News tagged with data networks

Scientists develop new way to decipher hidden messages in symbols

(PhysOrg.com) -- Almost all information, in a sense, can be represented by symbols. In order to extract this embedded information, the symbols and the rules governing their sequence formation need to be deciphered. ...

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 27, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (41) | comments 6 | with audio podcast feature

The elusive capacity of data networks

In its early years, information theory — which grew out of a landmark 1948 paper by MIT alumnus and future professor Claude Shannon — was dominated by research on error-correcting codes: How do yo ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 15, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Spain smashes global 'zombie' computer network: police

Spanish police said on Wednesday they had arrested three men suspected of building the world's biggest network of virus-infected computers which hijacked more than 13 million PCs.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 03, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 7

Loneliness can be contagious

Loneliness, like a bad cold, can spread among groups of people, research at the University of Chicago, the University of California-San Diego and Harvard shows.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 4

Computer Based on Insights From The Brain Moves Closer to Reality

(PhysOrg.com) -- Today at SC 09, the supercomputing conference, IBM announced significant progress toward creating a computer system that simulates and emulates the brain's abilities for sensation, perception, ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (27) | comments 4

Cell network security holes revealed, with an app to test your carrier

Popular firewall technology designed to boost security on cellular networks can backfire, unwittingly revealing data that could help a hacker break into Facebook and Twitter accounts, a new study from the University of Michigan ...

Technology / Software

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Researchers boost efficiency of multi-hop wireless networks

Multi-hop wireless networks can provide data access for large and unconventional spaces, but they have long faced significant limits on the amount of data they can transmit. Now researchers from North Carolina State University ...

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

NASA to fly atomic clock to improve space navigation

(Phys.org) -- When people think of space technologies, many think of high-tech solar panels, complex and powerful propulsion systems or sophisticated, electronic guidance systems. Another critical piece of ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'Hacktivists' biggest data thieves in 2011: Verizon

Activists with hacker skills were behind more than half the data stolen in cyber attacks last year, according to findings released on Thursday by Verizon Communications.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Google rolls out new privacy policy amid howls

Google rolled out a new privacy policy Thursday allowing the firm to track users across various services to develop targeted advertising, despite sharp criticism from US and European consumer advocacy groups.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 56

Telecoms groups fight back against free messaging

Just past the security gate for the world's largest cell phone trade show in Barcelona, executives of big mobile carriers can't avoid walking past a booth they would probably rather not see: It's for "Pinger," ...

Technology / Telecom

created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 9

EU court: Web sites need not check for IP breaches

A European Union court ruled Thursday that social networking sites cannot be compelled to install general filters to prevent the illegal trading of music and other copyrighted material.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 16, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

EU data protection reform to replace national laws

The European Union wants to replace a mishmash of national laws on data protection with one bloc-wide reform, updating laws put in place long before Facebook and other social networking sites even existed.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Unauthorized access hits Sony PlayStation accounts

Sony said Wednesday intruders staged a massive attempt to access user accounts on its PlayStation Network and other online entertainment services in the second major attack on its flagship gaming site this year.

Technology / Internet

created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

AT&T takes wraps off wireless data network

Unbeknownst to most customers, AT&T Inc. has fired up a new wireless data network in five cities in the last few months, offering roughly double the speeds of its older network for a handful of devices.

Technology / Telecom

created Sep 16, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 6