Hackers give themselves away with malicious searches
A new tool turns the tables on hackers by using the search queries they have conducted to find...
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Tag: computer
Wireless revolution may reach inside microchips
As microchips shrink, the electronic signals in its closely packed wires interfere with each...
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Touch floors could be next step in computer interfaces
A multi-toe touchscreen that can identify users from the tread of their shoes shows fingers...
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Pointillist style could bring lifelike graphics to PCs
Conventional rendering of virtual worlds takes heavy-duty computing, but using a point-based...
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Babbage nanomachine promises low-energy computing
A nanoscale mechanical logic gate could be the foundation of more power-efficient computers. Read...
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Shoddy construction beats precision in quantum world
Instead of striving to eliminate imperfection physicists would do better to inject a bit of...
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For smaller chips, borrow 18th-century tricks
It’s getting harder and harder to shrink silicon chips ever smaller – a solution might be to...
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Boring conversation? Let your computer listen for you
Smart new software tells you who’s said what, how they’ve said it and who really needs...
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Organic crystals promise low-power green computing
A simple polymer could remove the need to use rare-earth metals in computer memory chips, as it...
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Touchscreen merges the real and digital worlds
A new tabletop computer could allow designers to take advantage of touchscreens while continuing...
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Silence that ringing cellphone with a whack
A couple of smacks plus a few smart taps could let you communicate with your phone while...
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Paper screens could provide depth to computer display
A video projector, infrared camera and a special sheet of paper are all that’s needed to...
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