Software
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Microsoft today launched Office 2016 Preview, making it available for users who want to get an early look at the latest iteration of the company's productivity suite. This new version includes several new features and is designed to work seamlessly across a wide range of devices.
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One unfortunate fact of modern life is that new software becomes old software. DARPA's new Building Resource Adaptive Software Systems (BRASS) project aims to avoid this obsolescence by developing software systems that can still operate properly a hundred years from now.
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New software based on an algorithm developed in an open competition hosted by NASA, improves the detection rate of potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroids. It transforms any amateur astronomer into a seasoned asteroid hunter.
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In this final part of our deep dive into the world of computational creativity, we turn to the underlying ideas and challenges that face the field as a whole as researchers grapple with questions of non-human creativity and public fears about the potential dangers of artificial intelligence.
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When you get a shiny new Ultrabook, desktop, or convertible Windows computer, you'll be tempted to dive right in and get to work or play. However, there are some important steps you need to take to ensure it's secure, clean of crapware, and filled with your favorite apps so it's ready to use.
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The time required to analyze a human genome for disease-causing variations has been reduced from weeks to mere hours with new software called Churchill. The developers, a research team at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Ohio, found that it's also now feasible to do large-scale population analysis.
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Researchers at MIT are building a sophisticated algorithm to help with time-sensitive planning, estimating your chances of success and even suggesting alternate approaches that are more likely to succeed.
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Every poker player will have wished they had just a little more insight into a hand at some point. A new piece of software created by the Computer Poker Research Group at the University of Alberta, however, has no such crises of confidence. Cepheus has "solved" heads-up limit Texas hold 'em.
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French programmer Fabrice Bellard has come up with a graphics format he believes can "replace the JPEG image format." Bellard’s BPG (Better Portable Graphics) format boasts a compelling quality advantage over JPG, particularly when images are heavily compressed.
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A video game called Rover that was developed by the US military uses an Xbox Kinect is being used to help train dog handlers to detect subtle cues from canines that are used to sniff out buried improvised explosive devices (IEDs).
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The robotic revolution very often is less about replacing human workers than finding ways of working alongside them. Rethink Robotics’ new Robot Positioning System lets the Baxter robot do factory work without being bolted to the floor, yet adjust itself as it endures random bumps.
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Microsoft's Windows 10 Technical Preview has been available for a few weeks now, and if you want to get a feel for what's coming but don't have an extra PC to install it on, installing it on a virtual machine is a hassle free way to give the new features a test drive.
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