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Splitting Up Search

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Distributing a search engine's index around the world could make it faster and more efficient, researchers say.

Yahoo Distributed Search

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Can Amazon's PayPhrase Combine Convenience with Security?

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Amazon hopes its latest payment technology will steal its competitors' thunder.

First Test for Election Cryptography

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Novel voting technology will be used in a local government election.

In Search of What Everyone's Clicking

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT

A real-time search engine bases its results on users' browsing habits.

Tracking Devious Phishing Websites

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Researchers are monitoring a trick that makes it harder to track and shut down fraudulent websites.

China Cracks Down on Tor Anonymity Network

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT

A leading anonymity technology is targeted by the Chinese government for the first time.

Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Usurped by Streaming Video

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT

The growth of file-sharing traffic has tailed off, but streaming video continues to expand.

Behind the Big Apple's Data Dump

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT

NYC releases a wealth of data--but with a positive spin.

Researchers Hijack a Drive-By Botnet

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT

The team gathered data on compromised pages and the would-be victims.

A More Secure, Trustworthy Cloud

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Virtual private clouds bridge real and virtual computing infrastructure.

Can the Wireless Internet Be Neutral?

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT

The FCC's coming struggle: regulating "fairness" on the airwaves.

A Web Spider for Everyone

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT

A startup uses PC idle time to crawl Web pages on demand.

How Facebook Copes with 300 Million Users

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT

VP of Engineering Mike Schroepfer reveals the tricks that keep the world's biggest social network going.

Can You Trust Crowd Wisdom?

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Researchers say online recommendation systems can be distorted by a minority of users.

Privacy Plug-In Fakes out Facebook

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT

FaceCloak lets users hide sensitive updates from prying eyes, including Facebook's.

Adding Trust to Wikipedia, and Beyond

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Tracing information back to its source could help prove trustworthiness.

The Evolution of Retweeting

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Formalizing the retweet may change people's behavior.

Antivirus Protection Gets Social

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Can cloud computing and social networking improve security software?

On Openness

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT

What freedom attracts.