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  Secure Updates for Navigation Systems

  October 5, 2011 — At the push of a button by the driver, control units download the car manufacturer's new software -- such as enhanced map material for the navigation system. To ensure that this data channel is ... > full story
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  Physicists Move One Step Closer to Quantum Computer

  October 4, 2011 — Physicists have created a tiny "electron superhighway" that could one day be useful for building a quantum computer -- a new type of computer that will use quantum particles in place of the digital ... > full story
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  Romance Scams Online Hit Hundreds of Thousands of Victims, UK Study Finds

  September 27, 2011 — New online research reveals that over 200,000 people living in Britain may have fallen victim to online romance scams -- far more than had been previously estimated. The study is believed to be the ... > full story
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  Cloaking Magnetic Fields: First Antimagnet Developed

  September 22, 2011 — Spanish researchers have designed what they believe to be a new type of magnetic cloak, which shields objects from external magnetic fields, while at the same time preventing any magnetic internal ... > full story
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  Cyber Security Report Identifies Key Research Priorities

  September 13, 2011 — Developing self-learning, self aware cyber security technologies, protecting smart utility grids and enhancing the security of mobile networks are among the top research priorities needed to ... > full story
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  Physicists Demonstrate Quantum Integrated Circuit That Implements Quantum Von Neumann Architecture

  September 1, 2011 — A new paradigm in quantum information processing has been demonstrated. Physicists have developed a quantum integrated circuit that implements the quantum von Neumann architecture. In this ... > full story
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  To Clear Digital Waste in Computers, 'Think Green,' Researchers Say

  September 1, 2011 — A digital dumping ground lies inside most computers, a wasteland where old, rarely used and unneeded files pile up. Such data can deplete precious storage space, bog down the system's efficiency and ... > full story
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  Simple Security for Wireless

  August 22, 2011 — Researchers have demonstrated the first wireless security scheme that can protect against "man-in-the-middle" attacks -- but doesn't require a ... > full story
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  First Flaws in the Advanced Encryption Standard Used for Internet Banking Identified

  August 17, 2011 — Researchers have found a weakness in the AES algorithm used worldwide to protect internet banking, wireless communications, and data on hard disks. They managed to come up with a clever new attack ... > full story
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  New Anti-Censorship Scheme Could Make It Impossible to Block Individual Web Sites

  August 10, 2011 — A radical new approach to thwarting Internet censorship would essentially turn the whole Web into a proxy server, making it virtually impossible for a censoring government to block individual Web ... > full story

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