As computers have matured over time, the human brain has no way of keeping up with silicon’s rapid-fire calculating abilities. But the human cognitive repertoire extends far beyond just fast calculations...
Search Apple’s app Store for iPhone or iPad antivirus software and you’ll find only a handful of security programs designed to defend these iOS devices from malicious software (malware)...
Mark Maybury holds forth on fending off cyber attackers, keeping humans in the loop during drone missions and outfitting pilots with computerized Band-Aids
Oak Ridge National Laboratory engineers are readying BitPredator, a tool for tracing the source of P2P files, so it can help law enforcement crack down on child abusers
Stories of high-profile attacks on Internet-connected mobile devices are hard to come by, but it may not always be this way
There are effective ways to encrypt data, whether it is in transit or in storage, but if that data is left in the clear at any point along its path, it is vulnerable to theft or tampering...
The National Transportation Safety Board will interview Flight 214’s crew to determine why the aircraft’s landing approach was too slow
Need to turn up your air conditioner or turn down your TV? Just swing your arm through the air
CEO Dick Costolo says companies should report when governments ask them for user data
The director of Intel Labs explains why products like Google Glass aren't quite ready for the mainstream
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange held a press conference Monday to weigh in on Edward Snowden’s actions and comment on his organization’s role in helping the National Security Agency whistleblower seek asylum in Ecuador.Assange, who himself has been holed up in Ecuador’s British embassy for the past year to avoid prosecution for WikiLeaks work, defended Snowden’s actions...
Should the FBI be able to break into private electronic communications via existing software vulnerabilities?
For decades, scientists have been developing brain-computer linkages they hope will enable people to manipulate objects hands free . Duke neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis reported a few years ago that a monkey fitted with implanted electrodes could use its brainpower to control the walking patterns of a robot ...
To keep the Web from collapsing under the weight of ever more data, the network needs to radically change the way it handles information, says the head of Bell Labs Research
IBM creates the world's tiniest movie
James Cameron donates his tricked-out ocean sub to science
Future networks must push past current wireless bandwidth limitations
The deep-sea explorer and Avatar director discusses what inspired his filmmaking and historic deep dive and how to get the next generation of adventurers similarly psyched
The exploration of deep ocean trenches is still in its infancy. Now that Cameron has donated his record-setting DEEPSEA CHALLENGER sub to science, that’s about to change
Larry Page’s high profile sheds some light on a rare condition underserved by technology and treatment
