Computer Weekly News back issues from September 2008:
Findings from University of Macedonia provide new insights into science.
Sep 04, 2008 ... According to recent research from Thessaloniki, Greece, "The importance of software security has been profound, since most attacks to software systems are based on vulnerabilities caused by poorly designed and developed software. Furthermore, the enforcement of security in software systems ...
Reports on science findings from University of Oxford provide new insights.(Report)
Sep 04, 2008 ... "Cardiac modelling is the area of physiome modelling where the available simulation software is perhaps most mature, and it therefore provides an excellent starting point for considering the software requirements for the wider physiome community. In this paper, we will begin by introducing ...
Study findings from H.W. Huang et al provide new insights into science.
Sep 04, 2008 ... According to recent research published in the journal Annals of Nuclear Energy, "The digitalized Instrumentation and Control (I&C) system of Nuclear power plants can provide more powerful overall operation capability, and user friendly man-machine interface. The operator can obtain more ...
Studies conducted at N.H. Chau et al on high performance computing recently published.
Sep 04, 2008 ... According to recent research published in the International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications, "We have implemented the fast multipole method (FMM) on a special-purpose computer GRAPE (GRAvity piPE). The FMM is one of the fastest approximate algorithms to calculate forces ...
Research findings from University of Franche-Comte update understanding of security research.
Sep 04, 2008 ... "Detecting all kinds of intrusions efficiently requires a global view of the monitored network," investigators in France report. "Built to increase the security of computer networks, traditional IDS's are unfortunately unable to give a global view of the security of a network ....
Researchers from University of Neuchatel provide details of new studies and findings in the area of analytical science.
Sep 04, 2008 ... According to recent research from Neuchatel, Switzerland, "The dynamics of formation of solute peaks in microfluidic systems are investigated by computer simulation. A finite-element numerical procedure is applied to analyze the diffusionand flow-controlled concentration dispersion in a 40 ...
Findings in applied optics reported from Kwangwoon University.
Sep 04, 2008 ... "A novel approach to extract the depth data of 3D objects in space by using the computational integral imaging reconstruction (CIIR) technique is proposed," scientists in Seoul, South Korea report. "With elemental images of 3D objects captured by the CCD camera through a pinhole ...
Studies from Istanbul University update current data on science.
Sep 04, 2008 ... According to a study from Istanbul, Turkey, "The challenging problem in the design of digital receivers of today's and future high-speed, high data-rate wireless communication systems is to implement the optimal decoding and channel estimation processes jointly in a computationally ...
Findings in philosophy reported from University of Birmingham.
Sep 04, 2008 ... According to recent research from Birmingham, the United Kingdom, "An important area of research in systems biology involves the analysis and integration of genome-wide functional datasets. In this context, a major goal is the identification of a putative molecular network controlling ...
Researchers from Chosun University report details of new studies and findings in the area of computer science.
Sep 04, 2008 ... According to a study from South Korea, "We propose a path recovery notification (TCP-PRN) mechanism to prevent performance degradation during a handoff." "Even though Freeze-TCP achieves a performance increase during hancloff, detecting accurate handoff time and the ...
New computational fluid dynamics findings from University of Montreal described.
Sep 04, 2008 ... "Large-scale horizontal vortices associated with deformations of the aluminum-electrolyte interface have been observed in operating aluminum reduction cells as well as in physical and numerical models. To expose their importance, we analyze a particular class of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) ...
Findings from Osaka University broaden understanding of computer graphics.
Sep 04, 2008 ... "This paper presents a decompression pipeline capable of accelerating out-of-core volume rendering of time-varying scalar data. Our pipeline is based on a two-stage compression method that cooperatively uses the CPU and the graphics processing unit (GPU) to transfer compressed data ...
New parallel and distributed systems study findings have been published by scientists at University of Sydney.(Report)
Sep 04, 2008 ... According to recent research from Sydney, Australia, "Despite numerous efforts, task scheduling remains one of the most challenging problems in heterogeneous computing environments. In this paper, we propose a new state transition (ST) method, called the Duplication-based State Transition ...
Findings in computer-aided design reported from M. Mukherjee and co-researchers.(Report)
Sep 04, 2008 ... According to a study from the United States, "In this paper, a class of problems of physical-design optimization with rectangular shapes is presented. Efficient solutions for this class of optimization problems are needed for rectangular metal fill/negative-fill insertion during ...
Research conducted at University of Granada has provided new information about software.
Sep 04, 2008 ... According to a study from Granada, Spain, "In this work we propose a fine grained approach with self-adaptive migration rate for distributed evolutionary computation. Our target is to gain some insights on the effects caused by communication when the algorithm scales." "To this ...
Investigators at University of North Carolina release new data on computational psychology.(Report)
Sep 04, 2008 ... According to a study from the United States, "A distinguishing feature of virtual communities is their sense of community, i.e., their participants' feelings of membership, identity, influence, and attachment with each other." "This study tests a model in which members' ...
Research findings from University of North Carolina update understanding of computational fluid dynamics.
Sep 04, 2008 ... "We investigate numerically the three-dimensional flow near the head of gravity currents propagating along a free-slip boundary. The simulations show that two states are possible: a high-mixing state, where the flow departs from the analytic inviscid solution 0.5 channel heights downstream ...
ScanSafe Threat Spy: Tracking Malware across the Globe.
Sep 04, 2008 ... ScanSafe, the pioneer and leading provider of SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) Web security, today launched Threat Spy, the first virtual map to show the increasingly dangerous Web threat landscape. Threat Spy displays malware as it is identified and blocked by ScanSafe, much like a Twitter ...
Enterprise Performance Management: Three Products Developed Solely by Bitam.
Sep 04, 2008 ... David Abdo, CEO of Bitam, a leading provider of Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) software, understands the importance of developing software products in house and providing clients with a comprehensive EPM suite of applications that are built on one platform. The seamless ...
Purus Technologies brings Decision Catalyst to corporate and government leaders - Decisions can now be managed as corporate assets.
Sep 04, 2008 ... PURUS Technologies Inc. ("PURUS"), a Calgary based technology firm, has built a new generation of software and is defining an emerging market area called Enterprise Decision Management. PURUS' Decision Catalyst ("DC") is a software solution built for corporate and government leaders that ...
Worldwide Document Capture Software Market Worth $1.7bn Growing and Evolving in Response to Global Changes.(Industry overview)
Sep 04, 2008 ... According to Harvey Spencer Associates' newly published fourth annual report The Worldwide Market for Document Capture Software 2007-2011, the 2007 global $1.7bn capture market is transitioning from Batch Scanning to Transactional Scanning. "Previously, Batch Scanning has had a ...
Scientists at Technical University discuss research in computer graphics.
Sep 04, 2008 ... According to recent research from Prague, Czech Republic, "The problem of reproducing high dynamic range images on media with restricted dynamic range has gained a lot of interest in the computer graphics community. There exist various approaches to this issue, which span several research ...
Research conducted at K. Arunmuthu and co-researchers has updated our knowledge about science.
Sep 04, 2008 ... According to a study from Kalpakkam, India, "This paper discusses the application of digital image processing, particularly Fourier space filters over the spatial filters, for enhanced detectability of defect features in the tube-to-tubesheet weld samples. The Butterworth band-pass filter ...
Levit & James Establishes Alliance with LexisNexis to Co-Market Best Authority Software.
Sep 04, 2008 ... Legal software company Levit & James has announced an alliance with LexisNexis(R), which will serve as a referral agent for Levit & James' Best Authority, a state-of-the-art product for building Tables of Authorities (TOAs). Levit & James will be demonstrating Best Authority at the ILTA ...
Selectica Upgrades Contract Performance Management Software With New Wireless and Document Handling Features.
Sep 04, 2008 ... Selectica (NASDAQ:SLTC), a leading provider of enterprise contract lifecycle management solutions, announced that it has upgraded the Selectica Contract Performance Management (CPM) platform with new features that further shorten time-to-contract. "Many of our customers tell us ...
Investigators at Kuwait University publish new data on computer-aided design.(Report)
Sep 04, 2008 ... "-A cost effective system-on-a-chip (SOC) test strongly hinges on the parallel independent test of SOC cores, which can only be ensured through proper core isolation techniques. Whereas a core isolation mechanism can provide controllability and observability at the core I/O interface, its ...
Research results from University of Naples update understanding of security research.
Sep 04, 2008 ... According to recent research from Naples, Italy, "The Internet is crucial to business, government, education and many other facets of society, but the easy access and wide usage of the most common network services make it a primary target for the propagation of viral infections or worms ....
O2 Micro International Ltd Contains Extensive Ratio Analyses and up to 10-Year History of Sales, Earnings, Dividends and Security Pricing.
Sep 04, 2008 ... Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/5066a6/o2_micro_internati) has announced the addition of the "O2 Micro International Ltd" company profile to their offering. A textual analysis of the financial results of the selected company, compared to ...
Circuit City Enhances Customer Experience With Customized Microsoft Software-Based Tablet PCs for Sales Associates in New-Format Stores.
Sep 04, 2008 ... Microsoft Corp. and Circuit City Stores Inc. announced that select Circuit City stores are empowering their sales associates with Tablet PCs running a custom Windows-based application to help them offer a more knowledgeable, consistent experience that builds consumer confidence and ...
Reports from X.M. Wu and colleagues advance knowledge in computer graphics.(Report)
Sep 04, 2008 ... "In this paper, we propose a robust watermarking scheme called Double-Layer Spread-Transform Dither Modulation (DL-STDM) for watermarking motion data," scientists in Grenoble, France report. "We embed watermarks into the DCT domain of the quaternion logarithm image (QLI) ...
HP and Junior Achievement Announce Lithuania as Winner of 2008 HP Global Business Challenge.
Sep 04, 2008 ... HP (NYSE:HPQ) and JA Worldwide(R) (Junior Achievement) announced Team Hattrick from Lithuania as the winner of the HP Global Business Challenge, a worldwide competition designed to increase the business knowledge and skills of students. This week, HP and JA Worldwide hosted 16 ...
Studies from University of California reveal new findings on computer-aided design.(Report)
Sep 04, 2008 ... According to a study from the United States, "As technology advances, it becomes feasible to implement a large multiprocessor systems-on-chip (MPSoCs) to satisfy the increased performance demands of embedded applications. The increased complexity of systems leads to an increased power ...
Research from B. Raman and co-researchers in the area of computer science described.
Sep 04, 2008 ... According to recent research from Bombay, India, "This writeup presents a critique of the field of ''Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs)''. Literature in this domain falls into two main, distinct categories: (1) algorithms or protocols, and (2) application-centric system design." ...
Petz Enterprises, Inc. PEI Announces the Launch of Text Messaging Services for CrossLink Professional Tax Software.
Sep 04, 2008 ... Petz Enterprises, Inc. (PEI), a leading provider of tax software and financial services designed for high-volume retail tax professionals announced the launch of TextLink(TM), a text messaging service that will be integrated with their flagship product, CrossLink 1040 Professional Tax ...
New computer graphics study findings have been reported by H. Kye and co-researchers.
Sep 04, 2008 ... According to recent research from Seoul, South Korea, "We present an acceleration method for maximum intensity projection (MIP) based on graphics processing units (GPUs). To enhance the cache efficiency of the GPU, we divide volume data into equal blocks without memory reordering overhead, ...
Razer Maelstrom Audio Engine Unveiled at Games Convention.
Sep 04, 2008 ... Razer(TM), the world's leading manufacturer of high-end precision gaming peripherals, has unveiled the Razer Maelstrom Audio Engine(TM) at Games Convention, Leipzig at Hall 4, B01. The Razer Maelstrom is a highly upgraded virtual surround sound system found in the Razer Megalodon(TM), ...
New applied optics study findings reported from Nihon University.
Sep 04, 2008 ... According to recent research published in the journal Applied Optics, "Since a general flat hologram has a limited viewable area, we usually cannot see the other side of a reconstructed object. There are some holograms that can solve this problem." "A cylindrical hologram is ...
Study data from J.M. Kim and colleagues update understanding of computer science.
Sep 04, 2008 ... "The application of wireless sensor networks to areas such as combat field surveillance, terrorist tracking and highway traffic monitoring requires secure communication among the sensor nodes within the networks. Logical key hierarchy (LKH) is a tree-based key management model which ...
Memopal: Online Backup in Public Beta for Linux.
Sep 04, 2008 ... The public beta version of Memopal for Linux is now downloadable. This launch was timed to almost immediately follow the release of the MAC version. As such, it is part of a wider strategy, the goal of which is to make Online Backup available to as many operating ...
HiWired's Tech Experts Ready to Help Seniors with Computer Repair, Set-Up and Troubleshooting.
Sep 04, 2008 ... HiWired Inc., a leader in remote technical support and computer repair, announces a 20% senior citizen discount beginning on September 7th and extending through October 31, 2008, in honor of Grandparent's Day. More seniors today than even two years ago surf the Web and use ...
OnForce Names Marty Cagan to Board of Directors.
Sep 04, 2008 ... OnForce, the world's largest marketplace for IT and CE service professionals, announced the appointment of Marty Cagan to the company's board of directors. A seasoned leader in product management, Cagan brings more than twenty years of expertise in defining and building market-leading ...
Quadrem Strengthens Procurement Offering With Global BPO Services Powered by SAP Software.
Sep 04, 2008 ... Quadrem announced it has signed a global business process outsourcing (BPO) agreement with SAP AG in order to help customers reduce the cost and complexity of implementing and operating integrated electronic sourcing, procurement, invoicing and contract management processes. In addition, ...
Recent studies from University of California add new data to computer science.(Report)
Sep 04, 2008 ... According to recent research from the United States, "In the last few years, several studies have analyzed the performance of flooding and random walks as querying mechanisms for unstructured wireless sensor networks. However, most of the work is theoretical in nature and while providing ...
Research from Seoul National University in the area of security research published.
Sep 04, 2008 ... According to recent research from Seoul, South Korea, "Keystroke dynamics based user authentication (KDA) can achieve a relatively high performance if a fairly large number of typing patterns are available. it is almost always the case that KDA is combined with password based ...
Simtrol Adds Promethean Star to Executive Team.
Sep 04, 2008 ... Debbie Yasenka, the channel architect for educational technology giant Promethean, Inc., has joined Simtrol, Inc. (OTCBB: SMRL) as Vice President of Channels, effective immediately. "Debbie Yasenka is an enormous asset to the Simtrol team with a solid track record for building ...
Salem Communications Moves Its Radio Streaming to StreamAudio.
Sep 04, 2008 ... Salem Communications announced that it has entered into an agreement to stream its music and talk radio stations on the Internet with StreamAudio. Salem Communications (NASDAQ:SALM) and StreamAudio have entered into an agreement for StreamAudio to be the streaming provider for ...
Microsoft and Novell Expand Successful Interoperability Relationship.
Sep 04, 2008 ... Microsoft Corp. and Novell Inc. are announcing an incremental investment in their relationship to meet accelerating customer demand for their business model solution, which is designed to build a bridge between open source and proprietary software to deliver interoperability and ...
Follett Higher Education Group Reduces Order Fill Time by 30%, Decreases Labor Costs and Improves Customer Service Levels with JDA Software.
Sep 04, 2008 ... JDA(R) Software Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: JDAS) announced that Follett Higher Education Group, a division of $2.4 billion Follett Corporation, the industry leader in bookstore management, serving more than 800 college and university bookstores across North America, is reducing its order fill ...
Data on computer-aided design discussed by researchers at Technical University of Munich.(Report)
Sep 04, 2008 ... According to recent research from Munich, Germany, "The force-directed quadratic placer ''Kraftwerk2,'' as described in this paper, is based on two main concepts. First, the force that is necessary to distribute the modules on the chip is separated into the following two components: a hold ...
Nokia's Services & Software Unit Grows and Focuses its Efforts.
Sep 04, 2008 ... Nokia's Services & Software unit announced plans to refine parts of its global research and development activities. While Nokia (NYSE:NOK) continues to grow its investments in consumer Internet services, the unit plans to integrate some of our content delivery services into a ...
Research from A. Gurtov and co-researchers in the area of computer science published.(Report)
Sep 04, 2008 ... "The Host Identity Indirection Infrastructure (Hi3) is a networking architecture for mobile hosts, derived from the Internet Indirection Infrastructure (i3) and the Host Identity Protocol (HIP). Hi3 has efficient support for secure mobility and multihoming, which both are crucial for ...
New high performance computing research from University of Massachusetts discussed.
Sep 04, 2008 ... According to a study from the United States, "The Finite Volume Coastal Ocean Model (FVCOM) is a publicly available software package for simulation of ocean processes in coastal areas. The unstructured grid approach used in the model is highly advantageous for resolving dynamics in regions ...
Research data from M. Sabrigiriraj and colleagues update understanding of computer science.
Sep 04, 2008 ... "This paper addresses the problem of routing and wavelength requirements for all-to-all broadcast communication in wavelength division multiplexed optical networks," scientists writing in the journal Computer Communications report. "The network model is an all-optical network, ...
New computer graphics study results reported from Yale University.
Sep 04, 2008 ... "We investigate several projections of the Sierpinski hypertetrahedron and observe that the iterative construction of the hypertetrahedron gives rise to an iterative construction of the projections," scientists in the United States report. "In addition, we show that the ...
Hot Neuron's Clustify Document Clustering Software Named a Trend-Setting Product by KMWorld.
Sep 04, 2008 ... Hot Neuron LLC proudly announces that Clustify(TM), its document clustering software aimed at helping corporations and law firms explore and classify large sets of electronic documents, was recognized in KMWorld's Trend-Setting Product list for 2008. The Trend-Setting Product ...
Brazilian Man Charged in Conspiracy to Infect More Than 100,000 Computers Worldwide With Malicious Software.
Sep 04, 2008 ... A Brazilian man was charged by a federal grand jury in New Orleans for his role in a conspiracy to sell a network of computers infected with malicious software, Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich of the Criminal Division and Jim Letten, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern ...
ONYX Graphics Releases ONYX Workflow Software Version 7.2.
Sep 04, 2008 ... ONYX Graphics, Inc. announced it has released Version 7.2 for its popular workflow software packages: ONYX(R) ProductionHouse(TM), ONYX PosterShop(R) and ONYX RIPCenter(TM). The new features in Version 7.2 are designed to boost productivity, help realize additional cost savings, and ensure ...
Xtralis ADPRO Presidium Perimeter Intrusion Detection Solution Receives Primary Detection System Classification From UK Government.
Sep 04, 2008 ... Xtralis, a leading provider of powerful intelligent, early warning fire detection and security solutions, announced that its ADPRO Presidium Intelligent Intrusion Detection System has been approved as a primary detection system by the UK Home Office Scientific Development Branch (HOSDB). ...
Studies from C.H. Ke et al have provided new data on computer science.
Sep 04, 2008 ... According to a study from Taiwan, "The failure of legacy packet markers, such as the Single Rate Three Color Marker (SRTCM) and the Two Rate Three Color Marker (TRTCM), to protect important data from being dropped, renders a poor delivery of video quality over Differentiated Services ...
Center for Computer Forensics Obtains Michigan Private Investigator License.
Sep 04, 2008 ... The Center for Computer Forensics (CCF), a Michigan-based electronic litigation support and evidence gathering firm, announced that it has received a PI License from the state of Michigan following the recently passed Michigan House Bill 5274, which requires computer forensic vendors to ...
Research reports from S. Ehlert and co-authors provide new insights into computer science.(Report)
Sep 04, 2008 ... According to a study from Berlin, Germany, "The emergence of Voice over IP (VoIP) has offered numerous advantages for end users and providers alike, but simultaneously has introduced security threats, vulnerabilities and attacks not previously encountered in networks with a closed ...
Study findings from S.K. Sadiq et al broaden understanding of philosophy.(Clinical report)
Sep 04, 2008 ... "specific medical simulation holds the promise of determining tailored medical treatment based on the characteristics of an individual patient (for example, using a genotypic assay of a sequence of DNA). Decision-support systems based on patient-specific simulation can potentially ...
Study results from Michigan State University broaden understanding of parallel and distributed systems.(Report)
Sep 04, 2008 ... According to a study from the United States, "Firewalls are the mainstay of enterprise security and the most widely adopted technology for protecting private networks. An error in a firewall policy either creates security holes that will allow malicious traffic to sneak into a private ...
Studies from Seoul National University yield new data on science.
Sep 04, 2008 ... "Most Java just-in-time compilers (JITC) try to compile only hot methods since the compilation overhead is part of the running time. This requires precise and efficient hot spot detection, which includes distinguishing hot methods from cold methods, detecting them as early as possible, and ...
Circuit City Offers Tips for Last-Minute Back-to-School Shoppers.(Survey)
Sep 04, 2008 ... Circuit City is offering last-minute shopping tips to help American families who are scrambling to prepare their students for college. The U.S. Department of Education predicts almost 18.4 million students will be enrolled in the nation's colleges and universities this fall. A ...