Computer
Nuclear smuggling sensor networks upgraded
November 29, 2007The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is funding a $1.9 million upgrade of a computer program involving detection of nuclear smuggling. The grant was awarded University of Texas at Austin Professor David Morton and colleagues to expand an existing...
Government sends $2,245,342 check
November 27, 2007Utah officials said a new computer system is partially to blame for an incident involving a $2,245,342 check rather than a $15 refund. Jerry Mika said he received the check for the hefty sum in the mail after requesting a $15 refund for his being...
EPA unveils air quality check tools
November 20, 2007The same technology that allows computer users to zoom in on satellite pictures of their homes is now available to learn about air quality, U.S. regulators say. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency made available Monday two tools that let computer...
Seattle man guilty in ID theft case
November 06, 2007A Seattle man pleaded guilty Monday to using computer file-sharing programs to steal personal information from 50 people across the United States. Gregory Kopiloff, 35, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Seattle to mail fraud, accessing a protected...
Nervous system computer simulation created
September 26, 2007U.S. scientists have created a computer simulation that sheds light on how the human nervous system regains communication with muscles after sensory loss. Georgia Tech and Emory University researchers said their simulation might be used to better...
FBI: Principal ditched computer with porn
April 20, 2007The FBI in Arizona says an elementary school principal left a computer with loaded with child pornography at a house he sold. Jeffery Yazwa has been charged with 12 counts of sexual exploitation of children, The Arizona Republic said. Yazwa is...