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Computer Scientists Take The 'Why' Out Of WiFi
Posted on September 04, 2007 at 10:10:54 pm
People expect WiFi to work, but there is also a general understanding that it's just kind of flakey, said Stefan Savage, one of the UCSD computer science professors who led development of an automated, enterprise-scale WiFi troubleshooting system

Internet Map Looks Like A Digital Dandelion
Posted on September 04, 2007 at 11:29:55 am
What looks like the head of a digital dandelion is a map of the Internet generated by new algorithms from computer scientists at UC San Diego. This map features Internet nodes – the red dots – and linkages – the green lines.

Molecules Line Up To Make The Tiniest Of Wires
Posted on September 03, 2007 at 11:06:24 am
As technology gets smaller and smaller, the computer industry is facing the complex challenge of finding ways to manufacture the minuscule components necessary.

World's Highest-resolution Computer Display Reaches 220 Million Pixels In Resolution
Posted on August 27, 2007 at 10:47:15 am
Engineers at the University of California, San Diego have constructed the highest-resolution computer display in the world with a screen resolution up to 220 million pixels.

Photon-transistors For The Supercomputers Of The Future
Posted on August 26, 2007 at 09:45:45 pm
Scientist from the Niels Bohr Institute at University of Copenhagen and from Harvard University have worked out a new theory which describe how the necessary transistors for the quantum computers of the future may be created.

Video Games As Disaster-training Tools
Posted on August 25, 2007 at 10:00:48 am
Peanut butter and jelly. Wine and cheese. Dinner and a movie. Some things just naturally go together. But national security and video games? At first glance, those two aren’t exactly a soft brie and a glass of Merlot in terms of compatibility.

'Evanescent Laser' To Speed Data Transmission By Combining Laser Light With Silicon
Posted on August 24, 2007 at 11:26:46 pm
Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have announced they have built the world's first mode-locked silicon evanescent laser, a significant step toward combining lasers and other key optical components with the existing electronic capabilities in silicon.

IT Security Threats Caused By Wireless 'Parasites'
Posted on August 24, 2007 at 11:05:39 pm
College students do it. Coffee shop customers do it too. Your neighbor in Apartment 3C is probably doing it right now

Quantum Light Beams Good For Next Generation Computers
Posted on August 24, 2007 at 10:57:33 am
Australian and French scientists have made another breakthrough in the technology that will drive next generation computers and teleportation.

New Search Engine Ranks Tables By Title, Document Content, Text Reference
Posted on August 19, 2007 at 02:57:05 pm
Penn State researchers have developed a search engine-TableSeer-which not only can identify and extract tables from PDF documents but also can index and rank the search results using factors including the table's title, text references to the table and da


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