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China Details Homemade Supercomputer Plan
Researchers at the Chinese Institute of Computing Technology (ICT) have built a supercomputer using only home-grown microprocessors. The supercomputer, known as...
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Intel Joins Search For Thought-Controlled Tech
Researchers are developing technology that would enable people to control electronic devices using only their thoughts. The technology uses software that can analyze...
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Multilingual Translation System Receives Over 2 Million Euro in Eu Funding
University of Gothenburg professor Aarne Ranta is leading an effort to create a reliable translation tool that covers most of the European Union languages. The...
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Going Beyond Moore's Law By sing the Third Dimension
Institute of Physics and Chemistry of Materials of Strasbourg researchers have manufactured microwires that self-assemble themselves into a three-dimensional template...
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New Toolbar to Aid Web Accessibility
A team at the University of Southampton is working on a toolbar that promises to make the Web more accessible. The Joint Information Systems Committee TechDis...
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Korean Robot Maid Upgraded to do Laundry, Use Microwave
The prospect of a future that includes robot maids took an incremental step forward to reality. Korean scientists have created a domestic robot that cleans, dumps...
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New Groovy Cozies p to Java, Sql
SpringSource recently released version 1.7 of Groovy, a dynamically compiled computer language that runs on Sun Microsystems' Java Virtual Machine (JVM). By running...
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Software Ensures Translation Accuracy
New software developed by researchers in Malaysia has yielded promising results for translating English into Arabic. The Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia...
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Middleware Supports Easy-Build Wireless Networks
Networks that monitor life-threatening situations or improve environmental efficiencies will be easier and cheaper to develop and operate, following the creation...
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Scammers Target Givers After Haiti Earthquake
The earthquake in Haiti has motivated many people to make contributions to help. "Unfortunately, these events also bring out the con artists and scammers who are...
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Engineering Firm Awards Contract To Rowan niversity Computer Science Team
Mission Solutions Engineering has awarded a $100,000 one-year contract to Rowan University to help the firm improve the capabilities of a software system called...
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Today's Threat: Computer Network Terrorism
"A fleet of fighter planes is not necessary to attack a power station; a keyboard is sufficient. And if you don't have the skills, there are enough mercenary hackers...
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Darpa: U.s. Geek Shortage Is National Security Risk
Sure, we’re all plugged in and online 24/7. But fewer American kids are growing up to be bona fide computer geeks. And that poses a serious security risk for the...
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Reading Your Mind to Tag Images (and Work With Computers)
Studies done at Microsoft Research are using electroencephalograph (EEG) measurements to read users' minds in order to help tag online images. The researchers...
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Robots For Surgery, Farming and Valet Parking
Korean Ministry of Knowledge Economy (MKE) officials recently announced the development of robots conceptually similar to the avatar humanoids seen in the movie...
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Computer Vision System Analyzes Human Behavior
European researchers, coordinated by the Autonomous University of Barcelona, have developed a cognitive computational system that uses video cameras and computer...
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How Touch Screens Could Shrug Off Shoulder Surfers
Users of touch-screen gadgets must contend with snoopers, and researchers at Britain's Newcastle University and elsewhere are working on alternative input mechanisms...
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W3c Posts Draft Standard For Local Database Storage
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has drafted the Indexed Database API, a proposed standard for a set of application programming interfaces (APIs) that could...
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Breaking Through the Language Barrier
IBM and other technology firms are researching ways to translate online content. IBM's n.Fluent project is developing software designed to instantly translate...
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