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Eu Lays Out Plans For the 'internet of Things'
The European Commission (EC) has developed a 14-point action plan to address some of the problems that could develop when everyday objects such as food packaging...
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Researchers Ready Personal Energy Monitoring Devices
Embedded data mining, inertial sensors, and global positioning systems are used in a wireless device being developed to monitor the amount of energy a person consumes...
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Twitter Message Could Be Cyber Criminal at Work
Cyber criminals are setting snares that move at the speed of news. Panda Security, a Spain-based antivirus maker, has been monitoring an onslaught of links with...
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Neural Networks That Replicate Biological Brains
Imperial College London professor of cognitive robotics Murray Shanahan is using graphics processing technology originally developed for the gaming industry to...
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Futurephile: Knowledge Embedded in Everything
The day will come when everyone will wear glasses with a computer overlay capable of processing the faces of passersby and tell wearers if they have met someone...
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Better Games Through Long-Distance Networking
University of Melbourne researcher Florian Mueller was awarded this year's Fulbright Postgraduate Scholarship in Technology for his research into video games that...
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Writing on Air Is Not Pie in the Sky
Duke University engineering students have developed the PhonePoint Pen, a program that uses the accelerometers in smart phones to enable users to write messages...
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China Backpedals on Filtering Software Order
China has backed down on its mandate that all personal computers sold within its borders come with pre-installed Internet-filtering software. The software, called...
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Cheerleader For New Domain Names Defends Icann Plan
A pair of recently released reports, authored by University of Chicago professor Dennis Carlton, says that introducing new top-level domains (TLDs) will not force...
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Vinton Cerf: Outer Space Could be Next Frontier for Cybersecurity
NASA and Google Internet evangelist Vinton Cerf are currently testing an extraterrestrial Internet that could lead to technology for use in securing ad hoc networks...
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Five Cool Cloud Computing Research Projects
The HotCloud conference on cloud computing in San Diego will showcase a number of research projects. One such project is a Trusted Cloud Computing Platform developed...
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China Says npopular Filtering Software Optional
China appeared to cave in to public pressure Tuesday (June 16) by announcing that computer users are not required to install Internet-filtering software — though...
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Looking Forward to the Smarter Smartphone
Cutting-edge research suggests there are major changes in store for smartphones. For example, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Brandon Taylor and Michael...
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Secret War on Web Crooks Revealed
Three times a year, leaders from the world's major technology and communications companies meet to discuss strategies for preventing the Internet from becoming...
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New Coalition Pushes for 'Big' Broadband
A new report from the Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband (SHLB) Coalition says that schools, libraries, and healthcare providers in the United States need...
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China's Filtering Software is 'Poorly Designed,' Researchers Say
Anti-pornography software that China will make mandatory next month is "poorly designed" and will make personal computers vulnerable to security breaches, said...
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Computer System For Dementia Patients
The shortage of healthcare workers has led to a demand for computer-based solutions that will allow elderly people to live in the own homes. However, the technology...
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Robotic Ferret Will Detect Hidden Drugs and Weapons
Engineering & Physical Sciences Research CouncilScientists at the University of Sheffield have developed the first cargo-scanning device that can operate inside...
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The Internet Is Incomplete, Says its Co-Designer, Vinton Cerf
Google Internet evangelist Vinton Cerf, the co-designer of the Internet's TCP/IP protocols along with Robert Kahn, says the Web continues to lack many of the basic...
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