is generating considerable buzz among consumers and industry watchers amid expectations it will shake up a market dominated by world-beating domestic manufacturers.


Spin polarization achieved in room temperature silicon

Spin polarization achieved in room temperature silicon

Physics / General Physics

created 7 hours ago | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A group in The Netherlands has achieved a first: injection of spin-polarized electrons in silicon at room temperature. This has previously been observed only at extremely low temperatures, ...


Ecologists sound out new solution for monitoring cryptic species

Biology / Ecology

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Ecologists have at last worked out a way of using recordings of birdsong to accurately measure the size of bird populations. This is the first time sound recordings from a microphone array have been translated into accurate ...


The skyline of Tokyo in Japan, where scientists have criticised the new government for plans to slash research budgets

Japan scientists attack govt research cut plans

Other Sciences / Other

created 20 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Top Japanese scientists, including four Nobel laureates, have criticised the new government for plans to slash research budgets, warning the country will loose its high-tech edge.


Nanowire Formation

Nanowires key to future transistors, electronics

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created 23 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 ...


Building real security with virtual worlds

Building real security with virtual worlds

Technology / Computer Sciences

created 23 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Advances in computerized modeling and prediction of group behavior, together with improvements in video game graphics, are making possible virtual worlds in which defense analysts can explore ...


Coma recovery case attracts doubters

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

(AP) -- Rom Houben's mother remembers her son's amazement when he finally started communicating again after spending 23 years locked in a paralyzed body that was misdiagnosed as vegetative.



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