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| COMPUTERISED SHADOWS GET REAL |
| Animated computer-generated figures in films and virtual reality games will now look more life-like with the development of a new shadowing technique by a Swedish computer programmer. |
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| GOODBYE INTERNET GRIDLOCK |
| IMAGINE an internet connection so fast it will let you download a whole movie in just 5 seconds, or access TV-quality video servers in real time. That's the promise from a team at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, who have developed a system called Fast TCP. A key feature of Fast TCP is that it could run on the same internet infrastructure we have today. |
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| DEBUNKING STEREOTYPES, WOMEN FLOCK TO COMPUTER GAMES |
| Adolescent boys are not the only ones playing computer games. In fact, says Dr. T.L. Taylor, assistant professor of communication at North Carolina State University, recent trends show increasing numbers of girls and women enjoying games on their computers as well. |
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| THE NEXT GENERATION OF COMPUTERS WILL BE TIMELESS |
| Time is running out for the clocks that make our computers tick. Scientists have developed a new generation of hardware and software based on the simpler designs of the 1950s. |
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| WHAT'S THE DATE? |
| Edward M. Reingold, chairman of the Department of Computer Science at Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, and Nachum Dershowitz, professor of computer science at Tel Aviv University, have recently put out their second edition of Calendrical Calculations (Cambridge University Press, 2001). |
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