The Year In Research

From superbugs to supernovas, 2011 was an exciting year for research at NC State. Take a look at some of the interesting research stories to come out over the past year.

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Researchers Find Some Smartphone Models More Vulnerable To Attack

11.30.2011

Researchers Find Some Smartphone Models More Vulnerable To Attack

New research from North Carolina State University shows that some smartphones specifically designed to support the Android mobile platform have incorporated additional features that can be used by hackers to bypass Android’s security features,  making them more vulnerable to attack. Android has the largest share of the smartphone market in the U.S.

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Going Google

11.30.2011

Going Google

Dear NC State Colleagues, Yesterday was a RED letter day for NC State. This great university migrated to Google Mail and now, for the first time in our history, we are all using the same e-mail service. Yesterday, an outstanding team of IT specialists, led by Vice Chancellor Marc Hoit and representing the Office of [...]

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