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HTC patches Bluetooth driver flaw
Blog Comment A recent cyber threat report by the Georgia Tech Information Security Center states that one of the emerging threats for 2009 is botnets moving from PC’s to mobile devices. Windows mobile devices are becoming an enterprise necessity to improve...
[July 18, 2009, 9:12]
UK launches dedicated cybersecurity agency
News Further attacks, on countries such as Georgia, have strengthened the government's resolve to address IT security issues. A key priority for implementing the strategy will be to develop a cyber-industry with "opportunities for high-tech businesses...
[June 25, 2009, 10:00]
Microsoft offers $250k bounty for Downadup arrest
News Participating are: the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), VeriSign, NeuStar, CNNIC, Afilias, Public Internet Registry, Global Domains International, M1D Global, AOL, Symantec, F-Secure, ISC, Georgia Tech, the Shadowserver...
[February 13, 2009, 12:06]
Ubuntu Linux 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) - Configuration Tips
Blog Comment I find I can get more speed by choosing Georgia Tech,s server, or University of Southern California, rather than The University of Texas, which is a lot closer. Good list Mr. Watson. Another thing I do, when using a package manager, is find a...
[November 1, 2008, 12:07]
Mobile-botnet threat 'a ticking time bomb'
News In the report, a Georgia Tech academic predicted that botnets will infiltrate the mobile space next year. The issue of mobile botnets was brought up recently in a report released by the Georgia Institute of Technology's Information Security Center.
[October 27, 2008, 12:20]
Foreign Office overspend sees IT projects trimmed
News The Future Firecrest programme has seen 3,000 computers installed at FCO offices in London and Milton Keynes, with new machines and infrastructure planned at FCO sites in Athens, Tbilisi in Georgia, and The Hague from late summer 2008.
[July 8, 2008, 9:01]
PCLinuxOS 2008 Gnome on new laptop.
Blog Georgia Tech had the best speed, 900 KPS +, and there were a few updates. I recently purchased a new Toshiba laptop. Model #A205, T2330, 1.6 GHz, GB system memory, 128 meg video memory, 200GB SATA HD, 15.4 screen, DVDRW, 802.11 bg PSAF3U-OW900V.
[June 9, 2008, 9:41]
India's Wipro to create hundreds of UK tech jobs
News TCS this week announced a 1,000-person delivery centre in Cincinnati, Ohio and Wipro recently set up low-cost onshore facilities to support US customers in areas such as Troy near Detroit in Michigan and Atlanta, Georgia.
[March 25, 2008, 11:10]
Microsoft launches free robotics software
News In addition, Microsoft said it will sponsor RoboCup 2007, an international robotics competition held in July at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. Microsoft on Wednesday plans to take the wraps off its first commercial operating system for robots, with hopes...
[December 13, 2006, 8:10]
Chip breaks speed record in deep freeze
News IBM and Georgia Tech have coaxed a chip to run at 500GHz, a record for a silicon-based device, by dropping the temperature to minus 451 degrees Fahrenheit. At room temperature, the IBM-Georgia Tech chip operates at 350GHz, or 350 billion cycles per...
[June 20, 2006, 9:15]
Dell admits Indian mistake
Talkback Take a call from someone in Alabama, Georgia or South Carolina. And if, as Dell, you make a big effort to keep your customers with a service out of the normal boundaries and free, will you hire expensive American or British agents for tech support?
[November 26, 2005, 18:42]
Intel promotes mobile location services
News Messaging, in fact, is apparently leading to the demise of doorbells in Europe, according to a new study from Georgia Tech. Intel is experimenting with ordinary wireless networks to see if the same job can be done on land.
[July 13, 2005, 9:15]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Exciting times in miniature await, as I write up a story from Georgia Tech where they've made a chip/coil/magnet combo that generates a watt from a device roughly the size of a pound coin. The Georgia Tech prototype was powered by the same sort of...
[November 26, 2004, 17:00]
Micro generators pick up power
News Many of these are in development elsewhere, with the University of Birmingham in the UK last year demonstrating three designs of comparable size to the Georgia Tech generator. The experimental device, created by researchers at the Georgia Institute...
[November 25, 2004, 14:55]
Police arrest phishing mob suspect
News The US Marshals have also issued a detainer for Schwarmkoff after he reached fugitive status for similar charges in Georgia. Parties included in the project include the DTI, the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit and the Association of Payment Clearing...
[November 11, 2004, 11:22]
'Nanospring pill' could detect cancer cells
News Scientists at the US Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) have developed a tiny "nanospring" structure that could be used to detect individual molecules, possibly creating an extremely sensitive method of detecting cancer.
[November 10, 2003, 12:30]
Australian rat-robot hybrid paints pictures
News It has collaborated with the Laboratory for Neuroengineering at Georgia Tech in the US, which recently hooked a few thousand rat neurons to a multi-electrode array to create a 'Hybrot' -- so named because it is a hybrid of living and electronic...
[July 10, 2003, 9:50]
Data thieves strike university
News The online intrusions, which are thought to have occurred over the last two months, were only discovered in the past week or so, said David Terraso, a Georgia Tech spokesman. He referred further questions to a Georgia Tech Information Security...
[April 1, 2003, 7:31]
Q&A: The future of analogue chips
News Now what happened is that analogue has become the emerging industry and a few universities, like Georgia Tech, Washington, Stanford and Berkeley, recognise the value of analogue.and we get most of their PhDs.
[February 3, 2003, 8:58]
Biometrics researchers study every step you take
News The resulting technology could be used to aid police in locating suspects by scanning large crowds of people for those who have a particular manner of walking, said Gene Greneker, principal research scientist at the Georgia Tech Research Institute.
[October 21, 2002, 16:14]
