Science

GPUs Play Central Role in Next-Gen Supercomputer

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The newly proposed Titan system will extend the range of work that is currently carried out on Oak Ridge’s Jaguar supercomputer...

Analytics Used to Tackle Commuter Pain

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The 2011 IBM Commuter Pain Survey ranked the emotional and economic toll of commuting in cities around the world.

Revolutionary Oil Skimmer Nets $1 Million X Prize

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In the winning oil-removal design, spinning grooved discs pull oily water upward, where metal skimmers strain the oil...

Interest in Mobile WiFi Hotspots Fuels New Solutions

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Connectify offers a software mobile hotspot for Windows laptops and Android devices that requires no additional hardware.

Homeland Security cyber protection office's fate is up in the air

The House is poised to vote on a measure that would not create a permanent Homeland Security Department cybersecurity office, after a committee on Thursday passed authorization legislation that does not mention the program. The move represents a...

Pentagon cancels $15.9 billion battlefield radio program

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Enterprises Get Ruggedized Secure Tablet

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Motorola's first enterprise tablet (ET1) gives sales, marketing, servicing, warehousing and delivery personnel a ruggedized...

It's Time to Randomize Social Security Numbers

However, data breaches aren't the only way criminals get SSNs. A network of cyber-criminals has figured out how the Social Security Administration generates its numbers and is using that to come up with valid Social Security numbers around the time...

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