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Stopping Stealthy Downloads

SRI International and Georgia Tech researchers have developed Block All Drive-By Download Exploits (BLADE), free software that can stop Internet attacks brought...

Photos of the Future
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Photos of the Future

Stanford University researchers are developing the Frankencamera, an open source digital camera that they hope will lead to a computational photography revolution...

Katayanagi Prizes and Other CS Awards
From Communications of the ACM

Katayanagi Prizes and Other CS Awards

Donald E. Knuth, Jon Kleinberg, Andrew Herbert, and other members of the computer science community were recently honored...

Tracking Garbage
From Communications of the ACM

Tracking Garbage

Researchers are focusing on the so-called "removal chain" in an attempt to save landfill space, improve recycling rates, and trim the flow of toxic materials into...

Engineering the Web's Third Decade
From Communications of the ACM

Engineering the Web's Third Decade

As Web technologies move beyond two-way interactive capabilities to facilitate more dynamic and pervasive experiences, the Web is quickly advancing toward its third...

CS and Biology's Growing Pains
From Communications of the ACM

CS and Biology's Growing Pains

Biologists can benefit from learning and using the tools of computer science, but several real-world obstacles remain.

Photonic Material May Facilitate All-Optical Switching
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Photonic Material May Facilitate All-Optical Switching

A class of molecules whose size, structure and chemical composition have been optimized for photonic use could provide the demanding combination of properties needed...

In Networks We Trust
From ICT Results

In Networks We Trust

European researchers are proposing a paradigm-shifting solution to trusted computing that offers better security and authentication with none of the drawbacks that...

Computer Scientist To Address Congress on Privacy Issues and Location-Based Services
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Computer Scientist To Address Congress on Privacy Issues and Location-Based Services

Carnegie Mellon University's Lorrie F. Cranor will discuss the risk and benefits of online services that collect and use location information to joint meetings...

Augmented Identity
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Augmented Identity

An application that lets users point a smart phone at a stranger and immediately learn about them premiered last Tuesday at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona...

Computers Turn Flat Photos Into 3-D Buildings
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Computers Turn Flat Photos Into 3-D Buildings

Rome wasn’t built in a day, but in cyberspace it might be. Computer science researchers at the University of Washington and Cornell University are deploying a...

Nhtsa Has No Software Engineers or Ees To Analyze Toyotas
From ACM Opinion

Nhtsa Has No Software Engineers or Ees To Analyze Toyotas

A report in The Washington Post on the Congressional investigation of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's response to multiple reports of Toyota...

From ACM News

Intel Alliance to Invest $3.5 Billion in ­.s. Tech

Intel President and Chief Operating Officer Paul Otellini wants to see the U.S. more competitive and has announced plans for a new alliance to invest $3.5 billion...

3-D Chip Design Challenges
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3-D Chip Design Challenges

Engineers from the European research agency IMEC discussed the design challenges of stacking layers of silicon dies using vertical copper interconnects, or through...

From ACM TechNews

Sfu Develops Super Sensor Devices

Simon Fraser University's Center for Integrative Bio-Engineering Research (CiBER) continues to improve its next-generation wireless sensor technology. CiBER's...

Putting Data Centers on a Low-Energy Diet
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Putting Data Centers on a Low-Energy Diet

A holistic approach to data centers could result in millions of dollars of savings and a  smaller carbon footprint for the ever-expanding universe of information...

Digital Teaching Aids Make Math Fun
From ICT Results

Digital Teaching Aids Make Math Fun

It will come as a surprise to schoolchildren everywhere: Learning the intricacies of algebra, calculus and geometry can be fun. So say a team of European researchers...

From ACM News

Is That a 'black Box' in Your Car?

Just a few miles east of Los Angeles International Airport, a Chevy Tahoe barreled its way through a residential neighborhood on a Sunday evening. The driver lost...

For Chip Makers, the Next Battle Is in Smartphones
From ACM News

For Chip Makers, the Next Battle Is in Smartphones

The going rate for a state-of-the-art chip factory is about $3 billion. The plants typically take years to build. And the microscopic size of chip circuitry requires...

Stanford Software Is Gaining the Sophistication to Comprehend What Humans Write
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Stanford Software Is Gaining the Sophistication to Comprehend What Humans Write

Stanford University professor Chris Manning is working to enable computers to process human language well enough to use the information it conveys. Manning says...
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