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Computer scientists work to strengthen online security

2 hours ago | not rated yet | 1

If you forget your password when logging into an e-mail or online shopping Web site, the site will likely ask you a security question: What is your mother's maiden name? Where were you born?

Video fingerprinting offers search solution

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(PhysOrg.com) -- The explosive growth of video on the internet calls for new ways of sorting and searching audiovisual content. A team of European researchers has developed a groundbreaking solution that is ...

What computer science can teach economics

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8 hours ago | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer scientists have spent decades developing techniques for answering a single question: How long does a given calculation take to perform? Constantinos Daskalakis, an assistant professor ...

A new computer simulator allows to design military strategies based on ants' movements

Technology / Computer Sciences

Nov 06, 2009 | 3 / 5 (2) | 3

A researcher of the University of Granada, Spain, has designed a new system for the mobility of military troops within a battlefield based on the mechanisms used by ant colonies to move using a commercial ...