Latest news about advanced networking research.
MIT improves analog circuit for consumer devices, 02/19/2007
Future models of consumer goods, from digital cameras to MP3 players, could take a leap forward with a new type of analog circuit demonstrated at a trade show Thursday by researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), writes Ben Ames of IDG News Service.
UC Berkeley’s high performance mirror sees apps in high-def DVD players, computer circuits, 02/15/2007
Engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, have created a new high-performance mirror that could dramatically improve the design and efficiency of the next generation of devices relying upon laser optics, including high-definition DVD players, computer circuits and laser printers, according to a story in UCBerkeleyNews.
Speech recognition technology will change the way you drive, 02/13/2007
Someday soon, you might find yourself behind the steering wheel of your car and you’ll want to dial your phone, find out where the nearest Starbucks is, change the music you are listening to and adjust your heat or air conditioning. And you will be able to do all of this with nothing but the power of your own voice, writes Network World’s Jon Brodkin.
NSF requests $6.43 billion to fund network and other research, 02/12/2007
The National Science Foundation has hit up Congress for $6.43 billion in funding for fiscal year 2008, up $409 million over its fiscal year 2007 request.
How to squish a worm really fast, 02/09/2007
Penn State University researchers have created technology they say can nab computer worms more quickly than traditional signature-based systems and speedily set free the traffic if it’s determined to be harmless after all.
How Cisco divvies up its R&D, 02/09/2007
Cisco chief development officer Charles Giancarlo says the big switch/router company gets 25% of its revenue from carrier customers, but spends disproportionate amount of its R&D on building new carrier gear.
Ethernet inventor makes the Inventors Hall of Fame, 02/09/2007
Ethernet is right up there with magnetic resonance imaging, the LP record, air bags, and soft contact lenses. So says the National Inventors Hall of Fame, which included Bob Metcalfe, inventor of the ubiquitous LAN technology, in its latest round of inductees. Read more.
Study provides insight into hacks, 02/09/2007
A new study by the University of Maryland’s A. James Clark School of Engineering shows the Internet wilds are still teeming with hordes of good old-fashioned brute-force attacks and quantifies how frequently machines are attacked and the methods used. Read Network World Editor John Dix’s take on the findings.
Putting on a smile, 02/06/2007
In Dec. 12, at 2:41 a.m., Ph.D. student Ian Li of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pa. was feeling miserable and sleepy. The computer science student was in the midst of a three-paper marathon and not having fun, writes Network World’s Jon Brodkin.
Calculator gauges cyber threats against U.S., 02/06/2007
The University of New Hampshire has unveiled a tool for gauging the level of threat any would-be attacker poses to the energy, emergency response or other sectors of the U.S. economy and infrastructure that rely heavily on IT and networks.
