PC Grid to Solve World Problems
Kind of like Seti@Home, The Grid uses home computers to help solve complex problems, with projects like the human genome or cancer research. Download today, and quit looking for aliens! (11/19/04) |
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Brain in Dish Flies Plane
Well, a flight simulator. So what we've really got here is a giant step closer to my dream of a squirrel brained computer. Need more RAM? Send your dog out for some fresh meat. (11/04/04) |
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Spaceship One - The first flight for the XPrize
SpaceShip One is attempting it's first of 3 flights in a two week period to obtain the X Prize (only two flights are needed) today. UPDATE - Success! (09/29/04) |
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1/3rd of PCs are Pwn3d
Dark hackers and virus spreaders apparently have control over 1/3rd of all personal computers attached to the internet. In my neighborhood that means everyone else is infected. (06/18/04) |
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Hybrid Car Hype Just That
Owners of hybrid Hondas and Toyotas are finding that the actual mileage doesn't even come close to advertised mileage. (05/12/04) |
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German Teen Sasser Author?
A German high school student was arrested for allegedly creating the Sasser worm. Apparently you DO need protection from the Germans. (05/08/04) |
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Sasser Worm Spreading
According to the headline it's hit countless computers, although in the first paragraph someone took a stab and counting them. (05/03/04) |
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Spammer Sues SpamCop
In an interesting Internet twist, Scott Richter is suing spam blocking company, SpamCop. (04/30/04) |
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Damn That FalkeSolution!
Falk eSolution has some not-so-breakthrough technology that puts the ad on top of the content of the page instead of in a new browser. Not terribly revolutionary, but it gets some points for clever detection. (04/28/04) |
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Faulty Gyro on ISS Requires Spacewalk
Someone tripped a circuit breaker while they were vacuuming the place for the newly arrived guests. Now one of them will have to go outside to fix it. (04/23/04) |
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Internet Broken, Try Again Later
The latest bug on the net is in the protocol that is used the most to transmit information around. Exploiting the bug could take down the whole thing piece by piece. Get ready for another round of worms. (04/21/04) |
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Spyware Taking Over
The internet is a corrupt and dangerous place for computers. Is the answer education, simpler and safer technology, government regulation or something else entirely? (04/20/04) |
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New Jobs For IT, Auto Mechanic
From geeky nerd to sexy greasemonkey in overalls. Cars are becoming so complex that you may soon need an IT guy to fix them. (04/19/04) |
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Sapphire's Water That Doesn't Get Wet
You can dump electronics in it and it won't invade them or sour their circuits, it puts out fires and mops up cleanly. But can you drink it? (04/14/04) |
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California to Sue Gmail
So, let me get this straight. California is going to sue Google for the product they're about to give away for free because it has some undesirable features in it... that California didn't pay for... everyone catch that? (04/13/04) |
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Master Password in Major Internet Component
If someone malicous ever got ahold of this master account they could shut down major institutions all over the world. (04/08/04) |
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Welcome to the Space Station
. . . can I take your order please? NASA is considering making the ISS more tourist friendly. Russia wants to send up two at a time. (04/10/04) |
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Dissecting the Big Blackout
The largest blackout in US history was made possible by several coincidal events ranging from poor line maintenance to a tiny computer bug deep in a monitoring system. (04/09/04) |
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Space Ship One a Go!
The FAA granted Scaled Composites a one year suborbital license. Fly on boys! (04/07/04) |
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ServerBeach Problems
I recently signed up for a server at ServerBeach. Boy was I in for a ride when I tried to use it for our corporate email.
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