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Splitting Up Search

Duncan Graham-Rowe — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

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

Yahoo Distributed Search

Duncan Graham-Rowe — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Can Amazon's PayPhrase Combine Convenience with Security?

Robert Lemos — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

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

First Test for Election Cryptography

Erica Naone — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

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

In Search of What Everyone's Clicking

Erica Naone — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

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

Tracking Devious Phishing Websites

Erica Naone — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

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

China Cracks Down on Tor Anonymity Network

David Talbot — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

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

Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Usurped by Streaming Video

Erica Naone — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

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

Can the Wireless Internet Be Neutral?

David Talbot — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The FCC's coming struggle: regulating &quot;fairness&quot; on the airwaves.

A Web Spider for Everyone

Erica Naone — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

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

How Facebook Copes with 300 Million Users

Erica Naone — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

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

Can You Trust Crowd Wisdom?

Kristina Grifantini — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

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

Privacy Plug-In Fakes out Facebook

Robert Lemos — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

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

Adding Trust to Wikipedia, and Beyond

Erica Naone — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Tracing information back to its source could help prove trustworthiness.

The Evolution of Retweeting

Kristina Grifantini — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Formalizing the retweet may change people's behavior.

Antivirus Protection Gets Social

Robert Lemos — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Can cloud computing and social networking improve security software?

On Openness

Jason Pontin — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

What freedom attracts.

Finding the Right Piece of Sky

Erica Naone — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Researchers design a search system that recognizes the features of pictures of the sky.

A Browser's View of Your Computer

Erica Naone — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Researchers reveal how attackers may be able to peer into users' computers over the Web.

Rogue Pharmacies Dominate Bing's Ads

Kristina Grifantini — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Illegitimate pharmacies account for 90 percent of drug ads on Microsoft's Bing, according to a new report.