Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Syria Internet back up after day-long outage
[ Wed, 08 May 2013 15:59:04 GMT ]
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria's Internet and phone lines started working again on Wednesday evening, residents said, after a day-long blackout left much of the population cut off from the outside world. Communication networks have been crucial for opposition activists trying to get out videos and information about a two-year conflict that has killed more than 70,000 people. Activists called the outage ...
[ Wed, 08 May 2013 15:59:04 GMT ]
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria's Internet and phone lines started working again on Wednesday evening, residents said, after a day-long blackout left much of the population cut off from the outside world. Communication networks have been crucial for opposition activists trying to get out videos and information about a two-year conflict that has killed more than 70,000 people. Activists called the outage ...
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Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Record star explosion 'eye-wateringly bright'
[ Tue, 07 May 2013 15:59:51 GMT ]
By Miriam KramerSpace.comTwo NASA space telescopes have captured what appears to be the most powerful star explosion ever detected, a cosmic event so luminous that scientists dubbed it "eye-wateringly bright" despite being 3.6 billion light-years from Earth.On April 27, NASA's Swift Space Telescope and the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope spotted the highest-energy gamma-ray burst (GRB) — an explos...
[ Tue, 07 May 2013 15:59:51 GMT ]
By Miriam KramerSpace.comTwo NASA space telescopes have captured what appears to be the most powerful star explosion ever detected, a cosmic event so luminous that scientists dubbed it "eye-wateringly bright" despite being 3.6 billion light-years from Earth.On April 27, NASA's Swift Space Telescope and the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope spotted the highest-energy gamma-ray burst (GRB) — an explos...
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Lava shows most of our carbon churns in deep Earth
[ Tue, 07 May 2013 15:59:52 GMT ]
By Becky IskinLiveScienceMost of Earth's carbon clusters deep beneath the surface, in hot mantle rocks that churn below the planet's thin crust."Most people probably don't recognize that the vast majority of carbon — the backbone of all life — is located in the deep Earth, below the surface — maybe even 90 percent of it," Elizabeth Cottrell, a geologist at the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural Histo...
[ Tue, 07 May 2013 15:59:52 GMT ]
By Becky IskinLiveScienceMost of Earth's carbon clusters deep beneath the surface, in hot mantle rocks that churn below the planet's thin crust."Most people probably don't recognize that the vast majority of carbon — the backbone of all life — is located in the deep Earth, below the surface — maybe even 90 percent of it," Elizabeth Cottrell, a geologist at the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural Histo...
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Monday, May 6, 2013
Pre-caffeine tech: 3-D guns, bathroom stalls
[ Mon, 06 May 2013 14:14:38 GMT ]
Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning.The blueprint for the first 3-D-printed gun -- which, apparently, works -- is available for download. LinkedIn just turned the big ten-oh! YouTube is fixn' to launch paid subscription channels, according to reports. Here's how apps convert smartphones into home monitoring system.Israel says ...
[ Mon, 06 May 2013 14:14:38 GMT ]
Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning.The blueprint for the first 3-D-printed gun -- which, apparently, works -- is available for download. LinkedIn just turned the big ten-oh! YouTube is fixn' to launch paid subscription channels, according to reports. Here's how apps convert smartphones into home monitoring system.Israel says ...
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NASA mulls missions for donated spy satellite telescopes
[ Mon, 06 May 2013 15:21:18 GMT ]
By Mike WallSpace.comNASA is sorting through a variety of possible uses for a pair of powerful spy satellite telescopes that fell into the agency's lap last year.In November, NASA asked scientists to suggest missions for the telescopes, which were donated by the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and are comparable in size and appearance to the famous Hubble Space Telescope.More than 60 ser...
[ Mon, 06 May 2013 15:21:18 GMT ]
By Mike WallSpace.comNASA is sorting through a variety of possible uses for a pair of powerful spy satellite telescopes that fell into the agency's lap last year.In November, NASA asked scientists to suggest missions for the telescopes, which were donated by the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and are comparable in size and appearance to the famous Hubble Space Telescope.More than 60 ser...
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US nabs suspected programmer of bank Trojan that drained millions of dollars
[ Mon, 06 May 2013 15:37:41 GMT ]
ATLANTA (AP) - An Algerian man accused of helping to develop and market a computer program that drained millions of dollars from bank accounts around the world pleaded not guilty Friday to nearly two dozen charges.A 23-count indictment charges Hamza Bendelladj, 24, with wire fraud, bank fraud, computer fraud and conspiracy. U.S. Attorney Sally Yates said the man was extradited to Atlanta from Thai...
[ Mon, 06 May 2013 15:37:41 GMT ]
ATLANTA (AP) - An Algerian man accused of helping to develop and market a computer program that drained millions of dollars from bank accounts around the world pleaded not guilty Friday to nearly two dozen charges.A 23-count indictment charges Hamza Bendelladj, 24, with wire fraud, bank fraud, computer fraud and conspiracy. U.S. Attorney Sally Yates said the man was extradited to Atlanta from Thai...
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Discussion stuck? Call in a virtual mediator
[ Mon, 06 May 2013 15:59:51 GMT ]
By Alyssa DanigelisDiscovery NewsEver find yourself in a collaborative situation that̢۪s gone awry? Maybe one person on the team dominates the conversation or an offhand comment distracts everyone for a whole meeting. Experts in social computing are developing a virtual mediator to turn around unproductive discussions."The basic problem is that there is a lot of untapped potential of working as a g...
[ Mon, 06 May 2013 15:59:51 GMT ]
By Alyssa DanigelisDiscovery NewsEver find yourself in a collaborative situation that̢۪s gone awry? Maybe one person on the team dominates the conversation or an offhand comment distracts everyone for a whole meeting. Experts in social computing are developing a virtual mediator to turn around unproductive discussions."The basic problem is that there is a lot of untapped potential of working as a g...
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Sunday, May 5, 2013
Amazingly dumb things we do with our smartphones
[ Sat, 04 May 2013 15:17:04 GMT ]
Smartphones are getting smarter all the time, but the people using them aren̢۪t necessarily doing so. Today, we have devices at our disposal that snap photos faster than you can blink, surf the Web at speeds that make your home broadband jealous and download apps that can do everything and anything. So why are we so dumb sometimes when it comes to using these powerful pocket-size computers? I...
[ Sat, 04 May 2013 15:17:04 GMT ]
Smartphones are getting smarter all the time, but the people using them aren̢۪t necessarily doing so. Today, we have devices at our disposal that snap photos faster than you can blink, surf the Web at speeds that make your home broadband jealous and download apps that can do everything and anything. So why are we so dumb sometimes when it comes to using these powerful pocket-size computers? I...
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Worst Android annoyances and how to fix themÂ
[ Sat, 04 May 2013 15:22:39 GMT ]
Android may be the most popular mobile platform on the planet, but it̢۪s not without flaws. Android phones and tablets frequently suffer from mediocre battery life, performance that slows down over time, embarrassing notification noises and and a host of other irritants. The good news is that, because Google's operating system is so flexible, there̢۪s a solution to just about any problem. These ...
[ Sat, 04 May 2013 15:22:39 GMT ]
Android may be the most popular mobile platform on the planet, but it̢۪s not without flaws. Android phones and tablets frequently suffer from mediocre battery life, performance that slows down over time, embarrassing notification noises and and a host of other irritants. The good news is that, because Google's operating system is so flexible, there̢۪s a solution to just about any problem. These ...
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In Malaysia, online election battles take a nasty turn
[ Sun, 05 May 2013 14:00:33 GMT ]
Ahead of Malaysia's elections on Sunday, independent online media say they were targeted in Internet attacks which filter content and throttle access to websites, threatening to deprive voters of their main source of independent reporting.Independent online news sites have emerged in recent years to challenge the dominance of mostly government-linked traditional media. The government denies any at...
[ Sun, 05 May 2013 14:00:33 GMT ]
Ahead of Malaysia's elections on Sunday, independent online media say they were targeted in Internet attacks which filter content and throttle access to websites, threatening to deprive voters of their main source of independent reporting.Independent online news sites have emerged in recent years to challenge the dominance of mostly government-linked traditional media. The government denies any at...
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New efforts to curb nationwide cellphone theft epidemic
[ Sun, 05 May 2013 14:17:06 GMT ]
Disturbed by the nationwide epidemic of cellphone robberies and thefts, law enforcement officials across the country are looking to the wireless industry to help find a cure.In San Francisco, where half the robberies were phone-related last year, District Attorney George Gascon is calling on major companies in nearby Silicon Valley to create new technology such as a "kill switch" to permanently an...
[ Sun, 05 May 2013 14:17:06 GMT ]
Disturbed by the nationwide epidemic of cellphone robberies and thefts, law enforcement officials across the country are looking to the wireless industry to help find a cure.In San Francisco, where half the robberies were phone-related last year, District Attorney George Gascon is calling on major companies in nearby Silicon Valley to create new technology such as a "kill switch" to permanently an...
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T. rex troubles: The last dino legal battle
[ Sun, 05 May 2013 14:33:29 GMT ]
Almost a year ago, headlines proclaiming the sale of a largely complete T. rex-like dinosaur sparked an international custody battle that featured a confrontation at a public auction, a federal seizure of the fossils, charges related to smuggling against Eric Prokopi, the man who attempted to sell them — and, finally, his guilty plea. This case appears to be winding down. Prokopi is awaiting sente...
[ Sun, 05 May 2013 14:33:29 GMT ]
Almost a year ago, headlines proclaiming the sale of a largely complete T. rex-like dinosaur sparked an international custody battle that featured a confrontation at a public auction, a federal seizure of the fossils, charges related to smuggling against Eric Prokopi, the man who attempted to sell them — and, finally, his guilty plea. This case appears to be winding down. Prokopi is awaiting sente...
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