Stories about: Georgia Institute of Technology

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    5 more tech breakthroughs in access, power, control 21/09/2011 03:05:00

    This is the second half of a two-part series on technology breakthroughs that have the potential to change computing. Last week, we looked at five chip-level innovations that will make electronic devices faster, more powerful, more flexible and less expensive to manufacture. This week, we explore advances in how we access the Net, how we power our devices and how we interact with them.
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    Work on home sensors targets energy efficiency 11/08/2011 08:09:14

    Homeowners who want to know which electrical device in their house consumes the most energy will soon be able to find out due to the research of Shwetak Patel. The assistant professor from the University of Washington is one of this year's recipients of Microsoft's Research Faculty Fellowships.
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    Researcher teaches computers to detect spam more accurately 11/08/2011 08:08:04

    Without spam detection many of us would spend hours managing the daily load of e-mails. Nina Balcan develops machine learning methods that could be used to develop personalized automatic programs for deciding whether an e-mail is spam or not. For her efforts, the computer scientist from the Georgia Institute of Technology has just been awarded with a Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship.
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    Contest shines light on broadband providers' tactics 06/08/2011 04:17:09

    The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has given awards to three computer science teams for application development or research that helps broadband customers measure the speed and performance of their service.
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    Engineers: PROTECT IP Act would break DNS 15/07/2011 04:29:33

    Provisions in U.S. legislation designed to protect copyright online could break the Internet's Domain Name System by driving users to untrusted DNS services outside the U.S., a group of Internet engineers said Thursday.
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    Online calls for protests put China on the defensive 03/03/2011 19:57:31

    Recent online calls for mass protests have sent the Chinese government on the defensive, and while experts say the online activity probably won't lead to outright revolution, it could force China's leadership to be more responsive to social problems ailing the country.
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    IPhone users get access to Argon augmented reality browser 23/02/2011 03:31:31

    An iPhone version of the augmented reality Argon browser, which lets users scan places and objects with the phone's video camera and see Web content overlaid on the screen, is now available.
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    What CFOs want IT managers to know now 28/10/2010 05:43:00

    You can't run a company without technology, but you can't invest in technology without the blessings of the finance department. And thanks to the long-stagnant economy, the pendulum of power between finance and IT is swinging decidedly toward the chief financial officer's door these days.
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    HP researcher claims to crack compsci complexity conundrum 10/08/2010 09:06:00

    While Hewlett-Packard reels from the fallout of its CEO Mark Hurd stepping down, the company can bask in the glory of at least one potentially positive accomplishment: An HP researcher has offered up what he says is a solution to one of the hardest problems in computer science.
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    Walking could recharge your smartphone or MP3 player 20/05/2010 03:28:00

    Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology are harvesting energy through activities like walking or running that could power or recharge smartphones and portable music players in the future.
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    Simon the robot has the ability to learn 14/04/2010 05:45:00

    Simon the robot, who has the ability to learn new tasks, got his first public outing at the Computer Human Interaction conference in Atlanta Monday.
 
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