Seoul is pressing once again to bolster its relationship with China after North Korea’s attack on a small South Korean island in the Yellow Sea last month, in what appears to be a retreat from its defense-heavy approach. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs …
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The game show “Jeopardy” will pit man versus machine this winter in a competition that will show how successful scientists are in creating a computer that can mimic human intelligence. Two of the venerable game show’s most successful champions — Ken …
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Meanwhile, a related virus seems to be creeping across Twitter … We cannot provide any more information as to how the attack was carried out, because this could be used against us.”
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Roy Furchgott / Gadgetwise:
Comcast to Monitor Customer Computers for Malware — Comcast is expanding a test of a service that will monitor customer’s computers for infiltration by botnets, a particularly threatening form of malware. It appears to be the first U.S. provider to directly monitor for malware in its customer’s computers.