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Star Trek: real-world holodeck technology today

Star Trek Into Darkness

03 May 2013

With a new Star Trek film due out this Summer, get ready for the regular slew of tenuous associations, philosophical and technological. Given that, let’s say upfront that the likely arrival of this concept, as just floated by chipmaker AMD, is years away.

Quantum cryptography: using photons to create secure keys

Quantum cryptography graphic

14 April 2013

It is essential that cryptography remains well ahead of the hackers, and that's precisely the motivation for a project that uses the quantum mechanical properties of photons to create tamper-proof keys.

Cloud regulation: laws and compliances

Viviane Reding

12 April 2013

Why should governments wait to follow the European Commission's lead before legislating for cloud computing services within their national boundaries? And what binding rules apply anyway?

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