Infotech
Almost half of mobile apps access privacy-sensitive data on iOS devices, computer scientists find
22 Jun 2013
Supercomputer Titan completes acceptance testing
14 Jun 2013
Titan, a Cray XK7 supercomputer, is capable of more than 27,000 trillion calculations each second - or 27 petaflops
Boosting privacy protection in social networks
08 Jun 2013
Software that exposes credit card fraudsters
03 May 2013
Cyber Research Institute launched to curb cyber threats to the UK
18 Apr 2013
To investigate new ways of automatically analysing computer software to reduce its vulnerability to cyber threats
Erasing electronic footprints
26 Mar 2013
A ‘cleaner app’ which allows those at risk from domestic violence to seek help online without leaving an electronic trail behind them has been developed by Newcastle University
Making cloud computing more efficient
By By Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office | 13 Mar 2013
For database-driven applications, new software could reduce hardware requirements by 95 per cent while actually improving performance
Storing data in individual molecules
By By Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office | 24 Jan 2013
An international team of researchers demonstrates the possibility of molecular memory near room temperature that promises a 1,000-fold increase in storage density
Smart search engines for news videos
05 Jan 2013
MIT researchers discover a new kind of magnetism
By By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 20 Dec 2012
Following up on earlier theoretical predictions, MIT researchers have now demonstrated experimentally the existence of a fundamentally new kind of magnetic behaviour, adding to the two previously known states of magnetism
Engineers develop new energy-efficient computer memory using magnetic materials
By By Matthew Chin | 17 Dec 2012
Study finds security indicators sacrificed to accommodate small screens
07 Dec 2012
How unsafe are mobile browsers? Unsafe enough that even cyber-security experts are unable to detect when their smartphone browsers have landed on potentially dangerous websites, reveals new research
Speeding algorithms by shrinking data
23 Nov 2012
Fujitsu Semiconductor achieves 2.5kW output in server power supply units
22 Nov 2012
Fujitsu Semiconductor has successfully achieved high output power of 2.5kW in server power supply units equipped with gallium-nitride power devices built on a silicon substrate
Quantum physics to help fight cyber crime
01 Nov 2012
Fundamental particles of light, known as photons, can be used to verify security and authenticity of any transaction or communication with a ‘digital signature’
ORNL debuts Titan supercomputer
30 Oct 2012
Quantum computing with recycled particles
23 Oct 2012
Maths to turn people's media into national news
11 Oct 2012
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