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• Lying about your age? A computer can tell
How well can you hide your age? Computer scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a software program that estimates age based solely on someone’s facial appearance, suggesting that in the near future you won’t ...
• Parties wage war over voter fraud, intimidation
... investigators from the office of Nevada Secretary of State Ross Miller, a Democrat, served a search warrant Tuesday on the ACORN office, as part of an investigation into allegations of voter registration fraud. Miller’s agents seized computer hard ...
• CONTINUED : Market's hair-trigger mentality
The major indexes’ sharp swings Friday were likely exacerbated by the computer-driven “buy” and “sell” orders that kicked in when prices fell far enough. “Fear has been running rampant all over the Street. Fear and greed, that’s what ...
• Wall Street swings wildly, pares huge slide
The major indexes had sharp swings throughout the day, likely exacerbated by the computer-driven “buy” and “sell” orders that kicked in when prices fell far enough to make some stocks look like attractive bets or make other investors want to ...
• CONTINUED : High cost of upgrading
It says some of the millions of dollars earmarked for NextGen would be better spent maintaining the current system, citing an FAA computer glitch in August that delayed 650 flights at airports from Orlando to Chicago. It's become fashionable, he added ...