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May 21 | News
Popular firewall technology designed to boost security on cellular networks can backfire, unwittingly revealing data that could help a hacker break into Facebook and Twitter accounts, a new study from the University of Michigan shows. The researchers also developed an Android app that tells phone users when they're on a vulnerable network.
May 17 | News
Technology is helping
communication companies merge telephone, television, and Internet
services, but
a push to deregulate may leave some customers on the wrong side of the
digital
divide during this convergence, according to a Penn State University
telecommunications
researcher.
May 16 | News
Text messaging is a surprisingly good way to get candid responses to sensitive questions, according to a new study to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Public Opinion Research.
May 10 | News
After
spending nearly five months conducting experiments in one spot, the
NASA rover moved for the first time this week, rolling off the rock
outcrop where it hunkered down for the Martian winter. Engineers will
check its power supply before directing it north to study dust and
bedrock.
May 7 | News
Many
U.S. Internet service providers have fallen in line with their
international counterparts in capping monthly residential broadband
usage. But according to a recent study conducted with the help of
Microsoft Research, these pricing models offer few tools for consumers
to manage their data usage, and lead to uninformed decisions.
May 1 | News
Part
helicopter, part airplane, the Office of Naval Research-sponsored
Flexrotor vertical takeoff and landing unmanned aerial vehicle has an
oversized propeller with helicopter-like controls for vertical takeoff
and landing and the wings of a conventional aircraft. If successful, the
craft will extend UAV surveillance capabilities to smaller platforms
like ships.
Apr 27 | News
A newly developed cell phone-based platform lets health workers accurately
read diagnostic tests in the field and chart the spread of diseases
worldwide.
Apr 19 | News
Spectrum
rights are the lifeblood of the wireless industry, since they're
necessary to operate wireless networks. On Wednesday, Verizon Wireless
said it will auction a parcel of radio frequencies potentially worth
billions of dollars in an industry scrambling to offer consumers more
cellular broadband.
Mar 10 | News
After
touring the Rolls-Royce Crosspointe jet engine disc manufacturing
facility in Prince George, Va., on March 9, President Obama announced
his intention to build a network of up to 15 manufacturing innovation
institutes to serve as regional hubs of manufacturing excellence. The
move is intended to make U.S. manufacturers more competitive and
encourage investment.
Mar 2 | News
A
group of Italian and Swedish researchers appears to have solved the
problem of radio congestion by cleverly twisting radio waves into the
shape of fusilli pasta, allowing a potentially infinite number of
channels to be broadcast and received. To demonstrate, they did this in
real-life conditions by beaming two corkscrewed radio waves across the
waters of Venice, Italy.
