Panasonic robot gives 16-finger, automated hair washing
Panasonic has developed a hair-washing robot that uses 16 electronically controlled fingers to give a perfect wash and rinse, the company said Friday.
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U.S. military takes cloud computing to Afghanistan
TAMPA -- The U.S. military is taking cloud computing into rugged terrain in Afghanistan, where according to Lt. Gen. Richard Zahner, the basic hardware and software technology is being packed into mobile boxes that later this year will start to play a key role in networking for soldiers in the sky and on the ground.
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Was Stuxnet built to attack Iran's nuclear program?
A highly sophisticated computer worm that has spread through Iran, Indonesia and India was built to destroy operations at one target: possibly Iran's Bushehr nuclear reactor.
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Google Transparency Report shows U.S., Brazil make most data removal requests
Google has introduced a Transparency Report that lets you see which countries are asking the search company for data on its users and making requests for data removal.
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Internet privacy conflicts
The Wall Street Journal just published the sixth article in its excellent series about Internet privacy, or the lack of it.
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Are colleges and universities at greater risk of data breaches?
A database security vendor says colleges and universities need to do more to secure their databases against break-ins.
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Cisco to pay its first dividend
Cisco plans to pay a dividend to shareholders for the first time in its history.
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Siemens: Stuxnet worm hit industrial systems
A sophisticated worm designed to steal industrial secrets and disrupt operations has infected at least 14 plants, according to Siemens.
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Microsoft 'abhors' stifling of political dissent, will create new software license
Microsoft will hire a law firm to conduct an independent investigation into whether its anti-piracy practices helped fuel the stifling of political dissent in Russia, and will create a new software license to protect non-government organizations "from falling victim to nefarious actions taken in the guise of anti-piracy enforcement," the company said Monday.
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NSF: Time for an Internet do-over
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has doled out grants worth up to $US32 million in total to a pack of universities dedicated to rethinking everything about the Internet from from its core routing system to its security architecture and addressing the emergence of cloud computing and an increasingly mobile society.
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Report: RBS WorldPay hacker gets four years' probation
The mastermind behind one of the biggest hacking paydays in history has been sentenced to four years' probation and an $US8.9 million fine, according to published reports.
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VMware customers cast a wary glance at Microsoft's virtualization tools
VMware customers attending VMworld are taking a look at Microsoft's Hyper-V virtualization software, but say the Microsoft technology falls a bit short and that it would be problematic to start over after investing heavily in VMware.
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iPad supply matches demand five months after launch
Nearly five months after the iPad's launch, Apple has finally matched supply with demand.
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Low-threat worm caused 'most significant breach' of U.S. military net
The most significant breach of U.S. military computers ever was carried out in 2008 by W32.SillyFDC, a low-level-threat worm that got into the network via a thumb drive plugged into a military laptop.
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U.S. military wants to exert influence over private cyber infrastructure
The U.S. military wants to exert more influence over the protection of power grids, transportation networks and financial network systems, a Pentagon official says in a broad-ranging essay published in Foreign Affairs.
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