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A 360TB disc that holds data for more than 1 million years?
In the future, we might be able to save our history to a glass storage medium that could potentially outlive humankind. The new type of memory also touts mind-blowing specifications, such as 360TB per disc data capacity and the ability to withstand extreme temperatures up to 1,832 Fahrenheit.
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The Hackers Who Sell Exploits To Nations
On the tiny Mediterranean island of Malta, two Italian hackers have been searching for bugs — not the island’s many beetle varieties, but secret flaws in computer code that governments pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to learn about and exploit.
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10,000 most common passwords can access 98.1 percent of all accounts
A mixed-case password that is eight characters long and contains a numeral and a symbol has long been considered strong, even by many IT departments. After all, it is one of 6.1 quadrillion combinations, and would take a reasonably fast computer nearly a year to crack.
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In college at 12, off to start her Ph.D. at 16, Tigard's Tesca Fitzgerald blazes new intellectual territory
At age 16, Tesca Fitzgerald will graduate with honors Sunday from Portland State University and head to a prestigious computer science Ph.D. program. Those who know her well say she is unfailingly fun to be around and always likes to try new things, whether tap dance, a new route to the bus stop or stretching software past what its designers thought were the limits.
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Why mobile web apps are slow..
I've had an unusual number of interesting conversations spin out of my previous article documenting that mobile web apps are slow. This has sparked some discussion, both online and IRL. But sadly...
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Computer smart as a 4-year-old
Artificial and natural knowledge researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have IQ-tested one of the best available artificial intelligence systems to see how intelligent it really is.
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After recent NSA revelations, who in their right mind would trust an always-on X box one?
You close a laptop when you're not using it. Your phone faces the inside of a pocket, a purse, or lies flat on a table. But the Microsoft Kinect, an always-on camera that will come with every new Xbox One game console, gets a perfect view of your living room. It's always listening for voice commands, even when you turn the Xbox off. It can even read your heartbeat with the right software.
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The CIA's New Black Bag Is Digital
During a coffee break at an intelligence conference held in The Netherlands a few years back, a senior Scandinavian counter terrorism official regaled me with a story. One of his service's surveillance teams was conducting routine monitoring of a senior militant leader when they suddenly noticed through their high-powered surveillance cameras two men breaking into the militant's apartment...
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9 Facts About Quantum Computing That Will Melt Your Mind
Quantum computers aren't for browsing the Internet, checking email, or running standard software. Instead, they rely on the underpinnings of quantum mechanics, a branch of physics that's defied conventional understanding for about 100 years, to manipulate individual particles and solve previously unsolvable problems.
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How powerful was the Apollo 11 computer?
With all the buzz about the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing I got to thinking, how powerful were the computers that "took us to the Moon?" It turns out, they were nothing short of amazing. If you've never had a nerdy bone in your body, feel free to skip this post. But, if you ever laid on your back under the stars and thought about Mercury, Gemini, Apollo or the Space Shuttle, read on and see if you're as geek-struck as I was researching this.
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How your laptop may one day be powered by a tiny 3D-printed battery
3D-printed projects are popping up like crazy, but a 3D-printed battery the size of a grain of sand that could potentially power a laptop takes the cake.
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UCLA's 1948 Mechanical Computer Was Simply Gorgeous To Watch in Action
The mechanical computers of yesterday may have been enormous, difficult to program, and amazingly clunky—but they sure were beautiful to watch in action. Released theatrically by Popular Science on August 6, 1948, this short film played before Paramount Pictures movies and demonstrated to the public how computers were freeing "research of old limitations" and provided "stimulus for unprecedented technical advancements."
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Cybercrime said to cost US $140 billion, radically less than previous estimates
In 2009, McAfee published a study estimating that cybercrime cost the US economy as much as $1 trillion a year. Since then, the $1 trillion annual figure has been cited by various politicians and the Obama Administration as a reason to step up the nation's online defenses and its pursit of hackers and other web criminals.
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Keychains That Do More Than Decorate Your Keys
We love a pretty keychain as much as the next person, but since they’re always with us, we’d kind of love it if they could actually do something besides just hold our keys. These 12 keychains combine form and function and let you hold your keys and perform everyday tasks at the same time!
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How a gang of global hackers changed the cybercrime game by stealing 160 million credit cards
Throughout history, the most successful criminals have been those clever and audacious enough to exploit a previously unknown vulnerability and steal loot in such a way that no one knew it was missing.
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Is This Ring the Future of Wearable Tech
Wearable tech is one of the most exciting new trends in technology. From Google Glass to the Jawbone UP, we love being to wear our tech while we’re out and about. The NFC Ring, a new Kickstarter project, is the latest to pop up in wearable tech and promises to be the (even) geekier version of the one ring to rule them all. It’s a ring with embedded data designed to let you control your tech and share information with simple gestures.
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The Legend of The Oregon Trail
How three student teachers changed the educational game industry from inside a janitor's closet.
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Ex-Facebookers Feed Zuck's Code Into New Data Revolution
Nikita Shamgunov and Eric Frenkiel first met during Facebook bootcamp. Like every other new engineer hired by the company, they spent eight weeks in the hacker equivalent of Parris Island, fixing bug after bug in the world's largest social network, coming to terms with the Facebook culture, and mentally winding their way through the sweeping, custom-built software systems that juggle data inside the house that Zuck built.
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Sony, Panasonic to jointly develop next generation of optical discs
Pointing to the need for durable, high-capacity storage, Sony and Panasonic will work together to develop the next-generation of optical technology.
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The FBI is tapping tactics used by hackers to keep tabs on suspects
Law-enforcement officials in the U.S. are expanding the use of tools routinely used by computer hackers to gather information on suspects, bringing the criminal wiretap into the cyber age.
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