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NEWS ABOUT: computer network

computer network stories: 13 news summaries
OPINION

Health Care by Computer
Has Failed in the UK


Jul 18, 09 6:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Like all liberals, President Obama likes big, controlling systems. Like British politicians, he hopes to manage health care with a nationwide supercomputer. As Britain failed, so too will the United States, Fraser Nelson and Irwin M. Stelzer write in the Weekly Standard. Not only has Britain's medical database failed after... More »

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health care • England • public health • National Health Service • computer network • Obama administration • President Obama

Hackers Expose Holes in Air Traffic Safety

Vulnerabilities abound ahead of planned $20B FAA upgrade

May 7, 09 7:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Civilian air traffic computer networks are riddled with security holes, and hackers have breached them several times in the past few years, the Wall Street Journal reports. Intruders could gain access to operational systems by first hacking into administrative areas using 763 separate “high risk” holes in those systems,... More »

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FAA • air travel • hackers • computer network • air traffic control • security breach • Federal Aviation Administration

(Newser) - To combat the rising threat of attack on the nation’s computer networks, the US government is turning to the dark side for help, the AP reports. A call has gone out for so-called “ethical hackers” who “think like the bad guy” to work with Homeland Security to... More »

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power grid • hacker • Department of Homeland Security • hackers • computer security • computer network • computer • Obama administration

'Google-like' System to Link
US Intelligence Agencies

Overhaul includes databases, email

Jan 22, 09 8:00 AM CST
(Newser) - The computer databases of the 16 US intelligence agencies soon will be linked, the Wall Street Journal reports. The system comes nearly 5 years after the spy agencies got heat for failing to "connect the dots" before the Sept. 11 attacks. Analysts will be able to search through secret... More »

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CIA • FBI • Mike McConnell • database • computer network • intelligence agencies • Obama administration • Dennis Blair

How to Detect Earthquakes From Your Desk

A SETI-like network of laptops can trump seismometers

Sep 28, 08 6:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Seismologists have found a way to harness the power of a built-in feature of many laptops and create a new wide-ranging earthquake-detection system, the Economist reports. The "Quake-Catcher Network" capitalizes on laptops' accelerometers, little devices that detect when the computer is falling or shaken, to provide widespread—and highly... More »

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laptop • computer network • SETI • earthquake • seismology

 Laptops May Help Sense Quakes 

Personal, work computers enlisted as Calif. researchers aim to plug gaps in detection

Apr 22, 08 1:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Laptop computers are the key to a new earthquake-sensing project in California, the MIT Technology Review reports. Researchers are working to connect home and business computers in a network that could monitor activity and even provide early warning of big quakes. Motion detectors would report shaking to a central server,... More »

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California • laptop • computer network • earthquake

Denmark's Economy 'Most Networked'

US takes 4th,
behind Sweden
and Switzerland

Apr 9, 08 4:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Denmark is the most IT-savvy country on Earth, according to the World Economic Forum, which today released its list of the world’s “most networked” countries. The list ranks 127 countries based on their ability to use new information and technologies, the BBC explains. It was Denmark’s second... More »

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network • Denmark • computer network • information technology • World Economic Forum

China's Military Boost Angers US

Beijing eyes space, cyberspace and Taiwan

Mar 4, 08 12:00 PM CST
(Newser) - The US and China are clashing over Beijing's increasing defense expenditures, its posture toward Taiwan and its threat to US space hardware, reports the BBC. Beijing officials say they plan to up defense spending by 18% to $59 billion—but a Pentagon report claims the true amount of Chinese military... More »

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China • Pentagon • Taiwan • Beijing • National People's Congress • satellite • computer network • military spending • cyberspace

Cisco Unveils A Much Faster Switch

Capable of transferring 90,000 Netflix movies in 38.4 seconds

Jan 28, 08 1:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Cisco is introducing a network switch today that can handle much greater quantities of data traffic than its current products. Aimed at corporations working with large amounts of Internet and remote data, as well as ISPs, the Nexus 7000 switch would be capable of transferring all 90,000 of Netflix’... More »

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data centers • Cisco • computer network • network switches • Nexus

New Cisco Unit First Based Abroad

Will aim to wire entire cities in Middle East, China, India from Bangalore HQ

Dec 26, 07 10:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Dozens of new cities are to be built in China, India, and the Middle East in the coming decade and Cisco Systems wants to network them top-to-bottom, the Financial Times reports. The networking equipment giant is setting up a new business center in Bangalore, India, as part of its push... More »

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China • technology • Internet • Middle East • India • Cisco • computer network • telecommunications • Bangalore

Cisco Goes Green with Energy Gauging

Networking company to measure power use from data centers

Dec 26, 07 10:42 AM CST
(Newser) - Green-minded Cisco Systems is looking to improve energy efficiency by monitoring power consumption, operating temperature, and more from its enterprise data network. With energy costs and global warming worries escalating, Cisco plans to expand beyond communications and use its data network to help companies manage their power use and prevent... More »

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electricity • Cisco • computer network • routers • green

Cisco Profits Up, But Murky Outlook Drags Stock Down

Networking giant posts solid first
quarter; prospects dimmer for next one

Nov 7, 07 8:51 PM CST
(Newser) - Cisco touted a 37% increase in its first-quarter profits, but it wasn’t enough on Wall Street to overcome a pessimistic outlook for the company's current quarter. The network equipment maker said its revenue-growth forecast of $9.79 billion will fall just short of the $9.81 billion most analysts... More »

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Cisco • computer network • Juniper Networks • John Chambers • San Jose, California • video conferencing

Feds Prepare
for Cyberwar

Attack by hackers, likely from China, could cut communications,
power, banking

Sep 27, 07 7:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Readying for a new cyber doomsday in which Americans wake to find the power off, cell phones dead, and no access to cash, the Bush administration is considering creating an agency to protect critical public and private computers. Experts say that any attack, which would likely originate in China, would... More »

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China • power grid • Defense • cyberterrorism • cyberattack • Internet security • defense secretary • computer network • George W. Bush

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