 Engineering professor shakes things up with earthquake testsMost Texans have little reason to think about earthquakes or seismic damage much in their everyday lives. But for Dr. David Rosowsky of Texas A&M; University, extreme events like earthquakes, hurricanes and ... | |
Informatics scientists' �active cookies� put bite on cyber crooksResearchers at the Indiana University School of Informatics and RSA Laboratories have written a recipe to protect Internet users from identity theft and other kinds of cyber attacks. | |
Microsoft Investigates Word Flaw(AP) -- A newly disclosed flaw in Microsoft Word could let malicious hackers take control of victims' computers by sending them e-mail with a Word document attached. | |
 Yahoo Shakeup Highlights Web Video Shift(AP) -- The departure of television veteran Lloyd Braun from Yahoo Inc. underscores a shift, or at least a major hiccup, by Internet companies away from creating costly original content. | |
Data transport via fibre-optic network could be faster stillDue to the explosive growth in data transport the need for a greater utilisation of the bandwidth of fibre-optic networks is increasing. Dutch researcher Erwin Verdurmen examined how the transmission capacity of the glass ... | |
 New scientific evidence in Libya HIV death penalty caseNew molecular evidence from Oxford�s Zoology Department sheds significant doubt on charges against six medical workers who are facing execution in Libya. | |
Intel Demonstrates Its First Mobile Wimax Baseband ChipIntel Corporation today announced design completion of its first mobile WiMAX baseband chip. Combined with the company�s previously announced single-chip, multi-band WiMAX/Wi-Fi radio, the pair creates a complete chipset ... | |
 Yahoo reorganizes under pressure from GoogleInternet search giant Yahoo has announced a major shake-up of its business aimed at increasing advertising revenue, a strategic response to gains by rival Google. | |
Cell phones for the holidaysNo longer is the cellular phone selection limited to the RAZR, a $500 Treo and hundreds of look-alikes and act-alikes. Recent months have brought a wave of new devices that stand apart from the pack in terms of looks and ... | |
 Hackers Attack Naval War College Network(AP) -- Hackers attacked the computer network at the Naval War College in Newport, taking down the school's network for more than two weeks, including some e-mail services and the college's Web site. | |
Measuring awareness is not as simple as a single numberScience fiction describes the crucial difference between a robot and a person as sense of self. But for Rockefeller University�s George Reeke, computers � self or no self � do not yet begin to capture the complexity of the ... | |
 Computer scientists uncover online auction fraudComputer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University are using data mining techniques to identify perpetrators of fraud among online auction users as well as their otherwise unknown accomplices. | |
 China may issue 3G telecom licenses 'very soon': ministerChina may issue long-awaited licenses to build third generation (3G) mobile phone networks "very soon," the government's top telecom official said. | |
 Internet users hot for female celebrities in 2006Singer Britney Spears has led a celebrity-packed Top Ten list of the most sought out terms by the millions of people worldwide who used Internet search engine Yahoo in 2006. | |
 Sandia researchers develop better sensor detection systemBy integrating readily available generic sensors with a more sophisticated sensor, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed a detection system that promises to make it easier to catch perpetrators ... | |
