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

Where in the world are young internet users from?

12 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

Artificial-intelligence research revives its old ambitions

11 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

Writing programs using ordinary language made possible

13 Jul 2013

Low-cost technology helps severely disabled play computer games with eye movements

06 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