Stories about: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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    Researchers layer an electronic junction into optical fiber 07/02/2012 05:41:40

    Pennsylvania State University researchers have devised a technique for embedding an electronic junction directly into optical fiber, which potentially paves the way for more streamlined optical components.
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    FCC chairman urges action on spectrum auctions 12/01/2012 11:13:54

    Julius Genachowski, chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, used his time on stage at the Consumer Electronics Show Wednesday to warn that if Congress doesn't let the agency move forward with its plans to free up more wireless spectrum, it risks damaging the economy into the future.
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    Naval researchers pioneer TCP-based spam detection 24/12/2011 08:39:57

    A group of researchers from the U.S. Naval Academy has developed a technique for analyzing email traffic in real-time to identify spam messages as they come across the wire, simply using information from the TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) packets that carry the messages.
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    Ex-Chairman Jacobs to retire from Qualcomm board 21/12/2011 12:16:28

    Qualcomm's co-founder and former chairman and CEO, Irwin Jacobs, will retire from the mobile technology company's board next year, Qualcomm announced Tuesday.
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    MIT to open source educational software 20/12/2011 04:48:22

    As part of an initiative to expand its online course offerings, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology plans to release as open source the software it will use to manage student online learning, the institution announced Monday.
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    Google's 'green energy czar' to leave the company this week 08/11/2011 12:02:48

    Bill Weihl, Google's "green energy czar," is leaving the company this week after steering its clean energy efforts for almost six years.
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    Ongoing drive-by download campaign hijacked MIT server 04/11/2011 00:25:03

    A server belonging to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was commandeered by hackers who used it to launch attacks against other websites as part of a larger drive-by download campaign, according to antivirus vendor BitDefender.
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    IBM's Watson edges Harvard students in 'Jeopardy' quiz 01/11/2011 09:56:33

    IBM's Watson supercomputer eked out a victory in a "Jeopardy" quiz-show battle with a trio of Harvard Business School students on Monday, pulling out the win with a higher wager on the Final Jeopardy clue that ends every game.
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    Study: Many websites 'leaking' personal info to other firms 12/10/2011 05:34:00

    Many top websites share their visitors' names, usernames or other personal information with their partners without telling users and, in some cases, without knowing they're doing it, according to a new study from Stanford University.
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    Senators push for changes in cybercrime law 08/09/2011 04:05:35

    The main U.S. law targeting cybercrime may need to be changed because it has allowed law enforcement agencies to target people who simply violate websites' terms of service or their employers' computer use policies, two senators said Wednesday.
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    Internet activist charged with hacking into MIT network 20/07/2011 06:43:57

    The cofounder of online news site Reddit has been charged with computer intrusion, fraud and data theft for allegedly stealing 4.8 million documents from a Massachusetts Institute of Technology network, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
 
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