Stories about: Stanford University

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    Sonic.net plans 1Gbps fiber service to San Francisco homes 15/12/2011 12:35:57

    Internet service provider Sonic.net unveiled an ambitious plan on Wednesday to build a fiber network that would reach most residences and small businesses in San Francisco with 1G bps Internet access.
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    Researchers defeat CAPTCHA on popular websites 02/11/2011 02:47:18

    Researchers from Stanford University have developed an automated tool that is capable of deciphering text-based anti-spam tests used by many popular websites with a significant degree of accuracy.
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    Adobe to fix Flash flaw that allows webcam spying 21/10/2011 01:18:00

    Adobe is working on a fix for a Flash Player vulnerability that can be exploited via clickjacking techniques to turn on people's webcams or microphones without their knowledge.
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    Ex-Facebook exec pushes software-defined networks 20/10/2011 10:00:40

    The migration toward software-defined networks will move faster than carriers' migration to IP (Internet Protocol) in the late 1990s, Facebook's former technical operations chief said Wednesday.
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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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    Remembering Steve Jobs, the man who saved Apple 06/10/2011 11:05:00

    Apple co-founder Steve Jobs died Wednesday after a long illness. He was 56. Jobs, who reigned as Apple CEO for 14 years, resigned his post in August 2011 and was replaced by Tim Cook, who previously was the company's Chief Operating Officer. Jobs, in turn, was elected as chairman of Apple's board of directors.
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    Alibaba's Jack Ma interested in buying Yahoo 03/10/2011 16:24:31

    Jack Ma, chairman and CEO of Alibaba Group, said on Friday at an event at Stanford University that he was interested in acquiring Yahoo, according to reports, making this the first public overture by the Chinese company which is about 40 percent owned by Yahoo.
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    Google investors sue Page, Schmidt over $500M settlement with DOJ 03/09/2011 02:17:00

    Google's board of directors and several of its executives, including CEO Larry Page and chairman Eric Schmidt, were sued this week in a pair of lawsuits that claimed they breached their fiduciary duties by facilitating illegal imports of prescription drugs.
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    Google fiber network beta goes live at Stanford 24/08/2011 04:17:00

    Some lucky Palo Alto, Calif., residents are getting a glimpse of what Google's new fiber network will soon deliver to Kansas City, Kan.
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    Browsing and privacy: How to not get tracked 23/08/2011 07:19:00

    If you're old enough to remember the Cold War, you know what an arms race is. One side comes up with a new weapon, the other side matches it, and then the first comes back with something even bigger and so on and so on. That also describes the ongoing battle between computer users who value their privacy and the Web sites and their advertisers that don't.
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    Computer scientist predicts your next Facebook friends 11/08/2011 08:09:00

    Half of the friends you will add on Facebook in the future can be predicted, said Stanford University's Jure Leskovec. He has been elected as one of this year's recipients of the Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowships.
 
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