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NC State Expert Develops Program To Trace Web Site Attacks
February 14, 2000 A new software program that can trace the source of Denial of Service attacks -- such as those that shut down Yahoo, e-Bay, Amazon.com and CNN Web sites earlier this week -- has been developed by a ... > full story -
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Scientists Create RNA Computer
January 26, 2000 Princeton University researchers have developed a kind of computer that uses the biological molecule RNA to solve complex problems. The achievement marks a significant advance in molecular computing, ... > full story -
New Supercomputer Helps NOAA's Weather Service Improve Speed And Accuracy Of Weather Forecasts
January 19, 2000 One of the world's most powerful supercomputers is now generating faster and more precise predictions of the atmosphere, resulting in more accurate forecasts for every city in the nation, NOAA ... > full story -
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New Technique Shows Scalability Of DNA Computing
January 13, 2000 Scientists have taken DNA computing from the free-floating world of the test tube and anchored it securely to a surface of glass and gold. In so doing, they have taken a small but important step ... > full story -
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Linking PC's To Form "Supercomputers" -- Beowulf Clusters Can Often Be A Faster Cheaper Option
January 12, 2000 A Penn State engineering professor says low-cost personal computers linked to form systems with supercomputer-like capabilities – popularly known as Beowulf clusters - can be a faster, cheaper ... > full story -
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Sandia's "Garage" Computer Hookup Grows, Prospers
November 22, 1999 Among the 500 listings of the world's fastest supercomputers is a peculiar entry at 44th post. Rather than the familiar manufacturing names -- Intel, IBM, Cray-SGI, Fujitsu, Hitachi, and so on -- ... > full story -
Department Of Energy Establishes Test Bed For Computer Storage-Intensive Applications
October 14, 1999 Today's scientific researchers are generating staggering volumes of data, with data sources ranging from computational simulations of global and regional climate, to digital instrumentation of ... > full story -
At Cornell, Cluster Of Pentium Processors Becomes A Supercomputer
October 7, 1999 A project at Cornell University has linked a cluster of 256 Intel Pentium III microprocessors together to act as a supercomputer, the largest "tightly-coupled" system of its kind so far, ... > full story -
Over One Million Served: SETI@Home Reaches A Milestone
August 17, 1999 SETI@home -- the innovative screen-saver that analyzes data from the scientific search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) -- has passed the one million mark for the number of people who are now ... > full story -
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Duke Computer Scientists Exceed "Gigabit" Data Processing Speeds With Internet Software
August 2, 1999 Duke University computer science researchers have developed a system for Internet communications at speeds higher than one billion bits - 1 gigabit - per second in a local area network (LAN) of ... > full story
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