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Computer software, or just software is a general term used to describe the role that computer programs, procedures and documentation play in a computer system.

The term includes:

Software includes things such as websites, programs or video games, that are coded by programming languages like C or C++.

"Software" is sometimes used in a broader context to mean anything which is not hardware but which is used with hardware, such as film, tapes and records.

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Eureqa, the robot scientist (w/ Video)

Technology / Computer Sciences

Dec 07, 2009 | 4.9 / 5 (15) | 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new program, Eureqa, takes raw data and formulates scientific laws to suit, and it is available by free download to all scientists.

Futuristic 48-Core Intel Chip Could Reshape How Computers are Built (w/ Video)

Electronics / Hardware

Dec 03, 2009 | 4.4 / 5 (31) | 19

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Intel Labs demonstrated an experimental, 48-core Intel processor, or "single-chip cloud computer," that rethinks many of the approaches used in today's designs for laptops, ...

IBM Researchers Lower Language Barrier With Text Translator

Technology / Computer Sciences

Nov 23, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (5) | 0

IBM Researchers are helping to break the language barrier with the advent of technology dubbed "n.Fluent" -- smart software that translates text between English and 11 other languages. IBM employees use it to instantaneously ...

Google's SPDY will speed up downloads

Technology / Internet

Nov 16, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (19) | 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- As part of its effort to speed up the Web, Google is experimenting with SPDY, a new application layer protocol, that it hopes will speed up the conversation between browsers and Web servers ...

Google Go gets going (w/ Video)

Technology / Software

Nov 11, 2009 | 4.1 / 5 (13) | 7

(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.

New search technique for images and videos has broad applications

Technology / Computer Sciences

Nov 10, 2009 | 5 / 5 (9) | 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have developed a powerful new approach to a fundamental problem in computer vision: how to program a computer to recognize or categorize ...

Software That's Resilient Against Hacker Attack

Technology / Computer Sciences

Oct 29, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (6) | 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers headed by Martin Rinard, a professor of computer science at MIT, have developed new software that automatically patches errors in deployed software in a matter of minutes.

Ubuntu 9.10 just released

Technology / Software

Oct 29, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (24) | 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Canonical is releasing Ubuntu 9.10, the Karmic Koala, the latest version of its open-source operating system, and it aims to attract business and enterprise users to join the growing numbers ...

Robot Armada Might Scale New Worlds

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 28, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (11) | 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- An armada of robots may one day fly above the mountain tops of Saturn's moon Titan, cross its vast dunes and sail in its liquid lakes.

Stanford open-source camera could revolutionize photography

Open-source camera could revolutionize photography (w/ Video)

Technology / Computer Sciences

Sep 03, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (24) | 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- Stanford photo scientists are out to reinvent digital photography with the introduction of an "open-source" digital camera, which will give programmers around the world the chance to create ...

Inventor Demonstrates Humanoid Robot's Latest AI Abilities (w/ Video)

Technology / Computer Sciences

Aug 25, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (31) | 26

(PhysOrg.com) -- In August 2007, Le Trung invented Aiko, a Yumecom, or "Dream Computer Robot." Although it took only a month and a half to build Aiko's exterior, the artificial intelligence software has been ...

Apple Senior Vice President of OSX Software Bertrand Serlet talks about the new Snow Leopard operating system

Apple to unleash Snow Leopard on August 28

Technology / Software

Aug 24, 2009 | 3.7 / 5 (13) | 4

Apple announced on Monday that its next-generation Snow Leopard operating system tailored for the California company's Macintosh computers will be unleashed on the market on Friday.

The Wall Street Journal reported that Iraqis had used software programs to capture live video footage from US drones

US fixed drones hacked by Iraqi insurgents: Pentagon

Technology / Other

Dec 17, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

The US military has fixed a problem that allowed Iraqi militants to use cheap software to intercept the video feeds of US-operated drones, a defense official said on Thursday.

Australian government to introduce Internet filter

Technology / Internet

Dec 15, 2009 | 3.5 / 5 (19) | 9

(AP) -- Australia plans to introduce an Internet filtering system to block obscene and crime-linked Web sites despite concerns it will curtail freedoms and won't completely work.

'Fighting' IED attacks with SCARE technology

Technology / Computer Sciences

Dec 10, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (3) | 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Maryland researchers have developed and successfully tested new computer software and computational techniques to analyze patterns of improvised explosive device (IED) attacks ...