Technology

Biometrics: Identifying People By Their Ears

Biometric scientists at the University of Southampton say they can identify ears with a 100% success rate. In a new paper, scientists from the University’s School of Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) described how a technique called the image ray tra ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 10 2010 - 6:03pm

Search engines and their responsibility

A French court has just decided a case that will likely have a great deal of effect on online search engines if the decision is upheld after appeals. A French man had been accused of “crimes relating to the corruption of a minor,” ultimately resulting in ...

Blog Post - Barry Leiba - Oct 11 2010 - 1:00pm

You’re Not Sustainable, PET

Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is the third most common synthetic polymer and accounts for about 18% of world polymer production. It is an aromatic/aliphatic polyester which possesses very practical thermal properties that are not found in the all alipha ...

Article - Robert H Olley - Oct 13 2010 - 11:47am

ScienceURLs gets some new additions

People sometimes ask me how I have access to so much great stuff.   Well, I am somewhat plugged in to other people who find good stuff, like Andrea Kuszewski and Guy Kawasaki on Twitter for things I might otherwise never notice, but for science I have alwa ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Oct 13 2010 - 12:13pm

New Malware Could Steal More Than Data- It Could Steal Your Behavior

Malware- malicious software written for purposes like identity theft- could get a lot more dangerous. With so much information stored, and advancements in programming, malware programs could soon not only engage in traditional data theft or taking over a c ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 14 2010 - 10:09am

Social Media-Enhanced Books: Can iDrakula put e-Books on the map?

I don't have a Kindle or any other e-reader.  It isn't that I am a Luddite, and it isn't that I wouldn't prefer something easier to hold than a large, hundred-year old print copy I don't want to ruin- it's mostly that online b ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Oct 16 2010 - 11:28am

An Old-School Solution To 21st Century Spam: Handwriting CAPTCHA?

If you've commented anonymously on this site or thousands of others where you are not a registered member, you've come across the Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart (CAPTCHA) box- and maybe you dread it bec ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 17 2010 - 1:35pm

How to Get Control on Facebook and How The Algorithms Work

Most Facebook users think they see all their friends in the news feed and everything is okay, they just think some are just not posting. Well it might not be the case.  Facebook use algorithms, whether it be to select what is the top news, what friends to ...

Blog Post - Jean-Sebastien B.... - Oct 19 2010 - 8:42pm

Russia Has Most Engaged Social Networking Audience Worldwide- ComScore

comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released a study of Internet usage in Russia based on August 2010 data from the comScore Media Metrix service and the data revealed that Russians are the heaviest social networkers worldwide i ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 22 2010 - 6:03pm

Northrop Grumman Opens UK Cyber Security Test Range For Evaluation Of Threats On Large Scale Networks

LONDON, October 22, 2010 /PRNewswire/-- Northrop Grumman Corporation has formally opened the first commercially available federated cyber test range in the UK at its Fareham facility. ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Oct 22 2010 - 8:24pm