Infotech
Future internet aims to sever links with servers
01 Nov 2013
A revolutionary new architecture aims to make the internet more “social” by eliminating the need to connect to servers and enabling all content to be shared more efficiently.
Powering better online document viewing
By By Rob Matheson, MIT News Office | 29 Oct 2013
A new technology enablers users to upload a PDF or Microsoft Office document and rapidly receive an HTML version of it in their browser, which can be shared and annotated in real-time
New material for quantum computing discovered out of the blue
29 Oct 2013
A pigment, which is similar to the light harvesting section of the chlorophyll molecule, is a low-cost organic semiconductor that is found in many household products
Beautiful coding: next generation of QR codes
25 Oct 2013
Brits getting bored with internet
05 Oct 2013
Though the number of people in Britain who are using the internet has risen, reaching 78 per cent, more than half the users are now unenthusiastic about it
Ceramics that bend without breaking
28 Sep 2013
Stanford engineers build first computer based on carbon nanotube technology
By By Tom Abate, Stanford Engineering | 27 Sep 2013
Researchers create first carbon nanotube computer
27 Sep 2013
Researchers from Stanford University have announced the creation of the first-ever working carbon nanotube computer, a rare breakthrough in nanotechnology
Nearly one-in-five Tweets divulge user location through geotagging or metadata
19 Sep 2013
A study of over 15 million tweets, shows that Twitter users may be inadvertently revealing their location through updates on the social media channel
Detecting program-tampering in the cloud
12 Sep 2013
Internet's backbone can readily be made more sustainable
By By Mark Golden | 26 Jul 2013
A faster internet — designed by computers?
By By Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office | 22 Jul 2013
Computer-designed algorithms for controlling network congestion yield transmission rates two to three times higher than those designed by humans
Silicon oxide memories transcend a hurdle
16 Jul 2013
Researchers build an all-optical transistor
05 Jul 2013
An optical switch that can be turned on by a single photon could point toward new designs for both classical and quantum computers
App security testing tool developed
05 Jul 2013
Timing of tweets is clue to authenticity of tweeters
05 Jul 2013
Scientists determine the difference between human tweeters, those managed by groups of people and automated Twitter accounts based solely on the timing of tweets
Protecting data in the cloud
02 Jul 2013
Is the Cloud the greenest way to go?
By By Megan Fellman | 01 Jul 2013
A study funded by Google finds moving software for email, CRM, and bundled productivity products like spreadsheets, file sharing, word processing, etc, to cloud could save significant energy