Goldman Sachs Programmer Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison for Code Theft
• Kim Zetter via WIRED.comA former Goldman Sachs programmer convicted of stealing the bank’s high-speed trading software was sentenced Friday to eight years in prison.
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Computer spanks humans on Day 2 of 'Jeopardy!'
• www.cnn.com/2011/TECHWatson finished the first game of a two-game match with $35,734 in winnings, far ahead of runner-up Brad Rutter, who earned $10,000. Ken Jennings trailed with $4,800.
MIT links 'Sixth Sense" software to human gestures
• Terrence AymMicrosoft and Apple have nothing on MIT's amazing sixth sense gizmo…except perhaps a lot of catching up to do.The short age of multitouch devices may already be over once MIT's new slam bang tech comes to the market. Techno geeks that caught a glim
New Imaging Method Opens a Long-Term Porthole Into the Deep Brain
• popsci.comEmbedding minuscule glass tubes inside a mouse brain allows neuroscientists to monitor brain activity over long periods of time, watching neurons and tissue change with illness or aging.
Taking Apart the Microsoft Kinect
• technologyreview.comTechnology Review's I.T. Editor, Erica Naone, demonstrates how the Microsoft Kinect works and then hacks it apart.
iPhone snitch network launched
• infowars.comA new iPhone App with the misleading name ‘PatriotApp’ attempts to draw on the power of the patriot movement, turning smartphone users into a gigantic snitch network.
Former Contractor Says FBI Put Back Door in OpenBSD
• PC WorldA former government contractor says that the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation installed a number of back doors into the encryption software used by the OpenBSD operating system. This means the FBI may have developed secret ways to snoop on encryp
Fool Facial Recognition Technology
• lewrockwell.comVisual Recognition technology is becoming very powerful and easily has the capacity to perform facial recognition of an entire crowd.
Beware:Hundreds Of Software Flaws Found In Android Phone
• www.darkreading.comEnjoying your new "droid" web-phone? Well, Google's popular Android mobile platform kernel contains more than 350 software flaws, one-fourth of which are high-risk for security breaches and system crashes, a newly released analysis of the open platfo
Bendable Memory Made from Nanowire Transistors
• technologyreview.comA new type of device could ultimately hold more data than flash memory.
Graphene Transistors Do Triple Duty in Wireless Communications
• technologyreview.comA single graphene transistor that does the job of many conventional ones could lead to compact chips for cell phones.
New Software Can Digitally Improve Actors' Physiques in Post-Production
• Lizzie Schiffman via PopSci.comA new type of image-manipulation software could help salvage all the home video footage shot during your awkward phase. It can automatically modify the shapes of human bodies on video, dropping unsightly pounds without burning a single calorie.
How Close Is a Workable Brain-Computer Interface?
• Technology ReviewNoninvasive communication between brains and computers just came a step closer.
Microsoft’s PC Quarantine Plan
• Jim Rapoza via Prison Planet.comA plan by Microsoft Security Chief Scott Charney would place infected or unsecured PCs in an Internet isolation ward. And block users from Internet access
Google Street View Expands to Antarctica, Is Now on All Seven Continents
• popsci.comGoogle filled in some of Street View's gaps today, and with the addition of Antarctica, is now able to claim Street View's availability on all seven continents.
Why Johnny Can't Program: A New Medium Requires A New Literacy
• HuffPo / Douglas RushkoffIf [users] don't know what the programs they are using are even for, they don't stand a chance to use them effectively. They are less likely to become power users than the used.
Railway to the Sky? NASA Ponders New Launch System
• space.comThe scramjet launcher project could form the foundation of a future Advanced Space Launch System, with elements spread across different NASA centers to make it work, agency officials said.
Clay Shirky at TED: How cognitive surplus will change the world
• Michael Nystrom via Daily Paul Liberty ForumClay Shirky talks about how cognitive surplus will change the world.
Video: UK Animators Use Cellphone and Microscope To Film Smallest Stop-Motion Animation Ever
• News LinkDot, Star of the World's Smallest Stop-Motion Animation
Doubling Lithium-Ion Battery Storage
• News LinkPortable electronics could run 40 percent longer using a new type of anode.
Scan Someone's License Plate and Message Them Instantly with New Bump App
• News LinkClaim Your Plate A new Web service called Bump allows drivers to connect their license plates with an e-mail address or phone number, enabling communication with other motorists.
SNUPI's Smart-Home Sensors Communicate Via the Copper Already in the Walls
• News LinkBuilding smart homes that are networked to run as efficiently as possible is supposed to be one of the technological fixes to our current energy consumption problem.
The Two-Stroke Engine, Reconsidered
• News LinkOnce thought too polluting, the two-stroke engine makes a comeback in advance of stricter fuel efficiency standards.
Electric Skin that Rivals the Real Thing
• News LinkFlexible sensors could give prosthetics and robots a more sensitive sense of touch.
Latest Skype Beta Offers Group Video Calls for 10
• PC WorldSkype 5.0 beta 2 runs on Windows and includes an updated user interface, the company said on its blog. The release doubles the number of people that can be included in a group video call from the five people allowed with Skype 5.0 beta 1, released in
Tiny, Five-Nanometer Silicon Oxide Switches Could Create Single Chips With Terabyte Storage
• News LinkEven with great strides being made regularly in the realms of nanotech and materials science, Moore’s Law – the notion that the number of transistors that can be placed on a given integrated circuit doubles every 18-24 months
Nano Switches that Store More Data Head to Market
• News LinkAn electronic component that offers a new way to squeeze more data into computers and portable gadgets is set to go into production in just a couple of years.
Paul Allen sues Apple, Google, nine others over patent infringement
• Beta NewsMicrosoft co-founder and former executive Paul Allen filed a suit against 11 tech companies on Friday, accusing them of infringement over patents he acquired from the now defunct Internal Research. While Allen had invested in the company, he never pa
Thirty-Year-Old Encryption Formula Can Resist Quantum-Computing Attacks That Defeat Common Codes
• Clay Dillow via PopSciThe core advantage of quantum computing -- the ability to compute for many possible outcomes at the same time and therefore crunch data much more quickly than classical computers -- also creates a problem for data security.
Connecting Electronic Medical Records
• Katherine Gammon via Technology ReviewThe power of search engines is applied to health-care data.
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