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1st July 2007 Archive

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  • Boffins go dotty over quantum teleportation

    No 'beaming up' was involved

    Researchers at the University of Singapore have demonstrated that it is possible to "teleport" information from one so-called quantum dot to another. The team used a computer model to show that decoherence, the tendency of quantum information to leak into the environment, is not a problem when working on such a small scale, and …

    Physics 1 Jul 2007, 06:02

  • Rival malware gangs wage turf war

    DDoSing the enemy

    Security researchers have uncovered evidence of a turf war between rival criminal enterprises connected to two of the most sophisticated malware toolkits in current use. Like competing gangs in the Mafia - for those who followed the HBO series The Sopranos, think the New York-based Lupertazzi crime family and its sometimes …

    Security 1 Jul 2007, 07:02