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'Hanging' Computers Can Be Life Threatening
August 26, 2011 When your email program or word processor "hangs" it is annoying, you lose messages or have to reboot your computer and start that writing project again if you hadn't saved the text. But, we ... > full story -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Quantum Computers? Physicists 'Entangle' Two Atoms Using Microwaves for the First Time
August 10, 2011 Physicists have for the first time linked the quantum properties of two separated ions (electrically charged atoms) by manipulating them with microwaves instead of the usual laser ... > full story -
Diamond’s Quantum Memory
August 10, 2011 Two completely different quantum systems have been successfully joined. This should pave the way to feasible quantum-computer ... > full story -
Scientists Develop New Technique to Protect Photographers from Persecution
August 9, 2011 Scientists have developed a new technique that may help photographers protect their anonymity. This idea came from a technology expert, after seeing how public authorities had used pictures of ... > full story -
Tracking Crime in Real Time
August 8, 2011 Professors have developed a high-powered context-based search algorithm to analyze digital data on-the-fly to support ongoing criminal investigations. The research not only gives crime-fighters a new ... > full story -
Most Canadians Can Be Uniquely Identified from Their Date of Birth and Postal Code; New Research Unveils Privacy Risks
August 8, 2011 There are increasing pressures for health care providers to make individual-level data readily available for research and policy making. But Canadians are more likely to allow the sharing of their ... > full story -
Theft Protection Developed for Virtual Machines
August 4, 2011 Scientists have found a way to promptly detect hacker attacks on virtual machines. Companies and government agencies that employ virtual machines can thus protect data stored on them against ... > full story
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