The Power of Us
Computer Jobs Losing
Attraction
Gartner estimates that up to 15 percent of tech workers in
the United States will drop out of the field by the close of
the decade, not including those who retire or pass away. Most
will leave because of higher salaries and better job
satisfaction that can be found elsewhere, precipitated in ...
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The Invention House in the
East
While Asia continues to dominate the manufacturing of
high-tech electronics, industry experts highlight that
region's increasing involvement in the field of research and
development. European and U.S. companies and universities
still lead the world in terms of basic research ...
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Dear Mr. President:
Computational Science 'Critical'
A new report, "Computational Science: Ensuring America's
Competitiveness," from the President's Information Technology
Advisory Committee (PITAC), says computational science is one
of the key technology fields of this century and calls for
changes in the way universities and the federal ...
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Software Advance Helps
Computers Act Logically
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is
expected to approve a new software language that would enable
a computer to "think" about the meaning of a command instead
of just responding to it. The process specification language
ISO 18629, developed by National Institute ...
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Tiny Linux Computer Has
High Hopes for Robotics Apps
University of Essex (U.K.) computer science professor Owen
Holland has developed a fixed-wing aircraft and a helicopter
by integrating a very small Linux single-board computer called
Gumstix with a motor, propeller, and wireless LAN. The next
step will be the creation of a collection of ...
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Justices to Rule on Fate of
File-Swapping
The Supreme Court is expected to rule as early as today in
what could be a landmark case in the battle over peer-to-peer
file-sharing services that has pitted the entertainment
industry against many in the technology industry, including
file-swapping networks Grokster and StreamCast ...
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Enter Avalanche: P2P
Filesharing From Microsoft
By coding at the network level, researchers at Microsoft's
computer science lab in Cambridge, England, have developed a
peer-to-peer file-sharing system dubbed Avalanche that
operates 20 percent to 30 percent faster than existing
technology that codes at the server level. While operating
under ...
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'Mactel' Desktops May Offer
Triple-Threat OS
It remains unclear if Apple Computer, poised to launch its
line of Intel-powered Macintoshes next year, will allow users
to run Windows directly on the machines. Apple's Brian Croll
says, "Apple doesn't plan to sell or support Windows," though
the proposed "Mactel" hardware will offer ...
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Taking Telepresence to a
New Level
Remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) linked to simulators are
being developed by nine partners from four European Union
nations under the IST TELEDRIVE project for the education and
entertainment industries. Two model ROVs, a submarine and
wheeled vehicle, were developed alongside a showroom and ...
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Robot Runs Like
Humans
Scientists from the University of Michigan and the
Communications and the Cybernetic Research Institute of Nantes
in France have used a series of algorithms to map the
mechanics of balance in a bipedal robot they have developed
that can walk and run like a human. The robot, named "Rabbit,"
...
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Researcher Develops
Computer Game for the Blind
As part of his PhD project, Japanese student Makoto Ohuchi
of Tohoku Fukushi University has developed a computer game
conducted entirely through sound. In order for the computer to
track a player's movements, players don headphones and attach
sensors to their arms, wrist, and to the mallet ...
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Futuristic Systems
Showcased at Canadian Conference
An "intelligent" e-health portal was among the latest
advances in robotics and intelligent systems technologies on
display at IS 2005, Canada's annual conference on Intelligent
Systems. The DataGlider portal is able to provide physicians
with the right information needed to treat a patient, ...
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Disney Animation Arm Adds
Depth With 5 New Films
Walt Disney Feature Animation has made its first public
recruiting pitch to the animation industry since 2001 with
studio executives introducing five films on which they are
working. In addition, they showcased the animation tools they
are employing as Disney makes the switch from traditional 2D
...
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Anticipation
Game
Advances in technology and an opportunity to boost the
bottom-line considerably has prompted more businesses to adopt
predictive analytics systems. There are more preconfigured
models for specific industries and application these days, and
the process of creating models is now more ...
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Midcareer
Crisis
More and more veteran IT professionals are finding their
careers in flux as they try to keep pace with an industry
increasingly prone to outsourcing, downsizing, and fundamental
shifts in focus. The threat of unemployment looms large for
the 11 percent of the U.S.'s 3.4 million IT professionals ...
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Gamers Turn Cities Into a
Battleground
Popular culture's reality craze has penetrated the virtual
gaming world, as around the globe major urban centers are
witnessing a surge in the popularity of virtual games where
players compete for real territory with the aid of portable
electronic devices. Using any handheld device with a ...
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Improving Software
Quality
The software industry is reevaluating its approach to
fixing software errors in products, and is questioning whether
developers make the best testers, whether quality can be
tested into a system, and at what point in the development
life cycle testers should be involved. Agile processes ...
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The Power of
Us
The collective knowledge, computing power, social contacts,
and other resources of the online community are being tapped
to facilitate collaboration and provide services that
outperform those of commercial giants such as AT&T and
Microsoft at substantially less cost. "We are ...
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