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Among the dangers faced by U.S. and other coalition ground troops in Iraq, some of the most pernicious are roadside bombs that target moving vehicles. The stand-off weapons, also known as improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, have been responsible for many deaths and serious injuries. The most vulnerable vehicle has been the lightly armored Humvee. [http://www.news.com/2300-11389_3-6217911-1.html?tag=ss]

MONTEREY, Calif.--Get ready for a new era in which your camera knows not just when you took a picture but who's in it, too. Many cameras today can detect the faces of those being photographed, which is handy for guiding the camera to set its exposure, focus, and color balance properly. But the more difficult challenge of face recognition is more useful after the photo has been taken. That's because of a concept called autotagging, one of a number of technologies that make digital photography qualitatively different from the film photography of the past. Tags of descriptive data can be attached to digital photos, and they help people find a

A computer system designed in India has made it into a top ten of the world's fastest supercomputers. Computer giant IBM continues to dominate the list - which is compiled twice a year - with a total of 232 out of the top 500 supercomputers. Its Blue Gene/L supercomputer - used to ensure the US nuclear weapons stockpile remains safe and reliable - comes out at number one. The Indian system - known as EKA - made it into fourth place. The world's fastest supercomputer - BlueGene/L - has been significantly upgraded in the last six months. It can now deliver a sustained performance of 478 trillion calculations per second (478 teraflops), nea