News tagged with programmers
Microsoft's cloud computing system is growing up
Nov 17, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. leads its industry in part because a vast army of outside computer programmers design software that only runs on its Windows operating system. Now, the company is fighting to keep those programmers ...
Securing the web: New tool would automatically plug holes that hackers exploit
Technology / Computer Sciences
Oct 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- More and more, malicious hackers are exploiting web site security holes to attack their victims' computers. Programmers try to identify those holes in advance and plug them with code that ...
Good hackers meet to seek ways to stop the bad hackers
Sep 30, 2009 |
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The world of hackers is kind of like the "Star Wars" universe: There's a light side and a dark side of cracking computers.
Improving the security of Internet exchanges
Technology / Computer Sciences
Mar 20, 2009 |
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(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, ...
New tool improves productivity, quality when translating software
Feb 24, 2009 |
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Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a software tool that will make it faster and easier to translate video games and other software into different languages for use in various international markets ...
Can networked human computation solve computer language comprehension?
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jan 26, 2009 |
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Researchers at the University of Essex hope to answer this question by getting more volunteers to take part in their online game, Phrase Detectives.
