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When security researchers become the problem

July 27, 2005 Oracle's Mary Ann Davidson says myths have grown up around the role of security researchers who seek out software flaws. TAGS: researcher, financial reporting, vulnerability, myth, Oracle Corp., Black Hat, vendor, reality, fix, threat, security

Researchers try Google approach to understanding photos

July 11, 2007 Carnegie Mellon researchers develop techniques that let computers automatically add or replace elements in a digital photo. TAGS: researcher, graduate student, photograph, professor, digital photograph, Google Inc., database

Virtual rootkits not a problem, say researchers

October 2, 2007 Hypervisor technology cannot be used to hide rootkits from detection, according to a study by Carnegie Mellon and Stanford researchers. TAGS: hypervisor, researcher, rootkit, study, Stanford, virtualization, detection

Photo: Measuring memory

March 16, 2005 Philips researchers use alternative materials to create and test "phase change memory," which would work like a CD or DVD. TAGS: Philips Electronics N.V., researcher, photograph

AOL apologizes for release of user search data

August 7, 2006 Search log information originally intended for use on new research site; company calls data posting a mistake. TAGS: information retrieval, Ari Schwartz, America Online Inc., Time Warner Inc., researcher

Got playlist anxiety? You're not alone

April 6, 2005 Researchers study the practices of iTunes-sharing office workers, in effort to improve music listening everywhere. TAGS: researcher, playlist, Apple iTunes, music, Apple Computer

Researchers take the blur out of shaky photos

August 9, 2006 An MIT researcher and others develop a technique that can restore some sharpness to photos blurred by camera shake. TAGS: researcher, product development, photograph, property, image, camera, path, Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe Systems Inc.

Microsoft shares source code with AIDS researchers

June 13, 2007 Researchers hope to use four specialized software tools to identify genetic patterns that could help development of HIV vaccine. TAGS: researcher, source code, vaccine, Microsoft Corp., virus

Reading phone text one word at a time

July 13, 2005 Researchers think they've hit upon the best way to digest articles on a cell phone. TAGS: RSVP, researcher, blog posting, cell phone, word, method, Palm Inc., blog

RFID vulnerable to attacks, researchers say

April 13, 2006 Australian researchers say RFID tags can be disrupted by being bombarded with different radio frequencies. TAGS: RFID, RFID tag, tag, researcher, frequency, reader, radio frequency, attack, radio

TippingPoint: Our bounty squelched bug

October 14, 2005 Flaw in Veritas's NetBackup was found and patched through a rewards program for security researchers, company says. TAGS: TippingPoint Technologies, VERITAS NetBackup, VERITAS Software Corp., researcher, bug, security

A tenfold improvement in battery life?

January 15, 2008 Stanford researchers say silicon nanowires could help extend the life of a lithium ion battery for laptops from 4 hours to 40 hours. TAGS: silicon, lithium, battery, researcher, battery life, improvement, laptop computer

FedEx Kinko's payment card cracked

March 2, 2006 Anyone with some extra hardware and technical know-how could add value to the card, but FedEx says there's no risk. TAGS: Federal Express, researcher, payment, value, card, risk, security, code, video

Researcher launches Month of PHP Bugs

March 2, 2007 Initiative focuses on the widely used scripting language with the aim to improve security. TAGS: PHP, scripting language, researcher, project, bug, vulnerability, security

Can texting reveal who committed crimes?

August 11, 2006 Researchers study mobile-phone texting styles to show links between text linguistics and user IDs. TAGS: user-ID, text message, researcher, crime, mobile phone

Study: Male sweat causes female hormones to rise

February 7, 2007 Researchers conclude a few whiffs of a pheromone found in male sweat can raise levels of a female hormone associated with arousal. TAGS: women, researcher, study

Sony recalls risky 'rootkit' CDs

November 15, 2005 Sony BMG recalls millions of copy-protected CDs, but more security risks are spotted in what the uninstaller has left behind. TAGS: researcher, copy protection, security risk, Sony Corp., rootkit, instruction, uninstall, CD, trojan horse, blog, security, hard drive

Researchers: E-passports pose security risk

August 5, 2006 New passports and ID cards with RFID are surprisingly easy to clone, researchers at Black Hat and Defcon say. TAGS: RFID, passport, RFID tag, e-passport, researcher, Black Hat, RFID chip, Defcon, smart card, security risk, security, card, radio, conference, U.S., video

Breaking into a laptop via Wi-Fi

August 2, 2006 Flaws in software that runs wireless-networking hardware could let attackers take over PCs, including Macs, Black Hat warns. TAGS: Black Hat, researcher, Wi-Fi, attacker, attack, flaw, threat, Apple MacBook, software company, Apple Computer, laptop computer, Intel, security, PC, operating system, video

Ask a question online, get an answer...sometimes

February 22, 2006 So-called answer Web sites provide a plethora of opinion and entertainment. The facts can be harder to come by. TAGS: researcher, expert, Yahoo! Inc., response, Google Inc., opinion
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