High-Speed Transmissions Challenge Encryption Software
"Leaders of Supercomputing Industry Gathering in Seattle"
This week Seattle is hosting the Supercomputing conference sponsored jointly by ACM and the IEEE Computer Society, where industry representatives will gather to discuss their most advanced systems and major trends that are shaping the supercomputing industry. The conference ...
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"Control the Internet? A Futile Pursuit, Some Say"
When the Internet was first crafted it was designed for the academic community and the private sector, with minimal oversight planned from the government, though now that it wields considerable influence around the world, a debate has emerged over the extent to which the Internet can be ...
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"The $100 Laptop Moves Closer to Reality"
MIT Media Lab's plan to distribute low-cost laptops to impoverished children in developing nations has drawn the attention of several governments and major players in the computer industry. Media Lab founder Nicholas Negroponte is scheduled to unveil a prototype of the $100 laptop ...
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"U.S. Pads Lead in Global Supercomputing Ranking"
Contrary to the concern that the United States is losing its advantage in the field of global supercomputing, 305 supercomputers in the list of the top 500 are in the United States, compared to 277 six months earlier. The United States also boasts 34 of the top 35, and IBM's Big Blue comprises ...
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"Firestorm Rages Over Lockdown on Digital Music"
Digital rights management (DRM) has ignited a debate among consumers and members of the entertainment industry. The recent announcement that DRM software Sony applied to more than 20 discs contains a security vulnerability aggravated the tensions, and Sony has since stopped ...
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"From Passive Applications to Sentient Machines"
To develop sophisticated sentient mobile devices, researchers must address the limitations of existing middleware and architectures that are crafted on sequential programming schemes. In an attempt to overcome those limitations, the IST program's CORTEX project examined the core theoretical ...
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"Cisco Promotes Careers For Women in IT"
Cisco Systems has partnered with the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) to increase the number of women and girls in science, technology, math, and engineering, which has significantly declined in recent years. NCWIT reports a 42 percent drop in the number of ...
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"Feds Mull Regulation of Quantum Computers"
IBM researchers met with the Information Systems Technical Advisory Committee Wednesday to update the federal advisory committee on progress being made in quantum computing. Quantum computers are still in their early stages, and largely exist in the form of rough prototypes. But ...
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"What in the World Is Info Sciences?"
The curiosity surrounding information sciences can be attributed to the lack of knowledge about what it is exactly and what its main functions are. Kelly Shaffer, director of external affairs for the University of Pittsburgh's School of Information Sciences, has a simple answer: "Our ...
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"Cars Soon May 'Talk' to Roads, Each Other"
A new high-tech intelligent-transportation system network where automobiles can communicate with each other is being developed, and may be available as soon as 2011 to improve highway safety conditions nationwide. If vehicles have the ability to communicate with one another, it will give a more ...
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"RSS Is a Mess: Many Dialects, Lack of Unity"
The XML-based protocol Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is designed to coalesce the content of a Web site through the use of metadata, though the protocol itself is plagued by competing versions, inviting the question of whether it will have to resolve its current fragmentation as its popularity ...
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"Enhancing Mobile Security"
Improving security and privacy for mobile communication was the focus of two projects from IST in Europe. The idea behind the SHAMAN project was to provide mobile communications users with the ability to roam globally and connect to the network and services using wireless LANs and Bluetooth, and ...
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"Humanoid Robots on the Rise: Get Ready to Invite One Home"
The future of smart motion was on display at September's Robots and Vision show in Chicago, with Michael Lutomski of NASA presenting a humanoid robot designed to handle tools and repair missions considered to be too dangerous for astronauts. Although the Robonaut, which was developed by the Robot ...
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"Research Funding Teeters"
A consensus is building throughout the technology community that the government is turning its back on critical funding of basic research. U.C. Berkeley computer science professor and ACM President David Patterson criticizes the government's policy attempts to place the burden of funding ...
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"Brain Box"
Scientists at the Neurosciences Institute (NSI) are developing robots that explore their surroundings by instinctively locking onto bright objects--in this case striped blocks--and defining them by how "tasty," or electrical, they are. This experiment serves as a test for theories on actual brain ...
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"IBM Fostering Female Engineers"
IBM Japan has seen the percentage of women that make up its workforce rise 4 percent over the past seven years to around 17 percent. A trailblazer in offering a female-friendly workplace environment, IBM Japan in 1998 launched the Japan Women's Council to help maximize their skills on the ...
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"Retention Tension"
Keeping top talent as the IT job market improves requires a strategy of amending salaries, benefits, and workplace policies. Freeing up people to concentrate on pet projects that may be of value to the company, reinstating perks such as bonuses and skills premiums, and providing ...
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"Can You Understand Me Now?"
Voice recognition technology has long failed to live up to its potential, though a recent wave of research could soon bring the technology into the mainstream. Particularly in the financial services sector, where security has become a chief concern, voice recognition will likely move beyond ...
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"High-Speed Transmissions Challenge Encryption Software"
The Department of Defense's (DoD) Global Information Grid (GIG), a common, high-speed grid used by all federal agencies and international organizations to share sensitive information, requires use of encryption technology at high speeds in order to avoid filling up bandwidth with ...
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