News tagged with computer software tools
Researchers announce GenomeSpace environment to connect genomic tools
Researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have announced that GenomeSpace, a software environment that seamlessly connects genomic analysis tools, is now available to the scientific community. During her keynote ...
Apr 25, 2012 |
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Software helps improve software
The earlier a problem is detected, the easier it can be solved. Before implementing complex programs in a time-consuming process, computer scientists also want to know whether they will reach the desired performance. Apart ...
Feb 21, 2012 |
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Improved method for protein sequence comparisons is faster, more accurate, sensitive
Lightning fast and yet highly sensitive: HHblits is a new software tool for protein research which promises to significantly improve the functional analysis of proteins. A team of computational biologists led by Dr. Johannes ...
Dec 25, 2011 |
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NIST improves tool for hardening software against cyber attack
(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have dramatically enlarged a database designed to improve applications that help programmers find weaknesses in software. This ...
Nov 23, 2011 |
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Computer infections rife as hackers prevail: PandaLabs
Hackers infected computers, derailed websites, and plundered networks in a memorably miserable quarter, according to a report released Wednesday by Internet security firm PandaLabs.
Jul 06, 2011 |
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New tool makes programs more efficient without sacrificing safety functions
Computer programs are incorporating more and more safety features to protect users, but those features can also slow the programs down by 1,000 percent or more. Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed ...
Mar 31, 2011 |
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Updated NIST software uses combination testing to catch bugs fast and easy
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have released an updated version of a computer system testing tool that can cut costs by more efficiently finding flaws. A tutorial on using ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 10, 2010 |
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Software tool helps tap into the power of graphics processing
Today's computers rely on powerful graphics processing units (GPUs) to create the spectacular graphics in video games. In fact, these GPUs are now more powerful than the traditional central processing units (CPUs) - or brains ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 17, 2010 |
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Google adds language translation to Android smartphones
Google on Thursday released free software that lets smartphones based on its Android operating systems be used as language translation tools.
May 06, 2010 |
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Dynamic Nimbus cloud deployment wins Challenge Award at Grid5000 conference
The Nimbus toolkit, developed by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago as an open source set of software tools for providing cloud computing implementations, ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 26, 2010 |
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New funding will stimulate alternative energy research
Initiatives to provide geothermal heating or power at the Pueblo of Jemez and the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology campus are receiving Los Alamos National Laboratory assistance, thanks to recent American Reinvestment ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Next-generation sound systems to minimise background noise
(PhysOrg.com) -- The whole listening experience in cars, cinemas, theatres, and even during videoconferences, is likely to improve radically thanks to a new set of tools for application development being assembled ...
Jul 24, 2009 |
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Software may speed journey from catwalk to consumer
(PhysOrg.com) -- The latest fashions could find their way from catwalk to consumers faster in the future, thanks to the work of a student at The University of Manchester.
Jun 03, 2009 |
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Classroom computers boost face-to-face learning
Computers have been used for years to facilitate learning at a distance. A new European research programme shows that computers can also enhance collaborative, face-to-face learning and problem solving.
May 22, 2009 |
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Google refines searches for pictures and news
Google on Monday unveiled software tools that let people search the Internet using pictures or chronologically organize results of queries for news.
Apr 21, 2009 |
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