 A new annual contest with $20,000 in cash prizes, and an opportunity for students to present projects to a panel of industrial, academic, and media experts, has been created by telecom carrier TELUS Corp., Vancouver, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Teams will present their projects in writing and verbally to a panel of experts.
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The list of top supercomputers in June 2005 says:
Japanese get a chance to chat up Cleopatra with DVD-powered mannequin. Fantasies about chatting up legendary figures have come closer to reality in Japan where researchers have developed a mannequin with a built-in projector that can resemble a face of one’s choice.
Motorola Launches ‘FOMA M1000′ Developed Jointly with NTT DoCoMo. FOMA M1000 handset embodies Motorola’s vision of Seamless Mobility through integration of 3G, WLAN, business applications and international roaming.
Hackers are concentrating their efforts on web-based applications - 75% of cyber attacks are done at the web application level, a Gartner Group study has revealed. The reasons for this are clear: Web applications control valuable data and are much more difficult to secure. Firewalls and SSL provide no protection against web application hacking, simply because access to the website has to be made publicly available! Web applications are posted on the Internet and can be attacked 24/7 and often have direct access to backend data such as customer databases. Besides, web applications are often tailor-made and therefore tested less than off-the-shelf software, and are consequently more susceptible to attack.
Niche programming (or even entire channels) “to please any taste or whim - we’ll be seeing much more now that broadband internet has finally become a more reliable conduit for the delivery of broadcast-quality video” writes 
Taste and lifestyle products, brands, and labels designed for the market’s leading purchasers and consumers. As the wine industry recognizes the influence of women on the wine market, many are developing products and brands exclusively with women in mind.