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'Virtual Satellite Dish' Thanks to Lots of Simple Processors Working Together
October 18, 2010 — Satellite TV without having to set up a receiver dish. Digital radio on your mobile phone without your batteries quickly running flat. The advanced calculations needed for these future applications ... > full story -
SpamBot Wants to Be Your Friend
October 18, 2010 — Social network sites such as Facebook, mySpace or Twitter are gaining popularity. But the web 2.0 faces us with new dangers. Researchers in Austria, who have been detecting and studying security ... > full story -
Cyberwars: Already Underway With No Geneva Conventions to Guide Them
October 14, 2010 — Cyber attacks of various sorts have been around for decades. The most recent, and very dangerous, escalation in the past few years has been marked by countries launching attacks against other ... > full story -
New Malware Could Steal Users Social Media Behavior and Info, Researchers Warn
October 14, 2010 — Researchers in Israel are warning against malware threats that extract personal information about relationships in a real-world social network, as well as characteristic information about individuals ... > full story -
Consumers’ ‘herding Instinct’ Turns on and Off, Facebook Study Shows
October 13, 2010 — A new study shows that consumers have a herding instinct to follow the crowd. However, this instinct appears to switch off if the product fails to achieve a certain popularity threshold. The new ... > full story -
Georgia Tech Information Security Center Releases Cyber Threats Forecast for 2011
October 7, 2010 — The Georgia Tech Information Security Center announced the release of the GTISC Emerging Cyber Threats Report for 2011, outlining the top three areas of security risk and concern for consumer and ... > full story -
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BLADE Software Eliminates 'Drive-by Downloads' from Malicious Websites
October 6, 2010 — Researchers have developed a new tool that eliminates drive-by download threats. BLADE is browser-independent and when tested, it blocked all drive-by malware installation attempts from more than ... > full story -
Voice Phishing: System to Trace Telephone Call Paths Across Multiple Networks Developed
October 5, 2010 — Phishing scams are making the leap from email to the world's voice systems, and researchers have found a way to tag fraudulent calls with a digital "fingerprint" that will help separate legitimate ... > full story -
Monitoring Your Health With Your Mobile Phone
October 5, 2010 — Researchers in Belgium have developed a mobile heart monitoring system that allows to view your electrocardiogram on an Android mobile phone. The innovation is a low-power interface that transmits ... > full story -
Less Than Half of Essential Workers Willing to Report to Work During a Serious Pandemic, Study Finds
September 29, 2010 — Although first responders willingly put themselves in harm's way during disasters, new research indicates that they may not be as willing -- if the disaster is a potentially lethal pandemic. In a ... > full story
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