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Ethernet papa makes Invent Now Hall of Fame
Insight Before his induction ceremony, Bob Metcalfe reflected on network tech, patents, Net neutrality and bold predictions.
Tags: Service level management, Web sites, Domain names, Networking, Mobile/Wireless, Ethernet, Web 2.0
SIGGRAPH comes to Asia
News Interactive digital media conference and exhibition, the Special Interest Group on Graphics and Interactive Techniques show will be held in Singapore--the first Asian venue.
Tags: Digital media, Asia, Conference, Singapore, Lucasfilm, digital media industry, North America, job, industry, talent
Pondering the publication vs prosecution dilemma
News A talk billed as the "presentation the RIAA does not want you to see" goes ahead, but it may have a chilling effect on other programmers.
Web-science pioneer is made a dame
News The New Year's honors list included a damehood for Professor Wendy Hall, a seminal figure in the research and development of web libraries, hypermedia, multimedia and the semantic Web.
Tags: Web sites, Government, Benefits, Semantic Web, Hypermedia, Information And Communication Technology, Tim Berners-Lee, Association for Computing Machinery, Computer, Wendy Hall
U.S. slips in tech contest
News China and Russia take top honors in "programming Olympics" that U.S. collegians once dominated.
Tags: Software engineering/development
Professor to delve into anti-copying flaws
News A Princeton professor is scheduled to give a speech Wednesday on cracking digital anti-copying technology--a presentation that the entertainment industry once warned could violate federal copyright laws.
Professor to speak on anti-copying flaws
News A Princeton professor is scheduled to give a speech Wednesday on cracking digital anti-copying technology--a presentation that the entertainment industry once warned could violate federal copyright laws.
Scientists, engineers rail at PC industry
News Computers are illogical machines in dire need of a total overhaul, and the information technology industry is completely screwed up.
Leading scientists gather for computer love fest
News From an astrophysicist to leaders of the nation's most hallowed research labs, scientists urge IT workers to continue packing computers with more power.
Yahoo ramps up 'deep Web' search effort
News Beta allows people to perform simultaneous searches for information contained within subscription-based Web sites.
Tags: Web sites
U.S. voter databases must be secured, report says
News Computer scientists sound privacy, security alarms about new voter registration databases required by federal law.
Security pros question flaw find
News Two Internet software developers who said they have uncovered a way to cause entire networks of computers to freeze or shut down may have simply rediscovered an old network issue.
Tags: Network security
Microsoft shows off improved search
News Microsoft scientists reveal new "3D" analyses and machine-learning algorithms for search at conference.
Tags: Software engineering/development, Search
Microsoft's Ballmer touts XML Web standard
News Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Monday that the spread of the XML software standard will constitute the "next revolution" in personal computing.
Microsoft gets on the grid
News Once quiet on computing grids, the software giant is upping its commitment to high-performance computing and grid industry standards.
Tags: Business development/management, grid computing
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