http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who is fighting Dell Inc. founder Michael Dell's plan to take the struggling company private, has entered a confidentiality agreement that would give him access to the computer maker's financial records. http://phys.org/news282215504.html Technology Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:40:06 EST news282215504 (AP) -- The newly released 1940 U.S. census is such a hot item that it took a day for the website to get up to speed after tens of millions of hits almost paralyzed it. http://phys.org/news252676418.html Technology Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:54:01 EST news252676418 Computer engineers in the US writing in the International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems have reviewed the research literature to get a clear picture of cloud computing, its adoption, use and the security issues it faces. http://phys.org/news250163613.html Technology Mon, 05 Mar 2012 09:54:21 EST news250163613 (PhysOrg.com) -- The stock price of a company continuously changes, going up or down depending on the collective activity of a large number of investors. Although this process seems fairly straightforward, no one fully understands how this collective trading activity finds the "correct" price of a stock. Some theoretical models have been proposed to describe how different investment strategies affect price dynamics, but challenges such as investor confidentiality and complicated data mining make it difficult to gather empirical support for these models. http://phys.org/news246883311.html Physics Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:30:01 EST news246883311 Signcryption is a technology that protects confidentiality and authenticity, seamlessly and simultaneously. http://phys.org/news245326980.html Technology Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:23:19 EST news245326980 Privacy legislation and protocols to safeguard the health information of members of the military are lacking, and the head of Canada's military must take action to ensure health privacy for all staff, states an editorial in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CAMJ). http://phys.org/news208437805.html Medicine & Health Mon, 08 Nov 2010 11:23:40 EST news208437805 (AP) -- A person familiar with the ouster of Hewlett-Packard Co.'s former CEO Mark Hurd tells The Associated Press that the woman who accused Hurd of sexual harassment also claimed that he told her about a major acquisition HP was about to make. http://phys.org/news208230860.html Technology Sat, 06 Nov 2010 02:54:37 EST news208230860 The European Commission said Friday it was taking the British government to court for failing to protect Internet user privacy. http://phys.org/news205072465.html Technology Thu, 30 Sep 2010 13:34:52 EST news205072465 (AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. is suing the chief executive it ousted last month, Mark Hurd, to stop him from taking a top job at rival Oracle Corp. http://phys.org/news203092039.html Technology Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:27:33 EST news203092039 (AP) -- Employees of Internet auction site eBay shared confidential information gained from Craigslist with other employees developing eBay's own online classifieds business, an eBay executive said Wednesday. http://phys.org/news179646940.html Technology Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:56:15 EST news179646940 Security cameras in hallways, double locked doors and strict confidentiality clauses, Ubisoft employees are working in a veritable bunker in downtown Montreal to create their latest 3D video game. http://phys.org/news177359310.html Technology Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:50:01 EST news177359310 (AP) -- The government's food and drug regulators want to open their files to the public. http://phys.org/news163168747.html Medicine & Health Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:39:27 EST news163168747