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  • Silicon chips self assemble in the lab

    Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology released research detailing how molecules in chips can self-assemble, potentially reducing manufacturing costs.The researchers have developed a technique in which polymers automatically fall…
    17 March 2010
    Tags: Researchers • Materials • Manufacturing • Manufacturers • Institute • Designs

  • International Space Station partners shine light on science benefit

    While NASA budget-keepers focus on setting future priorities for the space agency, many in the world space community is trying to turn attention to the benefits a mostly complete International Space Station will provide global science.While…
    12 March 2010
    Tags: Station • Science • Return • Budget • Agency • Agencies

  • NASA space shuttle prepares to complete space station

    The shuttle uses these fuels for its Orbital Maneuvering system that handles orbital insertion, major orbital maneuvers and deorbit, NASA said.On this mission, which is set to launch April 5, Discovery will carry a multipurpose logistics module…
    10 March 2010
    Tags: Station • Module • Mission • Carry • Carrier • Budget

  • Microsoft boffin wins Turing Award

    Turning, on computer scientists and engineers who have made great strides in advancing the frontier of computer science.Other recipients of the award, which ACM describes as the Nobel Prize in Computing, include Donald Knuth, Alan Kay and Vinton…
    10 March 2010
    Tags: Silicon Valley • Prototype • Prize • Networked • Charles • Award

  • MIT opens Media Lab Complex

    There have been more than 90 companies spun off from the Media Lab.The lab, celebrating its 25th anniversary, was founded in 1980 by Nicholas Negroponte, who went on to create the One Laptop Per Child project, and Jerome Wiesner, former MIT…
    09 March 2010
    Tags: Walls • Media Lab • Houses • Glass • Footprint

  • RSA 1024-bit private key encryption cracked

    We've shown that that's not true," said Valeria Bertacco, an associate professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, in a statement. They also say they have come up with a solution, which involves a cryptographic…
    05 March 2010
    Tags: University • Smartphones • Researchers • Protect • Ecommerce • Authentication

Latest Features

  • Five doomsday scenarios for IT apocalypse

    Ken Calvert, chair of the University of Kentucky's Department of Computer Science. But what if instead of simply a denial-of-service attack against select websites, the entire Internet suddenly stopped working.
    17 March 2010
    Tags: Wall Street • Stopped • Scenarios • Scenario • Rogue • Disaster Recovery

  • Why Google Android beats the Apple iPhone

    Some reports suggest that the App Store reviewers are finally coming around to understanding the advantages in the technique taught to many freshman in their first computer science class, but no one really knows.These kinds of flexible functions…
    04 March 2010
    Tags: Scripts • File System • Fear • Distribute • Deeper • Api

  • Business needs new IT blood

    In 2000, 5.2 percent of incoming students intended to major in computer science. By 2008, according to the latest data from the National Science Foundation, that number had plummeted to 1.5 percent.The need for technology staff who work locally…
    02 March 2010
    Tags: Students • Science • Financial Services • Entrylevel • Education • Advance

  • Hackers capture Hollywood imaginations

    Last year, Michael Largent, a real life criminal, was sentenced to 15 months in prison for pulling off a salami slicing scam.In the past, researchers have looked at how Hollywood has presented science in the movies and found it lacking.Similarly…
    25 February 2010
    Tags: War • Skills • Science • Robert • Games • Criminal

  • The best IT books of all time

    From there, it was a small step to compiling our list of the greatest.We set the ground rules early: no computer manuals (although we might return to that subject later) and no science fiction, even though there's a close correspondence with this…
    11 February 2010
    Tags: Subject • Michael • Lists • Cover • Books • Book

  • Ten green issues for CIOs

    Unlike many environmental and climate change debates, this one cleverly sidestepped the science, politics and personal beliefs that get involved.The confused mind says "no". IBM recently ran a 'Jam' - an online discussion - on environmental…
    09 February 2010
    Tags: Wait • Term • Subject • Identify • Cios • Benefits

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How-Tos

  • How to build a data forensics lab on the cheap

    Personally I recommend and use FTK 2.2 for its easy-to-use tools, high processing speed and excellent technical support team.In the end I tell people computer forensics is more of an art than a science.
    28 July 2009
    Tags: Dollars • Registry • Blocking • Remove • Scene • Suspect

  • Case Study: How Wi-Fi eased the classroom crunch

    Urch was less conscious of price than other schools might be, as the system is supported by a grant, because of Heathland's status as a Science College. Schools are less likely than universities to adopt Wi-Fi - but at Heathland School in West…
    27 May 2008
    Tags: Peter Judge • Centralised • Access Points • Expand • School • Buildings

  • Case Study: Parallel Internet: Inside the Worldwide LHC computing Grid

    Ruth Pordes, executive director of the Open Science Grid, which oversees the US infrastructure for the LHC network, describes it as an "evolution of the Internet. Perhaps just as complicated as answering scientists' questions of origin, is setting…
    28 April 2008
    Tags: Questions • Dedicated • Tier • Centres • Network World • Raw

  • Case Study: Shaping the priorities of Internet2

    We look forward to working with network researchers on exciting new network research projects such as the US National Science Foundation's GENI project. You might think the network you oversee is big, but consider Chris Robb's new job: network…
    11 February 2008
    Tags: High Speed • Education • Transport • Mechanism • Campus • Dynamically

  • Case Study: Supercomputer travels way back in time to predict climate future

    But another need in climate research, said Hack, is to understand the impact of climate change on a regional level, such as what it would mean for the manager of a water project in the south-western USA who wants to know how groundwater levels may…
    29 January 2008
    Tags: Cores • Events • Continuous • Assess • Hack • Faces

  • Case Study: IBM helps Africa climate change research

    IBM and members of the world's leading science, education and charity organisations launched the programme in November of 2004. Global warming and climate change effects on Africa will be modelled by a worldwide grid of PCs under an initiative by…
    03 September 2007
    Tags: Output • Region • Affect • Decisions • Water • Upload

Reviews

  • Neo4j review

    By contrast, a traditional database would require a separate query for each step through the search, driving traffic through the roof.Searching algorithms aren't news to anyone who's taken basic computer science courses.
    18 February 2010
    Tags: Relationships • Query • Object • Nodes • Friends • Bob

  • Flip MinoHD (120 minutes)

    Flip MinoHD (120 minutes) Christopher Breen Pure Digital updates its smallest pocket camcorder review,reviews The science of pocket camcorders is evolving. After updating the Flip Ultra pocket camcorder to shoot in 720p high-definition (HD) video…
    23 October 2009
    Tags: Cameras • Hdmi • Buttons • Handles • Lcd • Highdefinition

  • Thrane & Thrane Explorer 500

    Anything for science.The Explorer 500 also has satellite phone capabilities. However, I tend to relax more when I know that fires aren't burning elsewhere. Thus, the need for some form of data access would make the vacation all the better, as long…
    14 October 2009
    Tags: Streaming • South • Aiming • Guarantee • Game

  • Readiris Pro 12 review

    And in a science article, 10 to the power of 11 was turned into 1011.Readiris also sometimes struggles with justified margins, and there would often be large gaps at the ends of lines that weren't found in the original documents.
    11 June 2009
    Tags: Scanner • Scan • Compression • Recognition • Window • Material

  • The Sims 3 review

    Elegantly aligned in plausible allotments of urban and suburban structure, you'll find community theatres, wellness gyms, deep-fried diners, graveyards, fishing holes, science facilities, memorial stadiums - even remote military complexes.Where do…
    01 June 2009
    Tags: Activities • Videos • Waiting • Advance • Style • Pop

  • Intel NAS Performance Toolkit review

    After all, good science demands that results be challenged and experiments be repeated. The Intel NAS Performance Toolkit (NASPT), is a simple, easy to use file system exerciser that measures NAS performance.
    20 May 2009
    Tags: Engineer • File System • Production • Sort • Actions • Workstations

White Papers

  • Do undergraduates want a career in IT?

    A study of the attitudes of current UK undergraduates in relation to careers and work in the IT sector Many young people have a great interest in IT and are very sophisticated in their use of IT,yet the number of people studying computing/IT…
    23 June 2008
    Tags: Science • Boost • Interest • Addressing • Career • Subjects

  • Global Asset Sustainability

    Science, business, and government organizations are starting to support the fact that reducing greenhouse gas is an inevitable and integral component of doing business. Environmental awareness, particularly excess greenhouse gases, has seen a surge…
    07 September 2007
    Tags: Lines • Programs • Organizations • Asset Management • Greenhouse

  • Building a Network Risk Scorecard

    Network assurance is the science of achieving fact-based global network visibility without administrative overhead or disruption to operations. Networks evolve constantly in response to application and business service availability and…
    21 May 2007
    Tags: Compliance • Availability • Visibility • Assurance • Scorecard • Lumeta

  • Automation—delivering intelligent IT control

    To that end, our core automation engine is built around policy-based and model-based automation, where advanced science from HP leverages a wide range of capabilities. To remain competitive, todays enterprises need to work continuously to reduce…
    08 March 2007
    Tags: Automation • Intelligent • Self • Assurance • Datacenter • Modeling

  • The Business Case for Outsourcing Software Testing to Vietnam

    In addition, 80% of the graduates from Vietnamese colleges and universities graduate with science degrees making Vietnam a particularly good destination for technology outsourcing.The educational attainment levels of Vietnam's workforce are…
    01 March 2007
    Tags: Education • Economic • Outsourcing • Destination • Universities • Emphasis

  • Data Quality Analysis at the Spitzer Science Center

    A DQA software system has been implemented to display, analyze and grade Spitzer science data. This supports the project requirement that the science data be verified after calibration and before archiving and subsequent release to the astronomical…
    27 February 2007
    Tags: Analysis • Images • Campaign • Science • Sequence • Measurements

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