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RSS discovery in newsLarge Hadron Collider puts a grid on it
News Speaking to silicon.com, director general of Cern Robert Aymar said that the additional processing and manpower will change the rate of scientific discovery. One of the world's largest computing grids, capable of... [03 Oct 2008]
Microsoft makes a Move on web TV
News The deal also signals continued momentum for Move Networks, a supplier of high-definition video-delivery technology to publishers including ABC, Discovery, ESPN, and Fox. Microsoft has invested in internet TV company... [26 Aug 2008]
Criminals hack chip and PIN terminals
News The discovery was made by specialist card fraud police unit, the Dedicated Cheque and Plastic Crime Unit (DCPU), when it raided a sophisticated counterfeit card factory in Birmingham. Criminal gangs are hacking chip and... [14 Aug 2008]
OpenID at risk due to DNS flaw, claims researcher
News Robin Wilton, a corporate architect for federated identity at Sun, described OpenID's reliance on the integrity of the Domain Name System (DNS) as a "multi-factor problem" in light of the discovery of a fundamental flaw... [14 Aug 2008]
Home Office laptop and disc up for grabs on eBay
News Security companies were quick to issue statements on the discovery. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. A is for Antivirus B is for Botnets C is for CMA D is for DDoS E is for Extradition [29 Feb 2008]
Google launches online security tools
News The cost rises to £12.50 per user for the top version - Google Message Discovery - which also includes a year's worth of message data archiving, retention and search. The Google software as a service (SaaS) security... [05 Feb 2008]
World's finest tech sites immortalised
News There could be a physical link with a certain discovery to that site, notable places of science such as a laboratory or observatory or maybe a biological or geological link where a discovery has come out... [22 Jan 2008]
Windows users getting unwanted auto-updates?
News This follows an earlier outcry over the discovery that the Windows Update utility updates itself regardless of whether automatic updates are turned on. Blogs have been buzzing with reports that Windows users who thought... [15 Oct 2007]
Will future networks be faster than light-speed?
News However, even if the German physicists' discovery turns out to be real, IBRS' McIsaac isn't convinced it could be turned into a useful product: "About 15 or 20 years ago a scientist claimed to have discovered cold... [17 Aug 2007]
Is your office printer giving you the sniffles?
News The result was a chance discovery when a project investigating office ventilation systems, carried out jointly between the university and the Queensland Department of Public Works, found five times as many particles... [01 Aug 2007]
Nasa gets supercomputer booster
News Tom Anderson, president of CSC's North American public sector division, said the company is pleased to be helping advance the agency's "mission in pioneering the future of space exploration, scientific discovery and... [24 Jul 2007]
Reading Uni feels the supercomputer power
News Reading is using the system to support its research into air pollution, climate change, financial modelling, drug discovery, computational biology and meteorology. The University of Reading now has the most powerful... [11 Jul 2007]
Xerox launches intelligent search engine
News Xerox also predicts the text-miner software will be useful in other situations where information must be retrieved from a massive database, including corporate and government searches, drug discovery, fraud detection and... [22 Jun 2007]
eBay makes $75m bid for StumbleUpon
News eBay has splashed out around $75m to acquire website discovery service StumbleUpon. The auction giant's most famous acquisition is arguably internet telephony service Skype, which it purchased back in 2005.eBay's senior... [31 May 2007]
Mark Cuban eyeing YouTube foe?
News Because of his lawsuit, Tur could be entitled to see some of YouTube's internal documents as part of the discovery phase of his case. Mark Cuban, one of YouTube's most outspoken critics, has expressed interest in buying... [15 Nov 2006]
