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World's first album of Twitter music available now

Nov 19, 2009 | 1 / 5 (3) | 0

For the first time, you can now download an album of digital music written exclusively for Twitter.

P2P comes to the aid of audiovisual search (w/ Video)

Nov 18, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Current methods of searching audiovisual content can be a hit-and-miss affair. Manually tagging online media content is time consuming, and costly. But new 'query by example' methods, built on peer-to-peer ...

DataONE helping scientists deal with data deluge

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Nov 18, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Vast amounts of information that could hold the key to breakthroughs in environmental research will be made readily available through a network created by Oak Ridge National Laboratory and partners.

Computer Based on Insights From The Brain Moves Closer to Reality

Technology / Computer Sciences

Nov 18, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (20) | 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Today at SC 09, the supercomputing conference, IBM announced significant progress toward creating a computer system that simulates and emulates the brain's abilities for sensation, perception, ...

Petascale computing tools could provide deeper insight into genomic evolution

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Nov 17, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0

Technological advances in high-throughput DNA sequencing have opened up the possibility of determining how living things are related by analyzing the ways in which their genes have been rearranged on chromosomes. ...

FutureGrid to provide platform for experimental computation

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Nov 17, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Over the next few months, a consortium that includes the University of Chicago will establish FutureGrid, a collaborative next-generation system for experimental scientific supercomputing.

There's no business like Grid business (w/ Video)

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Nov 17, 2009 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have embraced the Grid, but businesses have held back, concerned about complexity and security. Now a European research team has built a platform opening the Grid's vast resources ...

Cryptographic voting debuts

Technology / Computer Sciences

Nov 13, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- Last week, in Takoma Park, Md., a new cryptographic voting system that could ensure accurate vote counts was used for the first time in a real election. MIT’s Ron Rivest, the Viterbi Professor ...

Creating 3D models with a simple webcam (w/ Video)

Technology / Computer Sciences

Nov 11, 2009 | 5 / 5 (24) | 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- Constructing virtual 3D models usually requires heavy and expensive equipment, or takes lengthy amounts of time. A group of researchers at the University of Cambridge, Qi Pan, Dr Gerhard Reitmayr ...

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 ...

Improving security with face recognition technology

Technology / Computer Sciences

Nov 10, 2009 | 3.5 / 5 (4) | 1

A number of U.S. states now use facial recognition technology when issuing drivers licenses. Similar methods are also used to grant access to buildings and to verify the identities of international travelers. ...

Computer scientists work to strengthen online security

Technology / Computer Sciences

Nov 09, 2009 | 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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Nov 09, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(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

Technology / Computer Sciences

Nov 09, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 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 ...