Call it security through absurdity: a pair of telecom firms have branded reporters for Scripps News as "hackers" after they discovered the personal data of over 170,000 customers—including social... read more
Featured Slideshow
Encryption
Encryption
Face ID Technology Gets Federal Funding
Submitted by hitbsecnews on Fri, 2001-08-03 07:37
A company that touts its facial identification system as a powerful new tool for security and crime fighting has received millions of dollars in federal funding to improve its surveillance technology for military and intelligence uses, according to documents and interviews.
- Read more about Face ID Technology Gets Federal Funding
- Log in or register to post comments
- 1172 reads
I.B.M. Making a Commitment to Next Phase of the Internet
Submitted by hitbsecnews on Fri, 2001-08-03 07:27
I.B.M. is announcing today a new initiative to support and exploit a technology known as grid computing, which the company and much of the computer research community say is the next evolutionary step in the development of the Internet.
- Read more about I.B.M. Making a Commitment to Next Phase of the Internet
- Log in or register to post comments
- 903 reads
AT&T Releases 'Realistic' Voice Software
Submitted by hitbsecnews on Thu, 2001-08-02 10:50
AT&T released on Tuesday a new software program called Natural Voices, which it claims is "the most human-sounding computer-speech system in the world."
Natural Voices is the first commercial product to come from AT&T Labs, the research and development side of the business, and the new software's ability to recreate any voice suggests some intriguing possibilities for commercial applications.
- Read more about AT&T Releases 'Realistic' Voice Software
- Log in or register to post comments
- 1002 reads
Supercomputer May Unlock Secrets of Universe
Submitted by hitbsecnews on Wed, 2001-08-01 11:53
Britain will unveil a state-of-the-art supercomputer on Tuesday which scientists hope will unlock the secrets of the origins of the universe. The machine, the biggest supercomputer in British academia, cost $2 million and is one of the most powerful in Europe. It will tackle what is arguably the biggest question on earth: How was the universe created?
The University of Durham in northeast England says its Cosmology Machine could store the contents of the British Library -- and still have spare memory.
- Read more about Supercomputer May Unlock Secrets of Universe
- Log in or register to post comments
- 685 reads
Supercomputer aims to master the universe
Submitted by hitbsecnews on Tue, 2001-07-31 21:29
Britain will unveil a state-of-the-art supercomputer on Tuesday which scientists hope will unlock the secrets of the origins of the universe.
The machine, the biggest supercomputer in British academia, cost $2 million and is one of the most powerful in Europe.
- Read more about Supercomputer aims to master the universe
- Log in or register to post comments
- 649 reads