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Japan launches 5th spy satellite (AP)

Japan launches 5th spy satellite

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 28, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (9) | comments 3

(AP) -- Japan launched its fifth spy satellite into orbit Saturday in a bid to boost its ability to independently gather intelligence, the government said.





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Grant awarded to improve the security of mobile devices and cellular networks

Grant awarded to improve the security of mobile devices and cellular networks

Technology / Telecom

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Smart phones -- like BlackBerrys and iPhones -- have become indispensable to today's highly mobile workforce and tech-savvy youngsters. While these devices keep friends and colleagues just a few thumb-taps ...


Building the smart home wirelessly

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Like the paperless office, the smart home has been a long time coming, but a report published in the International Journal of Internet Protocol Technology, suggests that radio tags coupled with mobile communications device ...


The website of China's defence ministry has been hacked more than 2 mln times since it was launched 3 months ago

China defence website gets 2 mln hack attacks: report

Technology / Internet

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The website of China's defence ministry has been hacked more than two million times since it was launched three months ago, state media said on Wednesday.


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Brazil blackouts result of cyber hacking: report

Technology / Internet

created Nov 07, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Massive power outages in Brazil in 2005 and 2007 that impacted millions were caused by cyber hackers attacking control systems, the US television network CBS said Sunday.


Island village hit by suspected swine flu (AP)

Island village hit by suspected swine flu

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

(AP) -- Suspected swine flu is sweeping a traditional Eskimo whaling village on a remote Alaska island - prompting an urgent medical mission to deliver help.


LLNL licenses carbon nanotube technology to local company

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has exclusively licensed to Porifera Inc. of Hayward a carbon nanotube technology that can be used to desalinate water and can be applied to other liquid based separations.


Scientists demonstrate 'universal' programmable quantum processor

Scientists demonstrate 'universal' programmable quantum processor

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Nov 15, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (23) | comments 11

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have demonstrated the first "universal" programmable quantum information processor able to run any program allowed by quantum mechanics -- th ...


Genetic tests for UK asylum seekers draw criticism (AP)

Genetic tests for UK asylum seekers draw criticism

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- Britain is using genetic tests on some African asylum seekers in an effort to catch those who are lying about their nationality, drawing criticism from scientists and provoking outrage from rights ...


NIST test proves 'the eyes have it' for ID verification

NIST test proves 'the eyes have it' for ID verification

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The eyes may be the mirror to the soul, but the iris reveals a person's true identity—its intricate structure constitutes a powerful biometric. A new report by computer scientists at the National Institute ...


Hewlett Packard to buy 3Com for $2.7B (AP)

HP's 3Com takeover marks a shot at Cisco

Technology / Business

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co.'s $2.7 billion takeover of 3Com Corp. is a shot at networking leader Cisco Systems Inc. - and a sign of how old relationships are being frayed by a flurry of maneuvers by technology ...



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