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JitterBugs Could Turn Your Computer Keyboard Against You, Warn Engineers
August 7, 2006 — Engineers from the University of Pennsylvania warn against an entirely new threat to computer security: bugs implanted in peripheral devices, such as keyboards or mice. This new class of devices ... > full story -
Cornell Sleuths Crack Secret Codes Of Europe's Galileo Satellite
July 7, 2006 — Members of Cornell's Global Positioning System (GPS) Laboratory have cracked the so-called pseudo random number (PRN) codes of Europe's first global navigation satellite, despite efforts to keep the ... > full story -
New Ion Trap May Lead To Large Quantum Computers
July 7, 2006 — NIST physicists have designed and built a novel electromagnetic trap for ions that could be easily mass produced to potentially make quantum computers large enough for practical use. The new trap may ... > full story -
New System Trains Good Grid Operators With Bad Data
June 25, 2006 — Power grid operators now can train like pilots -- with simulators providing faulty readings designed to throw them off -- thanks to new training tools created by DOE's Pacific Northwest National ... > full story -
Protecting Sensitive Data: Researchers Develop Fail-Safe Techniques For Erasing Magnetic Storage Media
June 15, 2006 — What if you absolutely, positively must delete all data from a computer drive -- beyond any hope of recovering it? That was the challenge facing scientists at the Georgia Tech Research Institute ... > full story -
Finding Computer Files Hidden In Plain Sight
May 24, 2006 — Criminals and terrorists are using innocent-looking digital images as a cover to send hidden data. Researchers at the Ames Laboratory's Midwest Forensics Resource Center have developed a method to ... > full story -
New Software Protects Confidentiality Of Data While Enabling Access And Sharing
May 2, 2006 — Penn State researchers have developed software that allows databases to "talk to each other" automatically without compromising the security of the data and metadata because the queries, data ... > full story -
Using 'Minutiae' To Match Fingerprints Can Be Accurate
May 1, 2006 — A study by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows that computerized systems that match fingerprints using interoperable minutiae templates -- mathematical representations of ... > full story -
Florida Tech Installs Revolutionary Equipment That Can Analyze Substances, Gases In Seconds
April 23, 2006 — Florida Tech has become the first university with a doctoral, or research program, to own an instrument that is revolutionizing the work of old-fashioned mass spectrometers. The DART (Direct Analysis ... > full story -
Code For 'Unbreakable' Quantum Encryption
April 19, 2006 — Raw code for "unbreakable" encryption, based on the principles of quantum physics, has been generated at record speed over optical fiber at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). ... > full story
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