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Larry Brilliant: "Today is a good day to choose to save the world"
News Google.org also uses the company's Maps and News technology in its HealthMap system to track outbreaks of diseases and help health organisations target them before they escalate to epidemics. The tech industry can play a... [06 Nov 2008]
UK's fastest supercomputer unveiled
News Work due to be carried out using Hector includes forecasting the impact of climate change, projecting the spread of disease epidemics and developing new medicines. The largest and most advanced supercomputer in the UK... [15 Jan 2008]
Sun dropped from Darpa supercomputer project
News These computers will be used to simulate global climate changes or the spread of hypothetical epidemics. The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) will continue to fund petaflop-class supercomputer... [22 Nov 2006]
Windows update site overwhelmed by patch-hungry users
News Although the software giant has taken major steps to alleviate security concerns, such as delaying its next version of Windows in order to divert developers to its Windows XP Service Pack 2 security update, Microsoft has also had to... [15 Apr 2004]
Universities study dangers of tech "monoculture"
News Massive digital epidemics - such as the Code Red, Slammer and MSBlast worms - have infected hundreds of thousands of computer systems, leaving scientists to wonder if worse is in store for the internet. [26 Nov 2003]
Microsoft publishes handy Windows tips
News At the same time, one of Microsoft's biggest problems is widespread security breaches or virus epidemics that exploit software bugs the software giant has already fixed. Microsoft has issued five guides to help... [10 Dec 2002]
