Items by By JOHN MARKOFF
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Cost of Gene Sequencing Falls, Raising Hopes for Medical Advances
Posted: March 8th, 2012, 12:30pm EST by By JOHN MARKOFF
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Firms are racing to cut the cost of sequencing the human genome, which will yield new approaches for treating cancers and other serious diseases, biologists say.
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Cost of Gene Sequencing Falls, Raising Hopes for Medical Advances
Posted: March 8th, 2012, 12:30pm EST by By JOHN MARKOFF
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Firms are racing to cut the cost of sequencing the human genome, which will yield new approaches for treating cancers and other serious diseases, biologists say.
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Researchers Find Flaw in an Online Encryption Method
Posted: February 15th, 2012, 12:47am EST by By JOHN MARKOFF
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A study of a widely used security system for Internet shopping, banking and other services showed that it failed to work correctly in a small number of cases.
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Researchers Find Flaw in an Online Encryption Method
Posted: February 15th, 2012, 12:47am EST by By JOHN MARKOFF
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A study of a widely used security system for Internet shopping, banking and other services showed that it failed to work correctly in a small number of cases.
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Google’s Autonomous Vehicles Draw Skepticism at Legal Symposium
Posted: January 24th, 2012, 12:41am EST by By JOHN MARKOFF
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The autonomous vehicles developed by Google pose enormous challenges for the world of law and insurance, speakers at a symposium said.
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Jacob E. Goldman, Founder of Xerox Lab, Dies at 90
Posted: December 21st, 2011, 10:44pm EST by By JOHN MARKOFF
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Mr. Goldman, a physicist, persuaded Xerox to build a research center in Palo Alto, Calif., where significant computing technologies were invented.
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Jacob E. Goldman, Founder of Xerox Lab, Dies at 90
Posted: December 21st, 2011, 10:44pm EST by By JOHN MARKOFF
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Mr. Goldman, a physicist, persuaded Xerox to build a research center in Palo Alto, Calif., where significant computing technologies were invented.
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Computer Experts Building 1830s Babbage Analytical Engine
Posted: November 8th, 2011, 6:48am EST by By JOHN MARKOFF
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Researchers are trying to build the Babbage Analytical Engine, a room-size machine designed by Charles Babbage in the 1830s that uses primitive punch cards.
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U.S. Intelligence Unit Aims to Build a ‘Data Eye in the Sky’
Posted: October 11th, 2011, 3:19am EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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Social scientists are trying to mine a world of Internet data to predict political crises, revolutions and other forms of economic and social instability.
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Steven P. Jobs, 1955-2011: Steve Jobs of Apple Dies at 56
Posted: October 6th, 2011, 5:18pm EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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Mr. Jobs helped usher in the era of the personal computer and led a cultural transformation in mobile communications and music for the digital age.
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Steven P. Jobs, 1955-2011: Steve Jobs of Apple Dies at 56
Posted: October 6th, 2011, 5:18pm EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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Mr. Jobs helped usher in the era of the personal computer and led a cultural transformation in mobile communications and music for the digital age.
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Filling In the Details Wiped Away by a Bike Crash
Posted: September 6th, 2011, 12:40am EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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The writer at a criterium race in 1967 in San Jose, Calif. For a reporter injured in a cycling accident, the worst consequence was a 20-minute hole in his memory.
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Data Centers’ Power Use Less Than Was Expected
Posted: August 1st, 2011, 12:25pm EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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Data centers’ unquenchable thirst for power has been slaked by the recession and new technology, a report says.
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Hackers Disrupt PBS Web Site and Post a Fake Report About a Rap Artist
Posted: May 31st, 2011, 1:28am EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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A group of hackers took over the PBS Web site on Saturday night, posting PBS passwords and fake news stories.
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Suit Claims Cisco Helped China Pursue Falun Gong
Posted: May 23rd, 2011, 1:05am EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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The suit, filed by a rights group, was based on Cisco sales materials. Cisco said there was “no basis” for the claims and that it would “vigorously” defend itself.
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Intel Increases Transistor Speed by Building Upward
Posted: May 5th, 2011, 12:50am EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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A new design uses a tiny fin that could make smaller, faster, lower-power chips.
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U.S. Lagging in Using Technology, Study Shows
Posted: April 13th, 2011, 2:28am EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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For the second consecutive year, the United States finished fifth in the World Economic Forum’s look at computing and communications technology.
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New Search Technology Is Enhanced With Videos
Posted: April 7th, 2011, 9:50pm EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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The Aurasma app could have commercial uses like allowing shoppers to see video or images of an item on display in a store’s showcase.
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Researchers Show How a Car’s Electronics Can Be Taken Over Remotely
Posted: March 10th, 2011, 1:13am EST by By JOHN MARKOFF
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With modest expertise, hackers could gain remote access to someone’s car and take over the vehicle’s basic functions, say computer scientists.
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Smarter Than You Think : War Machines: Recruiting Robots for Combat
Posted: November 28th, 2010, 12:54pm EST by By JOHN MARKOFF
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New robots — none of them very human-looking — are being designed to handle a broad range of tasks, despite controversy about the impact on future warfare.
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H.P. to Work With Hynix on New Computer Memory Chips
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 1:08am EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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A simpler alternative to transistors, the memristor, will allow for more computer memory in even smaller devices.
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Advances Offer Path to Shrink Computer Chips Again
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 5:27am EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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Researchers are reporting that they can overcome a barrier to the continued rapid miniaturization of computer memory.
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Advances Offer Path to Shrink Computer Chips Again
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 5:27am EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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Researchers are reporting that they can overcome a barrier to the continued rapid miniaturization of computer memory.
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Video Gamers Tackle Protein-Folding Puzzles in Foldit
Posted: August 5th, 2010, 1:22am EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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Thousands of Foldit players who outperformed the best known computer program designed for the task are credited in a new journal article.
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Chinese Edge Toward Supercomputing Record
Posted: May 31st, 2010, 3:04pm EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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A Chinese supercomputer ranks as the world’s second fastest, surpassing European and Japanese systems.
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My (Brief) Life as a Robot
Posted: May 27th, 2010, 2:12pm EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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John Markoff rolls as a robot and finds the future is not quite here yet.
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H.P. Says New Device Could Transform Chip-Making
Posted: April 7th, 2010, 11:50pm EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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So-called memristors could replace today’s transistors and lead to a new class of computing devices, Hewlett-Packard scientists say.
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Plan for Free Access to a Cloud Computing Service
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 7:09pm EST by By JOHN MARKOFF
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The National Science Foundation and Microsoft Corporation announced a three-year deal that would give American researchers much-needed computing power.
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Google Asks Spy Agency for Help With Inquiry Into Cyberattacks
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 6:09pm EST by By JOHN MARKOFF
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The collaboration with the N.S.A. raises questions about how much Google knew when it said it might end its operations in China.
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Pentagon Research Director Visits Universities in Bid to Re-energize Partnerships
Posted: October 7th, 2009, 1:16am EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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The Pentagon’s research arm is working to mend relationships damaged under the Bush administration.
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I.B.M. Joins Pursuit of $1,000 Personal Genome
Posted: October 6th, 2009, 12:53am EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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An I.B.M. simulation of the “DNA transistor” it hopes will sequence genomes by reading DNA pulled through an atomic-size hole.One of the oldest names in computing is vying for a high-tech piece of the personalized medicine puzzle.
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I.B.M. Joins Pursuit of $1,000 Personal Genome
Posted: October 6th, 2009, 12:53am EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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An I.B.M. simulation of the “DNA transistor” it hopes will sequence genomes by reading DNA pulled through an atomic-size hole.One of the oldest names in computing is vying for a high-tech piece of the personalized medicine puzzle.
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Robert Spinrad, a Pioneer in Computing, Dies at 77
Posted: September 7th, 2009, 12:46am EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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Mr. Spinrad’s work led to the commercial success of the modern personal computer, the ethernet local area network and the laser printer.
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Cyberwar: Defying Experts, Rogue Computer Code Still Lurks
Posted: August 27th, 2009, 2:10am EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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A rogue program, known as Conficker, has confounded the efforts of security experts to trace its origins and purpose, exposing serious weaknesses in the digital infrastructure.
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Scientist at Work: Stephen Kurtin: Making Eyeglasses That Let Wearers Change Focus on the Fly
Posted: August 4th, 2009, 2:50am EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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Stephen Kurtin with a glass element that is part of the mechanically adjustable eyeglasses he created.Developing a product for people over the age of 40 as they progressively lose the ability to focus on close objects.
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Scientist at Work: Stephen Kurtin: Making Eyeglasses That Let Wearers Change Focus on the Fly
Posted: August 4th, 2009, 12:43am EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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Stephen Kurtin with a glass element that is part of the mechanically adjustable eyeglasses he created.Developing a product for people over the age of 40 as they progressively lose the ability to focus on close objects.
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Scientists Worry Machines May Outsmart Man
Posted: July 25th, 2009, 8:34pm EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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As gains are made in artificial intelligence, scientists worry that advances could have dangerous consequences.
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New Technology to Make Digital Data Self-Destruct
Posted: July 21st, 2009, 12:58am EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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Computer scientists think that the software will be needed as more information is stored on centralized servers.
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Web’s Anonymity Makes Cyberattack Hard to Trace
Posted: July 17th, 2009, 1:33am EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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Law enforcement investigators in several nations have yet to determine the origin of an Internet attack that briefly disabled Web sites in the United States and South Korea in July.
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Vast Spy System Loots Computers in 103 Countries
Posted: March 28th, 2009, 11:13pm EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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Researchers said that the spying, which infiltrated the offices of the Dalai Lama, was controlled from computers based almost exclusively in China.
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Vast Spy System Loots Computers in 103 Countries
Posted: March 28th, 2009, 11:13pm EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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Researchers said that the spying, which infiltrated the offices of the Dalai Lama, was controlled from computers based almost exclusively in China.
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A Breakthrough in Imaging: Seeing a Virus in Three Dimensions
Posted: January 12th, 2009, 11:28pm EST by By JOHN MARKOFF
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Researchers at an I.B.M. laboratory report that they have captured a 3-D image of a virus with a spatial resolution down to four nanometers.
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Slipstream: In Venting, a Computer Visionary Educates
Posted: January 10th, 2009, 6:35pm EST by By JOHN MARKOFF
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Before the personal computer, there was Theodor Holm Nelson, who understood how computers would transform the printed page.
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Jack D. Kuehler, Former I.B.M. President, Dies at 76
Posted: January 1st, 2009, 1:57am EST by By JOHN MARKOFF
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Mr. Kuehler guided the company while it dominated the world’s computing landscape in the 1980s.
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You’re Leaving a Digital Trail. What About Privacy?
Posted: November 30th, 2008, 1:14am EST by By JOHN MARKOFF
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An emerging field called collective intelligence could create an Orwellian future on a level Big Brother could only dream of.
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Microsoft Examines Causes of ‘Cyberchondria’
Posted: November 24th, 2008, 9:56pm EST by By JOHN MARKOFF
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A Microsoft study suggests that self-diagnosis by search engine leads Web searchers to conclude the worst about what ails them.
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Microsoft Examines Causes of ‘Cyberchondria’
Posted: November 24th, 2008, 9:56pm EST by By JOHN MARKOFF
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A Microsoft study suggests that self-diagnosis by search engine leads Web searchers to conclude the worst about what ails them.
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Apple Tops Expectations as iPhone Use Spreads
Posted: October 22nd, 2008, 1:02am EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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Apple’s net income increased 26 percent, to $1.14 billion, outpacing Wall Street expectations.
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Beware the Digital Zombies
Posted: October 21st, 2008, 12:19am EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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Programs take over PCs remotely and wire them into “botnets,” which help send the majority of e-mail spam, seek financial information and install malicious software.
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A New Line From Apple: The Metal MacBook
Posted: October 15th, 2008, 10:58am EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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Steven P. Jobs, Apple’s chief executive, announced a new line of notebook computers that he said were manufactured in a new way.
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Slipstream: Intuition + Money: An Aha Moment
Posted: October 11th, 2008, 2:37pm EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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The discovery of a new material called black silicon offers a lesson in government financing of science and technology.
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Internet Traffic Begins to Bypass the U.S.
Posted: August 30th, 2008, 2:19am EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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The increasing flow of data around the United States may have intelligence, and possibly military, consequences.
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Before the Gunfire, Cyberattacks
Posted: August 13th, 2008, 8:31am EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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Weeks before physical bombs fell on Georgia, a security researcher was watching an attack against the country in cyberspace.
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Before the Gunfire, Cyberattacks
Posted: August 13th, 2008, 8:31am EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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Weeks before physical bombs fell on Georgia, a security researcher was watching an attack against the country in cyberspace.
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Russian Gang Hijacking PCs in Vast Scheme
Posted: August 6th, 2008, 12:07pm EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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The gang has infected thousands of PCs in corporate and government networks with programs that steal passwords and other information, a security researcher has found.
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Intel’s Line of Graphics Chips Could Have Broader Uses
Posted: August 4th, 2008, 2:01am EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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Intel said it would initially aim its new microprocessor family, code-named Larrabee, at the personal computer graphics market.
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Talk of Chief’s Health Weighs on Apple’s Share Price
Posted: July 23rd, 2008, 12:19am EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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Despite reassurances that he is cancer free four years after he was treated for pancreatic cancer, analysts are worried that Steven P. Jobs might be sick again.
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PC Sales Help Apple in Quarter
Posted: July 21st, 2008, 8:21pm EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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Apple, the third-largest personal computer maker in the United States, continued to benefit from the significant market share gains of its Macintosh computer line.
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PC Sales Help Apple in Quarter
Posted: July 21st, 2008, 8:21pm EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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Apple, the third-largest personal computer maker in the United States, continued to benefit from the significant market share gains of its Macintosh computer line.
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Slipstream: On a Small Screen, Just the Salient Stuff
Posted: July 12th, 2008, 2:24pm EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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It seems counterintuitive, but small really is beautiful; and stripping down to basic functions helps remove distractions.
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iPhone Users Plagued by Software Problems
Posted: July 11th, 2008, 10:03pm EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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Apple suffered network gridlock as the first buyers of the iPhone 3G tried to activate their purchases.
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iPhone Users Plagued by Software Problems
Posted: July 11th, 2008, 9:25pm EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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Apple suffered network gridlock as the first buyers of the iPhone 3G tried to activate their purchases.
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Herculean Device for Molecular Mysteries
Posted: July 8th, 2008, 12:22am EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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A special-purpose supercomputer is intended to offer more than a thousandfold increase in performance for complex molecular simulations.
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Apple Aims for the Masses With a Cheaper iPhone
Posted: June 10th, 2008, 12:43am EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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The company announced a new version of the iPhone with lots of new programs.
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Apple Aims for the Masses With a Cheaper iPhone
Posted: June 10th, 2008, 12:43am EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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The company announced a new version of the iPhone with lots of new programs.
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Slipstream: Nature Gave Him a Blueprint, but Not Overnight Success
Posted: June 8th, 2008, 3:04am EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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A scientist whose discoveries promised great increases in efficiency for a number of technologies found that companies showed little interest in redesigning their products.
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Bits: A Tribute to a Legendary Computer Scientist
Posted: June 2nd, 2008, 12:00am EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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Jim Gray, a scientist at Microsoft and I.B.M. who went missing at sea in 2007, was remembered by friends and colleagues at a weekend tribute at UC Berkeley.
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Bits: A Tribute to a Legendary Computer Scientist
Posted: June 1st, 2008, 2:28am EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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Jim Gray, a legendary computer scientist at Microsoft and I.B.M. who disappeared at sea in January 2007, was remembered by hundreds of friends and colleagues Saturday at a day-long tribute at UC Berkeley. An endowed professorship in computer science is being established in his honor.
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The Guessing Game Has Begun on the Next iPhone
Posted: May 28th, 2008, 12:38am EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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Apple faces a new challenge as it prepares to introduce an updated version of the phone next month.
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Global Dreams for a Wireless Web
Posted: May 24th, 2008, 2:54pm EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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An entrepreneur is trying to cover the Earth with Web access, one hotspot at a time. But his big idea is encountering equally big obstacles
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Pursuing the Next Level of Artificial Intelligence
Posted: May 3rd, 2008, 2:47am EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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Daphne Koller’s work has led to advances in artificial intelligence that can be used to predict traffic jams, improve machine vision and understand the way cancer spreads. -
H.P. Reports Big Advance in Memory Chip Design
Posted: April 30th, 2008, 11:29pm EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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H.P. Unveils New Memory Technology
Posted: April 30th, 2008, 1:10pm EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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A device, called a memristor, is an electrical resistor with memory properties. The technology could eventually build very dense chips that go beyond DRAM and use much less power.
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H.P. Unveils New Memory Technology
Posted: April 30th, 2008, 1:10pm EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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A device, called a memristor, is an electrical resistor with memory properties. The technology could eventually build very dense chips that go beyond DRAM and use much less power.
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Race Is on to Advance Software for Chips
Posted: April 30th, 2008, 1:24am EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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Three rival teams of computer researchers are working on new types of software needed to better use computer chips that can process many tasks at the same time. -
Larger Prey Are Targets of Phishing
Posted: April 16th, 2008, 1:36am EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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An e-mail scam aimed at the nation’s top executives is raising new alarms about the ease with which people and companies can be deceived by online criminals.
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Bits: The Coming of the Holodeck
Posted: April 11th, 2008, 7:18pm EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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A new generation of inexpensive video cameras that sense 3D information is taking a tiny step toward the Star Trek Holodeck.
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Study Gives High Marks to U.S. Internet
Posted: April 9th, 2008, 2:03pm EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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Intel Makes a Push Into Pocket-Size Internet Devices
Posted: April 2nd, 2008, 12:15am EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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China Law Could Impede Microsoft Deal for Yahoo
Posted: March 28th, 2008, 12:56am EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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In August, a Chinese antimonopoly law takes effect that will extend the nation’s economic influence far beyond its borders.