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Malware? Software ensures 'what you see is what you send'

Posted: 25 Feb 2014 10:42 AM PST

Researchers have created a prototype software, Gyrus, that takes extra steps to prevent malware from sending spam emails and instant messages, and blocking unauthorized commands such as money transfers.

Horticulture: Multiple commercial uses of wireless sensor networks outlined in report

Posted: 25 Feb 2014 09:24 AM PST

A review examines three on-farm case studies of product development, deployment, and implementation of wireless sensor networks as a means to increase irrigation efficiency in commercial horticulture operations. The report focuses on the use of capacitance-based soil moisture sensors to both monitor and control irrigation events, describing the implementation and use of soil moisture-based irrigation hardware and software developed.