News tagged with computer network

Fruit fly nervous system provides new solution to fundamental computer network problem

(PhysOrg.com) -- The fruit fly has evolved a method for arranging the tiny, hair-like structures it uses to feel and hear the world that's so efficient a team of scientists in Israel and at Carnegie Mellon ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jan 13, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (14) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Analysis of a relationship triangle

In a model network of friends and foes, relationships will evolve until everyone becomes friendly or the network splits into two hostile factions, researchers suggest in the current issue of the Proceedings of the National Ac ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Jan 12, 2011 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

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

created Jan 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New algorithm enables much faster dissemination of information through self-organizing networks

As sensors that do things like detect touch and motion in cell phones get smaller, cheaper and more reliable, computer manufacturers are beginning to take seriously the decade-old idea of "smart dust" -- networks ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jan 11, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Motorola Xoom tablet crowned best CES gadget

Motorola Mobility's Xoom tablet computer powered by new "Honeycomb" software from Google was crowned the best gadget at the giant Consumer Electronics Show (CES) on Saturday.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 5

Germany reports 'sharp rise' in cyberattacks

Germany detected a sharp rise in cyberattacks in 2010, many originating in China, and plans to set up a special centre next year to deal with the danger, the government said on Monday.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 27, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Collective memory: Preserving information in constantly changing networks, without resorting to shared server

As computing power continues to move from the desktop to portable devices, the nature of communications networks will change radically. A network in which devices are regularly being added and removed, and ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 10, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Geek was chic in online search for 2010

Tech terms ruled when it came to queries on the world's leading search engine in 2010, with online stranger-pairing website Chatroulette and Apple's hip iPad tablet computer the hottest topics.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 10, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Not-so-confidential confidantes: Research shows that locations of online photos may reveal your friendships

Comparing the locations of photos posted on the Internet with social network contacts, Cornell University computer scientists have found that as few as three "co-locations" for images at different times and places could predict ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 08, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

US works to secure networks as hackers advance

(AP) -- It will take several more years for the government to fully install high-tech systems to block computer intrusions, a drawn-out timeline that enables criminals to become more adept at stealing sensitive ...

Technology / Internet

created Dec 05, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

US cuts access to files after leak embarrassment

(AP) -- The State Department severed its computer files from the government's classified network, officials said Tuesday, as U.S. and world leaders tried to clean up from the embarrassing leak that spilled ...

Technology / Internet

created Nov 30, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 14

WikiLeaks says was denial-of-service attack victim

(AP) -- The online website WikiLeaks on Sunday blamed the temporary outage of its site on a denial-of-service attack by unknown hackers trying to prevent its release of hundreds of thousands of classified U.S. State Department ...

Technology / Internet

created Nov 29, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

New Globus Online service to use the grid for high-performance file transfer

A new tool that will provide secure file–transfer service to manage large–scale data was introduced Nov. 18 at an international conference in New Orleans. Globus Online, which will use a cloud–based system r ...

Technology / Software

created Nov 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource 2010 - 2011 run starts this week

The 2010–2011 user run starts this week at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource. The run is scheduled to last until July 25, 2011, with an estimated 1500 users coming to SLAC over the course ...

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 18, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NATO mobilises for cyber warfare

In 1989, before the Internet revolution, Suleyman Anil was the lone man in charge of the security of NATO's IT system, armed with a single computer.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 18, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0