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Two-Ton Witch Computer Gets a Reboot
The world's oldest original working digital computer, the Witch, has been restored after a three-year effort and was recently put on display at The National Museum...
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Two-Tonne Witch Computer Gets a Reboot
The world's oldest original working digital computer is going on display at The National Museum of Computing in Buckinghamshire.
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Can We Trust the Code That Increasingly Runs Our Lives?
Imagine how different the first pictures sent from the Mars Rover would have been if there had been a software failure.
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Controlling Curiosity: How Do You Drive a Mars Rover?
Engineers at Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, have the ultimate iPhone app.
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Malware Inserted on Pc Production Lines, Says Study
Cybercriminals have opened a new front in their battle to infect computers with malware—PC production lines.
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Minitel: The Rise and Fall of the France-Wide Web
Many years ago, long before the birth of the Web, there was a time when France was the happening-est place in the digital universe.
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London to Test 'smart City' Operating System
London is preparing to test an operating system designed to power the smart cities of the future.
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London 2012: The Importance of Olympic Timekeeping
Olympic timekeepers Omega are unveiling the latest technology that will be used at the London 2012 Games. It can monitor athletes' performance to the nearest one...
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Intel's Ivy Bridge Chips Launch Using '3d Transistors'
The American firm says the innovation allows it to offer more computational power while using less energy.
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Quantum Computing: Is It Possible, and Should You Care?
What is a quantum computer and when can I have one?
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Cassini Spacecraft For Saturn Moon Pass
The Cassini spacecraft is to make its lowest pass yet over the south pole of Enceladus, an active moon of Saturn which may harbour a liquid water ocean.
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Hackers Outwit Online Banking Identity Security Systems
After logging in to the bank's real site, account holders are being tricked by the offer of training in a new "upgraded security system."
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Quantum Computing Could Head to 'the Cloud,' Study Says
A novel high-speed, high-security computing technology will be compatible with the "cloud computing" approach popular on the Web, a study suggests.
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Self-Healing Electronic Chip Tests May Aid Space Travel
Self-repairing electronic chips are one step closer, according to a team of U.S. researchers, creating a circuit that heals itself when cracked thanks to the...
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Driverless Car: Google Awarded .s. Patent For Technology
The intellectual rights relate to a method to switch a vehicle from a human-controlled mode into the state where it takes charge of the wheel.
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Intel Shows Off Its Knights Corner One Teraflops Chip
Intel has developed an accelerator chip capable of running at speeds of one teraflops, equal to one trillion calculations per second.
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Socialbots Used By Researchers to 'steal' Facebook Data
University of British Columbia researchers were able to collect 46,500 email addresses and 14,500 home addresses from Facebook by using socialbots.
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Future Computers Could Rewire Themselves
Future microchips may have only one type of component, capable of rewiring itself to do different jobs. Researchers from Northwestern University in the U.S. have...
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Graphene Technology Moves Closer
Graphene is a "wonder material" waiting to happen. Since this super-conductive form of carbon, made from single-atom-thick sheets, was first produced in 2004,...
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