News Briefs

Volume

47

Issue

1

fYear

2014

fDate

Jan. 2014

Firstpage

18

Lastpage

21

Abstract

Policies threaten the Web´s positive impact on society; a flying rescue robot built to withstand collisions and keep functioning; fears that ATM malware will spread from Mexico to other countries; new sensor technology that could help people who suffer accidental falls; research that indicates that biometric software designed to recognize people should analyze their bodies as well as their faces; and scientists use GPS to determine whether a mammoth iceberg will move into busy shipping lanes.

Keywords

ATMs; Alice OToole; Antarctica; B-31; BGP; Belarus; Brad Mager; GPS; GimBall; Iceland; Internet route hijacking attacks; Laboratory of Intelligent Systems; NIST; Neal Patwari; Pine Island Glacier; Ploutus; Renesys; Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne; Symantec; Tim Berners-Lee; Trojan horse; UK Natural Environment Research Council; US National Institute of Standards and Technology; UTD; University of Sheffield; University of Southampton; University of Texas at Dallas; University of Utah; Web Index report; World Wide Web Federation; Xandem Technology; accidental falls; automated teller machines; biometrics; border gateway protocol; face recognition; iceberg; malware; robotics; search and rescue; security; sensors;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9162

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MC.2014.21

Filename

6750441