Clemson University (SC) (02/16/10) Johnson, Wanda.
Clemson University researchers have developed VoiceTEXT, an application that could make it safer for people to engage in cell phone texting while driving. VoiceTEXT, which provides a hands-free alternative to texting that enables drivers to simply speak to their cell phone, was created by a team led by Clemson professor [...]
AlphaGalileo (02/22/10)
German researchers have developed a random number generator that uses a computer memory element, a flip-flop, to create an extra layer of randomness. The flip-flop switches randomly between two states of either one or zero. Just before the switch, the flip-flop is in a “metastable state” where its behavior cannot be predicted. After the [...]
PhysOrg.com (02/19/10) Zyga, Lisa
Iterative ranking methods predate Google’s PageRank algorithm for ranking the importance of Web pages by nearly 60 years, according to “PageRank: Stand on the shoulders of giants,” a new study by University of Udine computer scientist Massimo Franceschet. He says economist Wassily W. Leontief discussed an iterative method for ranking industries in [...]
Accessing another computer from your own through a normal internet connection is no doubt quite an exciting thing to do. And when the software is available for free then it becomes easy too. Team Viewer provide this facility, is easy to install and is also compatible with Windows 7. What’s more, it can be [...]
Washington Post (02/17/10) P. A3; Nakashima, Ellen
The Bipartisan Policy Center recently staged the Cyber ShockWave, a simulation to demonstrate the plausibility of a cyberattack that could be as crippling as the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist strikes. “We were trying to tee up specific issues that would be digestible so they would become the building blocks [...]
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