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Author of Circumference of Darkness (entitled Maximum Impact in the UK)

Two chat bots, Alice and Jabberwacky, converse with each other

May 17, 2007 · Comments Off on Two chat bots, Alice and Jabberwacky, converse with each other

There’s some thinking in the book about machine intelligence, and a character (at least one) who’s a chat bot. If …

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Outsourcing the War

May 12, 2007 · Comments Off on Outsourcing the War

From Jeremy Scahill, for The Nation “As this Committee is well aware, we are now in the midst of the …

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DHS: You’ll take a national ID and you’ll like it

May 11, 2007 · Comments Off on DHS: You’ll take a national ID and you’ll like it

The Department of Homeland Security will move forward with plans to implement the REAL ID Act despite widespread opposition from …

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Artificial Intelligence Will (Someday) Surpass Human Intelligence

May 7, 2007 · Comments Off on Artificial Intelligence Will (Someday) Surpass Human Intelligence

Vernor Vinge is a pioneer in artificial intelligence, and argues that exponential growth in technology means a point will be …

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Solving Einstein’s Puzzles

May 7, 2007 · Comments Off on Solving Einstein’s Puzzles

Walter Isaacson’s 704-page, 2.4-pound biography of Einstein may not provide a solution to the great question that nagged the physicist …

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IBM uses self-assembling material in chip advance

May 3, 2007 · Comments Off on IBM uses self-assembling material in chip advance

By Scott Hillis, for Reuters Thu May 3, 1:29 AM ET  SAN FRANCISCO – IBM has developed a way to …

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DoD Human Computer Interface Style Guide

May 2, 2007 · Comments Off on DoD Human Computer Interface Style Guide

It’s not nearly as sexy as the title might suggest, but there’s a wealth of (public!) information here about the …

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NYT Editorial: Spying on Americans

May 2, 2007 · Comments Off on NYT Editorial: Spying on Americans

“The director of national intelligence, Michael McConnell, said yesterday that the evidence of what is wrong with FISA was too …

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Quantum cryptography is hacked

April 29, 2007 · Comments Off on Quantum cryptography is hacked

Simulation proves it’s possible to eavesdrop on super-secure encrypted messages. A team of researchers from MIT has, for the first …

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Publishers Weekly features CoD

April 28, 2007 · Comments Off on Publishers Weekly features CoD

Hollywood pitch: 24 meets The Bourne Identity. PW ran a nice piece recently on 9 upcoming debut thrillers, and I …

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Hackers figure out how to get into SAT-NAV

April 28, 2007 · Comments Off on Hackers figure out how to get into SAT-NAV

Two security experts have discovered a way to inject false messages — some amusing and others potentially frightening — into …

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