Archive for September 10th, 2010

Global computer virus attacks through e-mail

A global e-mail virus attacked hundreds of thousands, possibly millions, of computers Thursday. The cyber attack is slowing down and even shutting down electronic business and communication around the world. The virus is showing up in e-mail containing what look to be .PDF files. Computer users who open the documents find their PCs and Macintoshes [...]

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‘Block reasoning’ technique improves computer vision

Computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University have devised a method that enables computers to better understand an image by making assumptions about the physical constraints of the scene. The researchers say that like a child using toy building blocks to assemble something that looks like a building, a computer could analyze an outdoor scene by [...]

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