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Google tweaks algorithm to keep search fresh

...Google altered its search algorithm on Thursday to bring in more timely topics, a move that affects... Read more

4 November, 2011 by Jay Greene

Google Panda algorithm update benefits news sites

...the web industry, including the company's announcement on Tuesday that its algorithms now incorporate more "user feedback signals". The Google Panda algorithm shows sites... Read more

18 April, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

Researchers: Two in 1,000 RSA public keys are insecure

...a flaw in the way public keys are generated using the RSA algorithm for encrypting sensitive online communications and transactions. They found that a small... Read more

15 February, 2012 by Elinor Mills

Google algorithm update to filter out low-quality content

...Monday that it has launched its so-called Farmer update, a new algorithm designed to weed out low-quality content. With the international rollout, website... Read more

12 April, 2011 by Larry Dignan

Antitrust investigators demand Google search documents

...according to published reports. The investigators want details of Google's search algorithms and AdWords. The investigation seeks information on the company's closely guarded... Read more

16 February, 2011 by Steven Musil

Google applies moral code to search

...Google has changed its search algorithm to penalise sites deemed to provide an "extremely poor user experience" following... Read more

2 December, 2010 by Tom Krazit

BT sets up one-time password service

...BT. Typically, one-time passwords are pseudo-random numbers, generated by an algorithm, that expire after a single use. "Businesses and end users are facing... Read more

7 July, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Chrome 12 drops Google Gears support

...s settings. The second security enhancement that Chrome has expanded is security algorithms that check websites for malicious content. For more on this ZDNet UK... Read more

10 May, 2011 by Seth Rosenblatt

Mozilla plans changes to web certification policy

...June, Mozilla software will refuse certificates signed with the troubled MD5 hash algorithm for intermediate and end-entity CAs, and "will take this action earlier... Read more

15 April, 2011 by Darren Pauli

LinkedIn unveils personalised news page

...front page, at LinkedIn.com/today, shows the stories that LinkedIn's algorithms think will be most relevant to the user. Stories can be flagged... Read more

11 March, 2011 by Rafe Needleman

Hacker demos GSM call hijack, calls for 2G end

...homemade base station can tell the phone to use the A5/0 algorithm, which has no encryption. Therefore, as Paget described it in a presentation... Read more

2 August, 2010 by David Meyer

Google to look at cloaking as anti-spam target

Google's Matt Cutts has said the company will look into the webmaster practice of showing one page to the search engine crawler, but presenting another to users Read more

30 December, 2010 by Tom Krazit
Improved Progressive Edge-Growth <endeca_term>Algorithm</endeca_term> for Fast Encodable LDPC Codes

Improved Progressive Edge-Growth Algorithm for Fast Encodable LDPC Codes

The Progressive Edge-Growth (PEG) algorithm is known to construct Low-Density Parity-Check (LDPC) codes at finite... Read more

21 May, 2012
Joint Design of RFID Reader and Tag Anti-Collision <endeca_term>Algorithms</endeca_term>: A Cross-Layer Approach

Joint Design of RFID Reader and Tag Anti-Collision Algorithms: A Cross-Layer Approach

This paper investigates the potential interactions between reader and tag anti-collision algorithms of passive RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) systems. Conventionally, reader and tag anti... Read more

25 April, 2012
Optimal <endeca_term>Algorithm</endeca_term> for Cognitive Spectrum Decision Making

Optimal Algorithm for Cognitive Spectrum Decision Making

In this paper, an optimal algorithm of spectrum decision making is presented for a real cognitive radio network... Read more

25 April, 2012

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yeah! all we want free software

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Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

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