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One million trillion ‘flops’ per second targeted by new Institute for Advanced Architectures

Preparing groundwork for an exascale computer is the mission of the new Institute for Advanced Architectures, launched jointly at Sandia and Oak Ridge national…

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Analogue Logic Enhances Quantum Computing Potential

Modern computing is digital, a series of 1s and 0s that, once combined, create powerful information processing systems. The system is so simple – on or off,…

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20 Million Supercomputing Hours Boost Scientific Research

Every four months the Access Committee, formed by 44 well-know external scientists, evaluate individually each received project to be executed in the following…

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Spanish Researchers Create Advanced Facial Expression Software

Applying the facial expression recognition algorithm, the developed prototype is capable of processing a sequence of frontal images of moving faces and…

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Fast-Learning Computer Translates Four Languages Effortlessly

The European Union now has 23 official languages. That means documents written in one language may need to be translated into any of 22 others, a total of 253…

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University of Illinois Launches Free Web Tool for Archivists

Their new online collections management program called Archon has more than a few attractive features – not the least of which is that it was developed for…

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Expanding Broadband Access: Bridging Europe’s Digital Divide

A champion technology needs a noble cause. In this case, the cause is better access for all Europeans to the benefits that ‘always-on’ fast internet can bring….

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Keep in touch … with ICT

There are any number of ways to keep track of developments in European ICT research, ranging from personal contacts through to the mass media. Somewhere in…

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Next-Gen E-Learning: Promising Software Platforms Revealed

Recent trials of two new software platforms based on this new approach show substantial promise in overcoming one of the biggest problems that has dogged…

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New Filter Enhances Fiber Optic Data Transmission Efficiency

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory have come up with a potentially perfect way to sort and distribute the massive amounts of data…

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Rice computer chip makes Technology Review's top 10

Rice University's technology for a “gambling” computer chip, which could boost battery life as much as tenfold on cell phones and laptops while slashing…

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Put Trust in Your Pocket: CSIRO’s Trust Extension Device

Known as a Trust Extension Device (TED), the TED consists of software loaded onto a portable device, such as a USB memory stick or a mobile phone. It is able…

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Wizkid Debuts at MoMA: Explore Design and the Elastic Mind

Wizkid is part of MoMA's Design and the Elastic Mind exhibit, running from February 24 to May 12, 2008. This unusual device is the result of a collaboration…

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Safeguard Your Online Identity: Practical Management Tips

Strangers can build a fairly complete picture of our movements, transactions and relationships from the cyber-trail we leave behind. This has major…

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First-Ever Computer Simulation of RNA Molecule Structure

The manifold biological importance of small RNA-fragments has only been recognized in the last years: they have important regulatory and catalytic functions…

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Camrivox Launches Software for SMEs in Unified Communications

The over-subscribed funding round also involved existing shareholders, including founding investor and chairman, Dr Phil O’Donovan, and Create Partners. New…

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