New encoding for foolproof email security
September 11th, 2012 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
Hong Kong, Sep 11 (IANS) Among the billions of emails sent back and forth daily are some that do contain personal, proprietary and sensitive information, documents, media, photos, videos and ... Read more...
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Scientists develop tool to step up software security
July 23rd, 2012 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 23 (IANS) A new tool developed by a team of Harvard researchers, could step up security and ensure enhanced performance for commonly used web and mobile applications.Called RockSalt, ... Read more...
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New mobile app developed to monitor data theft
July 6th, 2012 - 4:48 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, July 6 (IANS) Computer scientists have developed a new mobile app to prevent data abuse by digital spies through other applications on your smartphone.Scientists from the Saarland University, Germany, ... Read more...
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Chinese social media users ‘happier’ than Westerners
June 28th, 2012 - 11:44 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 28 (IANS) Chinese social media users are "happier" and write "less political" messages on their profiles than Westerners, The Telegraph reported Thursday.Computer scientists at the Delft University of ... Read more...
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Users surprisingly candid in text messaging
May 17th, 2012 - 3:27 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 17 (IANS) Surprisingly, text messaging seems to evoke more truthful responses to sensitive questions, according to a new study.
"The preliminary results of our study suggest that people ... Read more...
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A machine that can tell when you’re lying
March 27th, 2012 - 5:23 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 27 (IANS) Computer scientists, taking inspiration from the human face, are exploring whether machines can detect lies.In a study of 40 videotaped conversations, an automated system that ... Read more...
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Lost world discovered at Lake Huron
January 12th, 2012 - 12:16 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington, Jan 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) North American scientists are excited following the discovery of a mysterious wooden pole at the bottom of Lake Huron. Explorers are speculating that the found pole is ... Read more...
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Researchers transmit record 186 GB data per second
December 14th, 2011 - 1:02 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 14 (IANS) Researchers have successfully transmitted 186 gigabits of data per second (GBps), accomplishing a new world record and helping usher in the next generation of high-speed network ... Read more...
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New software to access blocked websites
August 11th, 2011 - 4:33 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 11 (IANS) Scientists have developed a new system by which you will now be able to access blocked internet websites. This radical new approach could render internet virtually ... Read more...
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Track public health trends, through Twitter
July 7th, 2011 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 7 (IANS) Twitter allows millions of social media fans to comment in 140 characters or less on just about anything - from an actor's outlandish behaviour to an ... Read more...
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Scientists develop software for recognizing double entendre joke
May 2nd, 2011 - 5:39 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 2 (ANI): Two computer scientists at the University of Washington have developed a system for recognising a particular type of double entendre joke.Chloe Kiddon and Yuriy Brun developed the system, ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Soon, computers with immune system like humans to avert cyber-attacks
April 24th, 2011 - 12:08 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 24 (ANI): Computer scientists and IT engineers are planning to build a new technology that would help computers fight viruses just like the human immune system.This technology would help overcome ... Read more...
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Now, paralysed people can play music just by thinking about it!
March 19th, 2011 - 1:21 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 19 (ANI): Scientists have conducted a trial of a brain-computer interface that allows paralysed patients to play music with brainpower alone.In the trial, a pianist played a series of notes, ... Read more...
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New software allows the blind to ’see’ their printed portrait images
February 17th, 2011 - 5:52 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 17 (ANI): Computer scientists in Arizona have demonstrated new software that enables the blind to 'see' their printed portrait images.Their software allows a blind user to take a photo of ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
New weapon against Internet pirates to save movie industry
January 30th, 2011 - 6:36 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Jan 30 (ANI): Two Ballarat computer scientists have written a program, which can act as weapon against Internet pirates.PhD student Robert Layton and researcher Prof Paul Watters, of Ballarat University's Internet ... Read more...
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Scientists can now control building blocks of super-fast quantum computer
December 24th, 2010 - 12:46 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 24 (ANI): Scientists have reported a major achievement in the field of quantum computers - they have succeeded in controlling the building blocks of a future super-fast quantum computer.Scientists from ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
JavaScript can allow anyone to access your web-surfing history
December 4th, 2010 - 12:46 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 4 (ANI): A new study has shown that your web surfing history is easily accessible without your permission - through JavaScript code.Research from computer scientists at the University of California, ... Read more...
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New software helps edit billions of pixels in seconds
October 31st, 2010 - 6:11 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 31 (IANS) Computer scientists have developed a software that quickly edits "extreme resolution imagery," huge photographs containing billions to hundreds of billions of pixels or dot-like picture elements.
Until ... Read more...
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Child-mother interactions study to pave for robots with social skills
October 29th, 2010 - 2:18 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 29 (ANI): Researchers are studying infant-mother interactions and working to implement their findings in a baby robot capable of learning social skills.The first phase of the project by University ... Read more...
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Scientists create system that ’simulates handwritten captchas’
October 16th, 2010 - 6:06 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 16 (ANI): Researchers at the Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors are developing ways to simulate handwritten captchas.University at Buffalo computer scientist Venu Govindaraju believes that this annoying ... Read more...
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Solar-powered plane set for world tour
October 15th, 2010 - 1:09 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Oct 14 (IANS) The team that built the first solar-powered plane is planning a round-the-world flight within two years, with a stopover in China, a media report Thursday said."We plan ... Read more...
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Now, an iPhone app that can measure pollutants in air
September 21st, 2010 - 4:48 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 21 (ANI): A new smartphone application can now allow users to keep a tab on the air quality and see the level of pollutants around them.University of Southern California computer ... Read more...
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Dark silicon GreenDroid chip to boost smartphone battery life, performance
September 2nd, 2010 - 3:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 2 (ANI): Researchers at University of California, San Diego are using "dark silicon" - the underused transistors in modern microprocessors - to improve smartphone efficiency.Dark silicon refers to the huge ... Read more...
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Now, scientists to ‘browse’ earthquake data
August 21st, 2010 - 4:57 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 21 (ANI): Computer scientists at the University of Edinburgh have developed a system that will help them understand how earthquakes travel in the Earth's structure and cause damage.A clear picture ... Read more...
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Indian-origin scientist ’solves one of world’s most complex math problems’
August 11th, 2010 - 6:05 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 11 (ANI): Computer scientist Vinay Deolalikar claims to have solved maths riddle of P vs NP - one of the world's most complex and intractable mathematical problems.Deolalikar, who works at ... Read more...
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Now, software to help track down child sexual predators
August 8th, 2010 - 4:56 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 8 (ANI): University of Massachusetts Amherst computer scientists have developed new software that would help police catch people who possess and share illegal images and produce child pornography for ... Read more...
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Foldit computer game that tackles protein folding becomes a rage
August 5th, 2010 - 5:18 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 5 (ANI): Foldit, which turns one of the hardest problems in molecular biology into a game a bit reminiscent of Tetris, has become a rage among common people as it ... Read more...
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Computer scientists shatter ‘terabyte barrier’, set new world record
August 1st, 2010 - 4:55 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 1 (ANI): Computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego, shattered "the terabyte barrier" - and a world record - when they sorted over one terabyte of data ... Read more...
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Silicon chip speed record shattered on electron ‘racetrack’
July 17th, 2010 - 2:40 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 17 (ANI): A "racetrack" that can shuttle electrons around at high speeds has set a new record for silicon chips.Electrons travelling through silicon have a strict speed limit due to ... Read more...
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Geo-tags in celeb pics, a boon for stalkers
July 13th, 2010 - 1:00 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 13 (ANI): Tech savvy stalkers can now easily figure out celebrities' home addresses, as the stars aren't taking care when they upload pictures containing geo-tags, letting thieves know their exact ... Read more...
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Smart cars with black boxes
July 4th, 2010 - 3:30 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 4 (IANS) Computer scientists in the US are developing technology that will transform cars into intelligent vehicles fitted with aircraft-style black boxes that can record information about driving behaviour during ... Read more...
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Google buys flight information software company ITA for $700 million in cash
July 2nd, 2010 - 3:54 am ICT by BNO News
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA (BNO NEWS) -- ITA Software, Inc. and Google Inc. on Thursday announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for Google to acquire ITA for $700 million in cash.ITA, ... Read more...
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Indian origin scientist develops software to make PCs ’sleep-work’
June 25th, 2010 - 3:02 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 25 (ANI): Personal computers in offices can now save energy and money by "sleep-working," thanks to new software SleepServer developed by a team led by an Indian-origin American scientist.Sleep-working ... Read more...
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Silicon breakthrough brings ‘quantum computer’ closer to reality
June 24th, 2010 - 3:09 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 24 (ANI): For the first time, researchers have been able to control the remarkable ability of an electron to exist in two places at once and that too in the ... Read more...
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Britain to build Europe’s largest bio-research centre
June 19th, 2010 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 19 (IANS) Britain plans to build Europe's largest medical research centre where thousand of scientists can work together on different projects.
The 1.4-hectare complex worth 600 million pound will have ... Read more...
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