News tagged with program
GSM system about to be compromised
Dec 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Research scientists in California and elsewhere are deliberately setting out to compromise the mobile phone system used by around three billion people. The system uses Global System for Mobile ...
Google Go gets going (w/ Video)
Nov 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Google has introduced its new experimental programming language Go, which aims to combine speedy application development through simplified coding with high-speed program execution.
'FEAsy' analyzes designs from raw sketches to speed parts creation (w/ Video)
Sep 01, 2009 |
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Going back to the drawing board is much easier now that researchers have developed a new type of design program called FEAsy.
Computer scientists take over electronic voting machine with new programming technique (w/ Video)
Technology / Computer Sciences
Aug 10, 2009 |
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(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 ...
Study provides insight into evolution of first flowers
May 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Charles Darwin described the sudden origin of flowering plants about 130 million years ago as an abominable mystery, one that scientists have yet to solve.
Windows 7 to make public debut May 5
May 01, 2009 |
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Microsoft said Thursday that a nearly-final version of its next-generation Windows 7 operating system will be publicly released on May 5.
Beyond Apollo: Moon Tech Takes a Giant Leap
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 09, 2009 |
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The flight computer onboard the Lunar Excursion Module, which landed on the Moon during the Apollo program, had a whopping 4 kilobytes of RAM and a 74 KB "hard drive." In places, the craft's outer skin was ...
Stolen-data trove offers look inside a botnet
Mar 15, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Getting hacked is like having your computer turn traitor on you, spying on everything you do and shipping your secrets to identity thieves.
Craving a Cigarette? Pitt Study Suggests Craving Hinders Comprehension Without Your Realizing It
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new University of Pittsburgh study reveals that craving a cigarette while performing a cognitive task not only increases the chances of a person's mind wandering, but also makes that person less likely ...
Secure computers aren't so secure
Technology / Computer Sciences
Oct 30, 2009 |
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(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.
Solitude contributes to a person's imagined intimacy with a TV character
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- If your best friend is a guy from "The Office" or a young doctor on "Grey's Anatomy," you may be relying too much on TV shows to fill a social void in your life.
NASA puts new Ares I-X rocket on launch pad for test flight
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time in more than a quarter century, a new vehicle is sitting at Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Ares I-X flight test vehicle arrived at the pad ...
An animated penguin boosts kids' math scores
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 01, 2009 |
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California's hottest new math teacher is an animated penguin named JiJi. Yes, it's true. A mute, waddling, tuxedo-clad cartoon figure has been quietly taking over math programs dotting Silicon Valley, dramatically improving ...
Algae and pollen grains provide evidence of remarkably warm period in Antarctica's history
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 01, 2009 |
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For Sophie Warny, LSU assistant professor of geology and geophysics and curator at the LSU Museum of Natural Science, years of patience in analyzing Antarctic samples with low fossil recovery finally led to a scientific breakthrough. ...
Microsoft to release free antivirus PC software
Sep 29, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. says its new computer security program can be downloaded starting on Tuesday.
