News tagged with computer databases
New database for vital model organism launched
A new database promises to be an invaluable resource to scientists who use a unique single-celled fungus to study human diseases.
Nov 28, 2011 |
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Novel high-performance hybrid system for semantic factoring of graph databases
Imagine trying to analyze all of the English entries in Wikipedia. Now imagine you've got 20 times as much information. That's the challenge scientists face when working with gigabyte data sets. Scientists ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Sep 20, 2011 |
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The economics of database searching
(PhysOrg.com) -- Searching the internet might seem simple, but applying a little bit of economic theory to information retrieval can shed some light on the best search strategies to adopt, according to researchers.
Technology / Computer Sciences
Aug 11, 2011 |
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First 'white space' devices about to debut
(PhysOrg.com) -- Google, and eight other already approved companies are likely to soon be joined by Microsoft as they all take a giant leap into the great "white space" unknown. Because bandwidth for computing devices has ...
May 25, 2011 |
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New markers for allergic disorders thanks to analysis of medical databases
Researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have developed new methods for analysing medical databases that can be used to identify diagnostic markers more quickly and to personalise medication for allergic disorders. ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 11, 2011 |
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Faster websites, more reliable data
Today, visiting almost any major website -- checking your Facebook news feed, looking for books on Amazon, bidding for merchandise on eBay -- involves querying a database. But the databases that these sites ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Oct 14, 2010 |
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Data mining made faster: New method eases analysis of 'multidimensional' information
To many big companies, you aren't just a customer, but are described by multiple "dimensions" of information within a computer database. Now, a University of Utah computer scientist has devised a new method for simpler, faster ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jul 22, 2010 |
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Initiative creates more secure environment for cloud computing
Scientists at the University of Texas in Dallas, with funding from AFOSR's Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative, are seeking solutions for maintaining privacy in a cloud, or an Internet-based computing environment ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jun 17, 2010 |
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New surveillance camera system provides text feed
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) have developed a prototype surveillance camera and computer system to analyze the camera images and deliver a text feed describing ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jun 03, 2010 |
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HP, Microsoft team up on $250 million cloud computing project
Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft said Wednesday they will jointly spend $250 million to develop hardware and software products that are designed to work together smoothly in their customers' data centers and in cloud computing ...
Jan 14, 2010 |
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Next-Generation Air Transportation System to Ultimately Succeed, Computer Scientist Predicts
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Next Generation Air Transportation System, known as NextGen, is due for national implementation in stages between now and 2018. "I am predicting ultimate success and a system that will provide a much ...
Dec 16, 2009 |
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Cyber crooks tarketing banks-social networks: Cisco
An annual security report being released Tuesday by technology titan Cisco warns that banks and online social networks are prime targets for increasingly sophisticated cyber crooks.
Dec 08, 2009 |
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Food banks go high-tech to feed the hungry
(AP) -- Food banks across the country are undergoing a high-tech revolution, adopting sophisticated databases, bar coding, GPS tracking, automated warehouses and other technologies used in the food industry ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Nov 27, 2009 |
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From Terabytes to Petabytes: Computer Scientists Develop New Hybrid Database System
(PhysOrg.com) -- As the amounts of data being stored by databases around the world enters the realm of the petabyte (the amount of data stored in a mile-high stack of CD-ROM disks), efficient data management is becoming more ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Aug 26, 2009 |
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Oracle says Justice Dept allows $7.4B Sun deal
(AP) -- Business software maker Oracle Corp. said Thursday it has received the Justice Department's approval to move forward with its $7.4 billion acquisition of former dot-com-era star Sun Microsystems Inc.
Aug 20, 2009 |
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