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Published in:Computer (00189162) Vol. 47; no. 9; pp. 17 - 22
Format: Article
Published: IEEE Sep2014
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Summary:Topics include Russian hackers stealing more than 1 billion usernames and passwords, researchers developing a new type of brain-inspired chip, a US judge rejecting a Silicon Valley corporate-collusion settlement, proponents saying that their new networking approach could replace TCP/IP, researchers setting a speed record for data transmission over copper wiring, a "digital tattoo" that unlocks smartphones, a group proposing a new smart-home wireless technology, cloud computing making life difficult for forensics investigators, smart robotic furniture that can assemble and reassemble itself, and a sensor system that will track players' performance during this year's US professional football season.