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Don't get hacked! Research shows how much we ignore online warnings

Posted: 20 Nov 2014 09:32 AM PST

New research finds that people say they care about online security but behave like they don't -- such as ignoring security warnings. To better understand how people deal with security messages, researchers simulated hacking into study subjects laptops. The responses were telling.

Gamification for behavior change: What is it and how is it useful?

Posted: 18 Nov 2014 01:36 PM PST

In a world where the majority of children spend hours a day playing computer or console game, researchers are starting to utilize those habits for the better.  The use of gamification -- using game design elements to teach lessons, engage, and motivate -- is starting to increase in popularity. Now gamification concepts and principles have been applied to the development of an online, multiuser, substance abuse, and relationship violence prevention game for youths.

First image-recognition software that greatly improves web searches

Posted: 18 Nov 2014 09:54 AM PST

Researchers have created an artificial intelligence software that uses photos to locate documents on the Internet with far greater accuracy than ever before.

Software to improve sustainability in horticultural, grape and wine-growing, and sugar beet production

Posted: 18 Nov 2014 04:26 AM PST

Scientists have developed software for horticultural, grape and wine-growing, and sugar beet production that allows the life-cycle of the products and their carbon and water footprint, among other things, to be analyzed. Its use will contribute towards improving the sustainability of the agricultural and agri-food sector and well as reducing the environmental impact of production to a minimum.

Fighting crime through crowdsourcing: Researchers are looking at using crowdsourcing to help in facial recognition

Posted: 12 Nov 2014 11:48 AM PST

Researchers are developing a computing model that uses crowdsourcing to combine and optimize human efforts and machine computing elements. The new model can be used to efficiently perform the complex tasks of face recognition -- a method used in law enforcement.