News tagged with computer users
Apple patent sends password secrets to adapters
(PhysOrg.com) -- First-time computer users in the early days, pre-hacking security traumas, were confronted with a new life requirement: creating and remembering system passwords. Not too easy, users were ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 06, 2012 |
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Wearable depth-sensing projection system makes any surface capable of multitouch interaction (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- OmniTouch, a wearable projection system developed by researchers at Microsoft Research and Carnegie Mellon University, enables users to turn pads of paper, walls or even their own hands, arms ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Oct 17, 2011 |
5 / 5 (9) |
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Security experts warn of new 'almost indestructible' TDL-4 botnet threat
(PhysOrg.com) -- Security experts Sergey Golovanov and Igor Soumenkov of Kaspersky Lab have detailed the threats of a new strain of the TDSS botnet, dubbed TDL-4, on SECURELIST, calling it likely the most sophisticated botnet ...
Jul 01, 2011 |
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Your web surfing history accessible via JavaScript: researchers
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Web surfing history saved in your Web browser can be accessed without your permission. JavaScript code deployed by real websites and online advertising providers use browser vulnerabilities ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Dec 03, 2010 |
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Picture-driven computing (w/ Video)
Until the 1980s, using a computer program meant memorizing a lot of commands and typing them in a line at a time, only to get lines of text back. The graphical user interface, or GUI, changed that. By representing ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jan 20, 2010 |
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Scientists design indoor navigation system for blind
University of Nevada, Reno computer science engineering team Kostas Bekris and Eelke Folmer presented their indoor navigation system for people with visual impairments at two national conferences in the past ...
May 18, 2012 |
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Email 'vacations' decrease stress, increase concentration, researchers say
Being cut off from work email significantly reduces stress and allows employees to focus far better, according to a new study by UC Irvine and U.S. Army researchers.
May 03, 2012 |
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Hundreds of thousands may lose Internet in July
(AP) -- For computer users, a few mouse clicks could mean the difference between staying online and losing Internet connections this summer.
Apr 21, 2012 |
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Microsoft counting down to the end of Windows XP
Microsoft is counting down the days until it is through with the Windows XP operating system for personal computers.
Apr 11, 2012 |
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Firm warns of hacker threat to mobile gadgets
Cyber security veterans behind startup CrowdStrike will demonstrate at the RSA conference on Wednesday that the types of attacks used against computers are heading for smartphones.
Feb 29, 2012 |
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Georgia Tech develops braille-like texting app (w/ video)
Imagine if smartphone and tablet users could text a note under the table during a meeting without anyone being the wiser. Mobile gadget users might also be enabled to text while walking, watching TV or socializing ...
Feb 17, 2012 |
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Researchers discover cell phone hackers can track your location without your knowledge
Cellular networks leak the locations of cell phone users, allowing a third party to easily track the location of the cell phone user without the user's knowledge, according to new research by computer scientists in the University ...
Feb 16, 2012 |
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User interface revolution coming to computers, TVs
Control your television with your voice or a wave of the hand. Run your laptop with your eyes.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 12, 2012 |
4.3 / 5 (4) |
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Facebook users get graphic images in spam attack
Facebook said Tuesday that a "coordinated spam attack" was responsible for graphic images appearing in the news feeds of some members of the world's largest social network.
Nov 15, 2011 |
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Logitech pulls plug on Google TV set-top boxes
Logitech has pulled the plug on Google TV set-top boxes, saying consumers just aren't ready for the device which merges television and the Internet.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 11, 2011 |
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