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Weekly Roundup: Cryptography v.s. hackers: the battle continues

Weekly Roundup: Cryptography v.s. hackers: the battle continues

Heisenberg fan boys are shaking their heads this week to the tune of a pair of Swedish mathematicians who claim to have broken quantum cryptography.
Liz Tay May 17 2008 7:00AM Security
Quantum cryptography not yet perfectly secure, researchers say

Quantum cryptography not yet perfectly secure, researchers say

Quantum cryptography – commonly lauded as an absolutely secure avenue of data transfer – has been broken.
Liz Tay May 13 2008 4:47PM Security
Spintronics professor wins grant, discusses technology

Spintronics professor wins grant, discusses technology

The U.S. Department of Defense has invested half a million dollars in a grant that aims to further the emerging field of quantum spin-based electronics.
Liz Tay May 7 2008 4:38PM Hardware
Bristol boffins bring quantum computing closer

Bristol boffins bring quantum computing closer

Quantum computers have come a step closer thanks to the efforts of physicists at Bristol University..
Andrew Charlesworth Mar 29 2008 11:01AM Hardware
The death of the silicon computer chip

The death of the silicon computer chip

The reign of the silicon chip is over, according to physicists who predict that the conventional silicon chip has no longer than four years left to run.
Liz Tay Mar 28 2008 3:17PM Hardware
Quantum data coding gets denser

Quantum data coding gets denser

US researchers have broken the record for the most amount of data sent by photons..
Robert Jaques Mar 27 2008 7:35AM Storage
Quantum computers: technological deliverance or the end of security?

Quantum computers: technological deliverance or the end of security?

Quantum computing might spell the end of today's computer and credit card encryption technology, a U.S. physicist has claimed.
Liz Tay Mar 10 2008 2:21PM Security
Guest column: The impact of quantum computers on cryptography

Guest column: The impact of quantum computers on cryptography

To explain the impact of quantum computers, it is best to first take a step back to review how current encryption technologies work.
Robin Balean Mar 10 2008 1:56PM Security
Boffins fire up quantum cascade microscope

Boffins fire up quantum cascade microscope

Engineering researchers have developed a quantum cascade laser nano-antenna in what they describe as a "major feat" of nanotechnology..
Robert Jaques Oct 31 2007 7:47AM Hardware
Geneva votes for quantum cryptography

Geneva votes for quantum cryptography

The Swiss national elections on 21 October will mark a world first for Geneva as the canton employs quantum cryptography to protect the dedicated line used for counting ballots.
Staff Writers Oct 15 2007 10:09AM Security
Boffins in a spin over quantum breakthrough

Boffins in a spin over quantum breakthrough

US boffins have unveiled a material which they believe could be as important to next-generation quantum computing as silicon is to the computers of today.
Robert Jaques Oct 9 2007 10:38PM Hardware
'Spooky' science points to quantum internet

'Spooky' science points to quantum internet

Physicists at the University of Michigan have demonstrated how two separate atoms can communicate with a sort of 'quantum intuition' which Albert Einstein referred to as "spooky".
Robert Jaques Sep 7 2007 2:16PM Telco/ISP
Boffins demo quantum leap in computing

Boffins demo quantum leap in computing

Atoms that pair up in laser light could eventually be used to create a supercomputer, US boffins claim.
Matt Chapman Jul 30 2007 3:08PM Software
Quantum's new sales strategy

Quantum's new sales strategy

As part of Storage vendor Quantum’s increase in local business the vendor has announced it will increase sales staff to knock on end-user's doors.
Lilia Guan Jul 10 2007 2:57PM Storage
Boffins hail quantum computing breakthrough

Boffins hail quantum computing breakthrough

NETHERLANDS - Delft University of Technology carries out calculations with quantum bits.
Robert Jaques Jun 19 2007 5:14PM Strategy
Researchers plan quantum satellite link

Researchers plan quantum satellite link

EUROPE - A team of European scientists has unveiled details of research that aims to use quantum physics to communicate securely with orbiting satellites.
Robert Jaques Jun 15 2007 7:30AM Telco/ISP
Boffins join quantum dots for cheaper solar panels

Boffins join quantum dots for cheaper solar panels

US scientists produce 'mega-molecules' of semiconducting materials.
Robert Jaques May 4 2007 2:39PM Hardware
Scientists turn up atomic 'noise' for quantum computers

Scientists turn up atomic 'noise' for quantum computers

The music of the spheres.
Robert Jaques Mar 6 2007 8:22AM Oddware
Toshiba cracks quantum crypto conundrum

Toshiba cracks quantum crypto conundrum

Security hole in quantum key distribution plugged.
Clement James Feb 26 2007 7:55AM Security
Quantum banks on data de-dup in 2007

Quantum banks on data de-dup in 2007

Quantum is quietly confident that its investment in the emerging area of data de-duplication will change the face of the storage market.
Tim Lohman Dec 6 2006 1:03PM Storage

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