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Second Life data offers window into how trends spread

Technology / Computer Sciences

Jul 02, 2009 | not rated yet | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Do friends wear the same style of shoe or see the same movies because they have similar tastes, which is why they became friends in the first place? Or once a friendship is established, do ...

Zooming in to catch the bad guys

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Jun 30, 2009 | 3.8 / 5 (6) | 4

It's a frequent scene in television crime dramas: Clever police technicians zoom in on a security camera video to read a license plate or capture the face of a hold-up artist. But in real life, enhancing this low-quality ...

Dutch researchers develop self-learning security system for computer networks

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Jun 30, 2009 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cyber attacks on computer networks are becoming increasingly commonplace. To counter the threat, they are protected by so-called network intrusion detection systems. But these fail to identify some attacks, ...

If at first you don't succeed, let the search engine try

Technology / Computer Sciences

Jun 05, 2009 | 2.9 / 5 (9) | 1

No matter how good a search engine is, it is sometimes necessary to change the search terms to get the information you need. But what if you did not have to change the search terms yourself? What if the search engine could ...

Traffic jams follow explosive pattern, says researcher (w/Video)

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Jun 05, 2009 | 4 / 5 (3) | 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Picture this next time you're stuck in traffic: Thousands of wildebeests loping across the Serengeti Plain when suddenly a few spooked animals turn the orderly migration into a sea of locked ...

Computer modeling shows strategies to rein in epidemics need to be retooled for rural populations

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Jun 02, 2009 | 3 / 5 (2) | 0

An infectious disease striking a large city may seem like a disastrous scenario -- millions of people sharing apartment buildings, crammed on buses and trains and brushing past one another on crowded sidewalks.

Endless original, copyright-free music

Technology / Computer Sciences

Jun 01, 2009 | 4.4 / 5 (10) | 8

A group of researchers from the University of Granada has developed Inmamusys, a software program that can create music in response to emotions that arise in the listener. By using Artificial Intelligence techniques, the ...

Making realistic sounds for computer animation (w/Video)

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Jun 01, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (3) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Splash, splatter, babble, sploosh, drip, drop, bloop and ploop!

First live 'cloning' of faces challenges assumptions about human behavior

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Jun 01, 2009 | 3.3 / 5 (6) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have developed a new way of cloning facial expressions during live conversations to help us better understand what influences our behaviour when ...

Teaching computers to recognise

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Jun 01, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Recognising objects and groups of objects is something we humans take for granted. For computers, this is far from straightforward. A European project has come up with novel solutions to this conundrum.

Mobile services made simple

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May 25, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers believe they have achieved what has remained an almost impossible dream in the wireless world: powerful mobile services that work simply, seamlessly and intuitively.

Web 2.0 application developed to recommend television programmes

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May 25, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

A group of researchers from the University of Vigo, Spain, has developed a Web 2.0 application that filters the programming schedules of hundreds of television channels to recommend programmes that viewers ...

Paperless proof, the e-government magic act

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May 25, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A French-developed security platform which turns email into the electronic equivalent of registered mail could help deal with the bureaucratic paper mountains throughout Europe.

Computer scientist to 'unroll' papyrus scrolls buried by Vesuvius

Technology / Computer Sciences

May 24, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (16) | 1

On Aug. 24, 79 A.D., Italy's Mount Vesuvius exploded, burying the Roman towns of Herculaneum and Pompeii under tons of super-heated ash, rock and debris in one of the most famous volcanic eruptions in history.

Scientists predict mobile phone viruses will pose a serious threat

Technology / Computer Sciences

May 21, 2009 | 5 / 5 (5) | 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- If you own a computer, chances are you have experienced the aftermath of a nasty virus at some point. In contrast, there have been no major outbreaks of mobile phone viral infection, despite ...

Grid browser finds the meaning of life

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May 20, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A web browser that can understand technical terms in life sciences and automatically find additional resources and services has been developed by European researchers. It could lead to a new generation of ...

From a Queen song to a better music search engine (w/Video)

Technology / Computer Sciences

May 15, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 4

At a recent IEEE technology conference, UC San Diego electrical engineers presented a solution to their problem with the song "Bohemian Rhapsody,"—and it's not that they don't like this hit from the band Queen. ...

The Next Best Thing to You

Technology / Computer Sciences

May 15, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (6) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Have you ever wished you could be in two places at once? Perhaps you've had the desire to create a copy of yourself that could stand in for you at a meeting, freeing you up to work on more ...