Sultan of Sound
Researchers Reveal Holes in
Grid
Researchers from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial
Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) and Lincoln Laboratory published a
paper last week detailing how a simple computer worm could
trigger a cascade failure in a grid or cluster environment by
exploiting a vulnerability in the Secure Shell (SSH) remote
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Tech Firms Reach Out for
Research
Universities are taking on the role of research and
development centers for U.S. technology companies that must
increasingly face the realities of budget cuts and
consolidation. Next-generation technologies are under
development at facilities such as the University of
Minnesota's Digital ...
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Hey Google, Map
This!
Google Maps, Google's online map service, is being enhanced
by tech-savvy developers for various applications. 3D graphic
artist Paul Rademacher's HousingMaps hack allows home and
rental shoppers to find available apartments by melding
craigslist real estate listings with city maps from ...
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Inventing Our
Evolution
In his book, "Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of
Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies--and What It Means to Be
Human," Joel Garreau notes that the interwoven fields of
genetics, robotics, and nanotechnology are developing at an
accelerated rate. He expects dramatic changes in human ...
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In War on Terrorism, New
Cybersearch Tool Seeks Hidden
Vulnerabilities
Researchers at the University at Buffalo's School of
Engineering and Applied Sciences have developed a prototype
search engine designed to extract "hidden" information from
public Web sites as part of an initiative to predict and stop
potential terrorist activities. The system, whose ...
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Strength in
Numbers
Mobile Internet users are not likely to utilize search
engines unless mobile operators can figure out how to deliver
better results, says search engine personalization researcher
and University College Dublin computer science head Barry
Smyth. His group has created new technology that learns ...
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Language of Computer
Hobbyists Hits the Big Time
Major software companies are adding support for scripting
languages such as PHP, Perl, Python, and Ruby: Oracle is
expected to announce a partnership with Zend Technologies to
extend support for PHP applications linking to its namesake
database, while IBM formed a similar partnership with Zend for
...
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Digital Gizmos' Abilities
Erupting
The convergence of computing, communications, and
entertainment technologies is manifesting itself in new
digital devices that enable entertainment to be played
whenever, wherever, and however a consumer wants. This is an
alarming prospect to an entertainment industry that ...
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Europe's $86 Billion
Research Program to Create 925,000 Jobs, Says
Report
The next collaborative research plan of the European Union
would create nearly 1 million jobs, while ending EU support
for research and development would result in the loss of about
800,000 jobs and a 0.84 percent decline in the GDP, according
to an impact assessment by the European Commission. ...
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Address
Policies
In November 2005, the World Summit on the Information
Society will convene to discuss a number of topics related to
Internet governance and resource management that national
delegations and other interested parties have been working on
for several years, writes Geoff Huston, Telstra's chief ...
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SIGGRAPH Animation
Festival Hits High Notes
This year's SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival will focus
on scientific visualization while the SIGGRAPH Papers segment
features 98 papers accepted from a field of 461 submissions.
The computer animation festival will show 67 pieces, including
a strong international and student contribution, says ...
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The Dangers of a
Stressed-Out, Overworked DNS
Top companies on the Internet are increasingly being
plagued by domain name system (DNS) outages. One of the most
notable examples of this occurred on May 7 when Google went
offline for 15 minutes, leaving Gmail users and fans of Google
News scrambling to find out what had happened. DNS outages
have ...
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Instant Messaging Falls
Prey to Worms
Instant messaging (IM) technology is fertile new ground for
hackers, according to experts. In 2001, 141 million people
were using IM applications, but that number has since grown to
863 million people, making IM-based hacks more appealing.
Security experts had hoped that limited ...
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School Studies Effects of
Internet Attacks
Iowa State University is using a new test laboratory to
train students and local security professionals on
cyberattacks and cyber-defense. The Internet Simulation Event
and Attack Generation Environment (ISEAGE) is designed to
recreate a cyberattack on any part of the Internet ...
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Black Boxes Capture
Car-Crash Data, Controversy
Motor vehicle black boxes, or event-data recorders, are
seen as a boon to many parties affected by car crashes. Event
recording can be used by automobile manufacturers to assess
system performance and vehicle design to make passengers
safer; by insurance investigators to speed up accident ...
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Getting R&D Back on
Track
The U.S. research community is shrinking away from the type
of long-term research bets that created numerous industries,
writes Johns Hopkins University President and Council on
Competitiveness National Innovation Initiative co-chair
William Brody. Though it has been well known that ...
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What CIOs Need From IT
Schools
A corporate landscape with greater emphasis on technology
is breeding demand for IT workers with strong business skills,
but an October 2004 CIO Insight survey finds that most
employers consider college graduates ill-prepared for the
realities of business IT careers. Seventy-four ...
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Sultan of
Sound
Many voice communications technologies in use today are
indebted to the pioneering work of James L. Flanagan, who will
receive the 2005 IEEE Medal of Honor for his contributions. As
a researcher at Bell Labs, Flanagan investigated vocoders
based on formant frequencies and developed an ...
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