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23 hours ago | News
According
to recent data released by Google, the search engine giant has logged
more than 2.5 million requests in the last 11 months to remove links
believed to be violating Microsoft’s copyrights. This exceeded the
number of complaints about material produced by entertainment companies
pushing for tougher online piracy laws.
May 18 | News
The
search engine giant has spent the past two years poring through online
encyclopedia Wikipedia, the CIA Factbook and other sources to expand a
database of 12 million items that it picked up as part of its 2010
acquisition of Metaweb. On Wednesday it used this massive database to
launch a new feature that provides a summary of vital information
alongside main search results.
May 8 | News
Three
weeks ago, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
abruptly shut down a system for letting companies and organizations
propose new suffixes, after it discovered a software glitch that exposed
some private data. At the time, ICANN planned to reopen the system
within four business days. But the system remains suspended.
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.
Apr 26 | News
Shortly
after Tuesday's release of the long-awaited Google Drive service,
technology blogs and Twitter users were picking apart a legal clause
that made it sound as if all the users' content stored in Google Drive
automatically would become the intellectual property of Google Inc. As it
turns out, the worries are probably unfounded.
Apr 23 | News
As
cyber attacks worsen and the tactics employed by hackers grow more
nefarious, Congress is being asked to consider legislation to improve
defenses for government, municipal, and corporate networks. However, the
U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business groups are applying
pressure from the other side, saying the rules would cost money without
improving risk.
Apr 19 | News
Many
simulations and experiments already generate petabytes of data—a single
petabyte is 2,000 times more data than you can fit on a typical
laptop—and they will soon be generating exabytes. The Department of
Energy’s newly established Scalable Data Management, Analysis, and
Visualization (SDAV) Institute is intended to help scientists deal with
the deluge of data.
Apr 18 | News
As
part of an all-industries challenge to speed innovation and reduce the
time and effort required to commercialize new products, informatics and
data management company Accelrys is introducing a scientifically aware
enterprise platform that is designed to greatly improve the scientific
innovation lifecycle.
Apr 13 | News
Recently,
Los Alamos National Laboratory hosted an information security exercise
dubbed "Eventide" that put more than 100 participants from around the
country into a maelstrom of sensitive data leaks and cracked network
security. It’s hoped such trials by fire prepare the Department of
Energy’s facilities to cope with eventual compromises of cyber
integrity.
Apr 2 | News
The international Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will be the world’s
largest and most sensitive radio telescope when it is built, and will
require the processing power of several million of today’s fastest
computers to collect the exabytes of data it will generate. IBM and the
Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON) are embarking on a
five-year project to solve this data collection problem.
