News tagged with programming code
Academic group says it's time for researches to begin sharing source code
(Phys.org) -- A diverse group of academic research scientists from across the U.S. have written a policy paper which has been published in the journal Science, suggesting that the time has come for all science journals to beg ...
Apr 16, 2012 |
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Biochemists identify new genetic code repair tool
Clemson University researchers recently reported finding a new class of DNA repair-makers.
Sep 27, 2011 |
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Web-based tablet apps challenging app-store offerings
An app war is brewing. Pressure to break the grip of app stores and the need for multiple versions of applications to run on the slew of devices out there are driving some companies, notably media outlets, to test tablet ...
Jun 23, 2011 |
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Cybercrime networks impacted 1M computer users
(AP) -- Law enforcement officers in the U.S. and seven other nations have seized dozens of computers, servers and bank accounts in an international probe of cybercrime rings responsible for $74 million in losses to more ...
Jun 23, 2011 |
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One-in-14 software downloads malicious: Microsoft
Microsoft on Wednesday warned that hackers use mind tricks more often than software skills to get viruses into computers.
May 18, 2011 |
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Language barrier: To take advantage of multicore chips, programmers will need fundamentally new software
For decades, computer scientists tried to develop software that could automatically turn a conventional computer program -- a long sequence of instructions intended to be executed in order -- into a parallel ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Mar 02, 2011 |
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EU clears Oracle takeover of Sun
(AP) -- The European Union on Thursday cleared Oracle Corp.'s proposed $7.4 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc., saying it would not significantly affect competition in the EU.
Jan 21, 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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Court bans sale of Word; Microsoft promises fix
(AP) -- A federal appeals court ordered Microsoft Corp. to stop selling its Word program in January and pay a Canadian software company $290 million for violating a patent, upholding the judgment of a lower ...
Dec 22, 2009 |
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EU regulators softening stance on Oracle-Sun
(AP) -- European Union regulators appear to be softening their opposition to Oracle Corp.'s proposed $7.4 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc., a shift that has resurrected some investors' hopes that one of the year's ...
Dec 15, 2009 |
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GSM system about to be compromised
(PhysOrg.com) -- Research scientists in California and elsewhere are deliberately setting out to compromise the mobile phone system used by around three billion people. The system uses Global System for Mobile ...
Dec 08, 2009 |
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White House opens Web site programming to public
(AP) -- A programming overhaul of the White House's Web site has set the tech world abuzz. For low-techies, it's a snooze - you won't notice a thing.
Oct 25, 2009 |
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Parallel course: Researchers help ease transition to parallel programming
(PhysOrg.com) -- In 1995, a good computer chip had a clock speed of about 100 megahertz. Seven years later, in 2002, a good computer chip had a clock speed of about three gigahertz -- a 30-fold increase. And ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Oct 23, 2009 |
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Good hackers meet to seek ways to stop the bad hackers
The world of hackers is kind of like the "Star Wars" universe: There's a light side and a dark side of cracking computers.
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Glitch in antivirus software troubles PC users
(AP) -- Antivirus software cuts two ways. It's great at blocking known viruses, but it can sometimes misfire, mistakenly flagging clean files as malicious. That sends a computer into a tailspin trying to clean up stuff that's ...
Jul 10, 2009 |
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