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Novel high-performance hybrid system for semantic factoring of graph databases
Imagine trying to analyze all of the English entries in Wikipedia. Now imagine you've got 20 times as much information. That's the challenge scientists face when working with gigabyte data sets. Scientists ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Sep 20, 2011 |
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Shrinking 'ridiculous' data sets to manageable size
Two decades ago a renowned statistician described a computer data set of 1 billion bytes as "huge" and 10 trillion bytes as "ridiculous."
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 14, 2009 |
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Google digging deeper to improve search results (Update)
(AP) -- Google Inc. is about to add more features to its already dominant Internet search engine - and some of the changes could give Web surfers less reason to click through to other sites. That scenario ...
May 13, 2009 |
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Netflix light on flicks as viewers soak up TV shows
Like most fresh faces that arrive in Hollywood, Netflix wanted to be a movie star. But now it's learning what many in Tinseltown have known for decades: Movies are sexy, but the real money is in television.
Feb 10, 2012 |
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Matching fans to music tops record industry agenda
After a decade-long battle against file-sharing, music and technology giants are now pushing users to share to their hearts' content, with online music recommendations a key issue at the MIDEM trade fair that ...
Feb 01, 2012 |
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Prolific plant hunters provide insight in strategy for collecting undiscovered plant species
Today's alarmingly high rate of plant extinction necessitates an increased understanding of the world's biodiversity. An estimated 15 to 30 percent of the world's flowering plants have yet to be discovered, making efficiency ...
Feb 01, 2012 |
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Method identifies mutations that drive genetic diseases
(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, a new computational method allows researchers to identify which specific molecular mechanisms are altered by genetic mutations in proteins that lead to disease. And they ...
Jan 19, 2012 |
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Clearest picture yet of dark matter points the way to better understanding of dark energy
(PhysOrg.com) -- Two teams of physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermilab and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have independently made the largest direct measurements of the ...
Jan 09, 2012 |
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Ultra-compact dwarf galaxies are bright star clusters
(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomy & Astrophysics is publishing a new statistical study of the so-called 'ultra-compact dwarf galaxies' (UCDs), which are still mysterious objects. A team of astronomers has invest ...
Dec 19, 2011 |
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Fujitsu develops distributed and parallel complex event processing technology that rapidly adjusts big data load fluctua
Fujitsu today announced that, in an industry first, they have developed complex event processing technology designed for use with cloud technology that employs distributed and parallel processing. This enables ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Dec 16, 2011 |
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When your criminal past isn't yours
(AP) -- A clerical error landed Kathleen Casey on the streets.
Dec 16, 2011 |
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Researchers freely share LCLS experiment data on public database
In 2009, when biophysicist Ilme Schlichting and her colleagues applied to use the X-ray laser at SLAC’s Linac Coherent Light Source, they added a radical idea to their proposal: They would make all the data they collected ...
Nov 29, 2011 |
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Newspaper owners team up in deal-finding venture
A group of newspaper publishers and other media companies are teaming up to sell more advertising aimed at people looking for online deals.
Nov 17, 2011 |
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