CN News Blog Lee Garber http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/cn-news/-/blogs/steganography-approach-hides-messages-in-ip-phone-calls 2012-07-25T22:46:02Z 2012-07-25T22:18:11Z

Scientists have developed a way to hide data in voice-over-IP packets, letting people secretly send information to others during phone calls. p>

Lee Garber 2012-07-25T22:18:11Z Lee Garber http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/cn-news/-/blogs/technology-augmented-insects-could-respond-to-disasters 2012-07-25T22:13:49Z 2012-07-25T22:12:15Z

A team of scientists is working on a technique that could enable insects to function as first responders to disasters and various hazardous situations. p>

Lee Garber 2012-07-25T22:12:15Z Lee Garber http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/cn-news/-/blogs/privacy-controversy-flares-over-software-on-mobile-phones 2012-07-20T23:36:52Z 2012-07-20T23:28:40Z

An application on many smartphones that allegedly captures information about users has caused a storm of controversy. p>

Lee Garber 2012-07-20T23:28:40Z Lee Garber http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/cn-news/-/blogs/japanese-company-unveils-tiny-ultrafast-wireless-chip 2012-06-26T23:38:09Z 2012-06-26T23:32:31Z

A company has designed a tiny, inexpensive chip that can wirelessly transmit signals at high speeds. p>

Lee Garber 2012-06-26T23:32:31Z Lee Garber http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/cn-news/-/blogs/scientists-use-computers-to-crack-old-encrypted-german-document 2012-06-26T23:15:36Z 2012-06-26T23:04:37Z

Researchers used computer analysis, machine translation, and other technologies to crack a mysterious encrypted 18th-century document.

Lee Garber 2012-06-26T23:04:37Z Lee Garber http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/cn-news/-/blogs/researchers-launch-full-court-press-to-find-problems-with-industrial-control-systems 2012-05-24T23:37:47Z 2012-05-24T23:37:47Z

Hackers and security researchers are increasing efforts to find problems with critical industrial-control systems. Listen:

Lee Garber 2012-05-24T23:37:47Z Lee Garber http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/cn-news/-/blogs/braille-writer-promises-to-help-the-blind-communicate 2012-05-15T22:27:25Z 2012-05-15T22:27:25Z

Researchers have developed a Braille reader that doesn’t require blind users to find keys on a virtual keyboard on a flat touchscreen. Listen:

Lee Garber 2012-05-15T22:27:25Z Lee Garber http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/cn-news/-/blogs/serious-security-flaws-identified-in-cloud-systems 2012-05-02T00:45:44Z 2012-05-02T00:45:44Z

German researchers have found serious security problems with two cloud systems and say these flaws probably exist in other cloud architectures. Listen:

Lee Garber 2012-05-02T00:45:44Z Lee Garber http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/cn-news/-/blogs/securing-implanted-medical-devices-from-hacking 2012-05-02T00:30:16Z 2012-05-02T00:30:16Z

Researchers have developed a system designed to prevent hackers from attacking implantable medical devices such as heart pacemakers Listen:

Lee Garber 2012-05-02T00:30:16Z Lee Garber http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/cn-news/-/blogs/new-transistor-could-let-devices-interact-directly-with-living-things 2012-03-29T18:45:16Z 2012-03-29T18:45:16Z

University of Washington scientists have built a transistor that uses protons to send information, potentially enabling devices that could communicate with living things. Listen:

Lee Garber 2012-03-29T18:45:16Z Lee Garber http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/cn-news/-/blogs/scientists-unveil-haptic-pedestrian-navigation-system 2012-03-29T00:45:49Z 2012-03-29T00:45:49Z

Researchers have developed a pedestrian navigation system that uses haptics. Listen:

Lee Garber 2012-03-29T00:45:49Z Lee Garber http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/cn-news/-/blogs/new-technique-doubles-mobile-network-throughput 2012-03-02T23:58:49Z 2012-03-02T23:58:49Z

Researchers have developed a new full-duplex wireless technology that could double network throughput inexpensively. Listen:

Lee Garber 2012-03-02T23:58:49Z Lee Garber http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/cn-news/-/blogs/system-identifies-user-location-without-gps-or-wi-fi 2012-01-24T21:41:55Z 2012-01-24T21:41:55Z

A new product determines a mobile user’s location without GPS or Wi-Fi. Listen:

Lee Garber 2012-01-24T21:41:55Z Lee Garber http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/cn-news/-/blogs/researchers-develop-electronic-‘tattoo’-for-health-monitoring 2012-01-13T22:56:36Z 2012-01-13T22:55:22Z

Engineers have developed flexible circuitry that can be mounted on a user’s skin to perform tasks such as health monitoring. Listen:

Lee Garber 2012-01-13T22:55:22Z Lee Garber http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/cn-news/-/blogs/ibm-and-3m-will-develop-adhesives-for-building-powerful-multilayer-chips 2011-12-28T22:29:28Z 2011-12-17T01:38:22Z

IBM and 3M have announced plans to jointly design adhesives that could enable the stacking of 100 chips, thereby enabling ultrafast processors. Listen:

Lee Garber 2011-12-17T01:38:22Z Lee Garber http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/cn-news/-/blogs/mit-microchips-could-revolutionize-healthcare 2011-11-28T19:14:21Z 2011-11-28T19:14:21Z

MIT researchers are developing energy-efficient microchips that could operate within wearable or implantable devices that monitor medical patient for health problems. /p> Listen:

Lee Garber 2011-11-28T19:14:21Z Lee Garber http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/cn-news/-/blogs/mcafee:-massive-cyberattack-targeted-us-and-others 2011-10-28T00:12:31Z 2011-10-28T00:12:31Z

Security vendor McAfee has identified a major multiyear cyberspying campaign against the US and numerous other countries, as well as about 70 corporations and organizations. /p> Listen:

Lee Garber 2011-10-28T00:12:31Z Lee Garber http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/cn-news/-/blogs/first-smart-grid-standards-approved 2011-10-13T20:01:12Z 2011-10-13T20:01:12Z

A group representing companies and government agencies has approved the first smart grid standards. /p> Listen:

Lee Garber 2011-10-13T20:01:12Z Lee Garber http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/cn-news/-/blogs/antennas-use-plasma-to-make-wireless-networks-faster 2011-09-28T18:21:54Z 2011-09-28T18:21:54Z

A new type of antenna uses plasma to focus radio waves and enable ultrafast wireless networks./p> Listen:

Lee Garber 2011-09-28T18:21:54Z Lee Garber http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/cn-news/-/blogs/mit-develops-network-intrusion-recovery-system 2011-08-24T19:49:06Z 2011-08-24T19:49:06Z

MIT researchers have developed a system that promises to make it easier for systems to recover from security breaches. Listen:

Lee Garber 2011-08-24T19:49:06Z Lee Garber http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/cn-news/-/blogs/simplifying-mobile-recommendation-technology-with-ai 2011-08-12T20:08:43Z 2011-08-12T20:08:43Z

A company has developed a recommendation engine that uses AI to anticipate what users want even before they have a chance to ask. Listen:

Lee Garber 2011-08-12T20:08:43Z Lee Garber http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/cn-news/-/blogs/dual-core-processors-to-improve-smartphone-performance 2011-08-04T23:52:29Z 2011-08-04T23:52:29Z

As more people use smartphones like mobile computers, manufacturers are increasingly placing powerful, energy-efficient dual-core chips in the devices. Listen:

Lee Garber 2011-08-04T23:52:29Z Lee Garber http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/cn-news/-/blogs/flying-robots-designed-to-form-emergency-network 2011-08-04T23:52:17Z 2011-07-26T19:52:07Z

European academic researchers have developed a constellation of sturdy, lightweight flying robots using wireless communications that could be employed in mapping, remote sensing, ground searches, and

Lee Garber 2011-07-26T19:52:07Z Brandi Ortega http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/cn-news/-/blogs/accessing-the-internet-via-overhead-lights 2011-07-14T18:23:08Z 2011-07-14T18:21:35Z

A company has designed a lighting-fixture-based system that offers an access point to the Internet or any backbone network to which a user can connect. Listen:

Brandi Ortega 2011-07-14T18:21:35Z Brandi Ortega http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/cn-news/-/blogs/testing-tool-finds-software-bugs-efficiently 2011-07-07T15:44:58Z 2011-07-07T15:44:58Z

US National Institute of Standards and Technology has released a testing tool designed to cut costs by finding software flaws more efficiently than similar approaches. Listen:

Brandi Ortega 2011-07-07T15:44:58Z Brandi Ortega http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/cn-news/-/blogs/electronic-paintbrush-captures-colors-and-textures-from-objects-for-use-in-creating-art 2011-05-25T19:55:28Z 2011-05-25T19:55:28Z

Researchers have developed a high-tech brush that lets users create art by picking up images, video, audio, colors, and textures from objects and painting them onto a touch-screen canvas. Listen:

Brandi Ortega 2011-05-25T19:55:28Z Brandi Ortega http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/cn-news/-/blogs/wireless-devices-provide-users-with-mobile-wi-fi-hotspots 2011-04-27T21:58:15Z 2011-04-27T21:58:15Z

Personal mobile hotspots let users wirelessly access network services even when no traditional Wi-Fi hotspots are nearby. Listen:

Brandi Ortega 2011-04-27T21:58:15Z Brandi Ortega http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/cn-news/-/blogs/how-safe-are-secure-websites 2011-04-27T21:57:31Z 2011-04-27T21:57:18Z

Concerned organizations say basic flaws in Web-security design may be causing many websites that display padlock icons-designed to show that they're secure-to be unsafe. Listen:

Brandi Ortega 2011-04-27T21:57:18Z Brandi Ortega http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/cn-news/-/blogs/project-generates-energy-by-harvesting-radio-waves 2010-10-21T19:24:16Z 2010-10-21T19:24:16Z

Two scientists have developed a system that uses ambient radio waves to generate energy, potentially eliminating the need for batteries in mobile devices. Listen:

Brandi Ortega 2010-10-21T19:24:16Z Brandi Ortega http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/cn-news/-/blogs/system-takes-efficient-approach-to-object-recognition 2010-09-30T14:31:52Z 2010-09-30T14:31:52Z

Academic researchers have developed an approach that promises to make object-recognition systems efficient users of system memory and thus also of computational resources. Listen:

Brandi Ortega 2010-09-30T14:31:52Z Brandi Ortega http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/cn-news/-/blogs/new-service-promises-to-improve-online-search 2010-09-24T17:58:53Z 2010-09-24T17:58:53Z

A new product promises to help users determine the most relevant results of their online searches. Listen:

Brandi Ortega 2010-09-24T17:58:53Z Brandi Ortega http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/cn-news/-/blogs/application-uses-visualization-technology-to-fight-disease 2010-09-17T18:43:13Z 2010-09-17T18:43:13Z

A researcher has developed visualization techniques and a toolkit that let users comb through disease-related statistics in otherwise unexamined sources—such as patient records and newspaper

Brandi Ortega 2010-09-17T18:43:13Z Brandi Ortega http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/cn-news/-/blogs/device-could-eliminate-wires-in-home-and-office-communications 2010-09-10T20:47:10Z 2010-09-10T20:47:10Z

Purdue University researchers are working on a small device that converts laser pulses into radio signals, which could enable high-speed wireless communications in place of many of the wired

Brandi Ortega 2010-09-10T20:47:10Z Brandi Ortega http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/cn-news/-/blogs/project-converts-arms-and-hands-into-input-devices 2010-09-03T18:06:13Z 2010-09-03T18:06:13Z

A Carnegie Mellon University doctoral student has developed a prototype system that could let users turn their arms or hands into keyboards or display screens via acoustic vibrations produced by

Brandi Ortega 2010-09-03T18:06:13Z Brandi Ortega http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/cn-news/-/blogs/new-approach-combines-tv-and-social-networking 2010-08-05T19:10:25Z 2010-08-05T19:10:25Z

Researchers are beginning to work on an approach they call social TV, which seamlessly combines social networks and traditional television viewing. Listen:

Brandi Ortega 2010-08-05T19:10:25Z Brandi Ortega http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/cn-news/-/blogs/project-tackles-rfid-security 2010-08-05T19:09:21Z 2010-08-05T19:09:21Z

A Canadian university researcher is working on ways to provide security for RFID technology. His approach would let users know when a reader is accessing information on an RFID tag or enable them to

Brandi Ortega 2010-08-05T19:09:21Z Brandi Ortega http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/cn-news/-/blogs/standard-promises-rich-web-typography 2010-07-27T16:41:23Z 2010-07-27T16:41:23Z

A proposed specification that would standardize Web-based fonts promises to enable rich typography on the Web. Listen:

Brandi Ortega 2010-07-27T16:41:23Z Brandi Ortega http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/cn-news/-/blogs/steganography-development-offers-promise 2010-07-27T16:39:37Z 2010-07-27T16:39:37Z

Researchers have developed a new approach to steganography — hiding data, messages, or images within other data, messages, or images — that could conceal information on CDs in a way that makes it

Brandi Ortega 2010-07-27T16:39:37Z Brandi Ortega http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/cn-news/-/blogs/new-bluetooth-version-offers-high-speeds-and-more-applications 2010-07-27T16:37:41Z 2010-07-27T16:36:41Z

A standards organization has finished work on the newest version of the Bluetooth short-range, wireless-communications technology. Bluetooth 4.0 will offer high data rates and work with low-power

Brandi Ortega 2010-07-27T16:36:41Z Brandi Ortega http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/cn-news/-/blogs/libraries-face-the-challenge-of-archiving-digital-material 2010-07-27T16:32:32Z 2010-07-27T16:18:09Z

For centuries, academic libraries have faced challenges in preserving and storing important written documents. Now, they face a new set of hurdles in preserving and storing born-digital material.

Brandi Ortega 2010-07-27T16:18:09Z