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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X Prize Update
The teams are saying someone will win the prize this year. My money's on the richest team. (03/29/04) |
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Scramjet!
Nasa will be making another attempt at reaching Mach 7 this Saturday over the Pacific. Next step - Warp Drive! (03/25/04) |
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Tech Support for Friends and Relatives
/. has a story I've been pondering for a few months. How do normal folks function with computers. I ask my friends and they all say, "well, we've got you around so we're taken care of". (03/09/04) |
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Battle of the Bugs
The creators of Nesky, MyDoom and the Bagel viruses are facing off on your computer. Who's virus will win the day? (03/03/04) |
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It's Raidin' Men!
Microsoft's Tokyo office has been raided by Japanese authorities. They're looking for evidence of anti-competitive behavior. (02/26/04) |
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New Pentop Computing
How about loading up a portable computer in your pocket protector. NEC is working on it, can you see this in the next Bond file? (02/23/04) |
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Another Hole in Windows
And this one isn't even from leaked code. (02/16/04) |
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First Exploit From Windows Code Leak
This doesn't seem to bode well for Microsoft. Someone's already figured out how to break their OS from the leaked code. (02/16/04) |
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Newly Distributed Code
Some of Microsoft Windows 2000 and NT4 have been leaked to the internet. (02/13/04) |
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Palm Hotsync Causes Spontaneous Reboot
Palm's hotsync software causes computers with Intel's Pentium HT processors to crash or blue screen. Their solution? Reboot first, saving their software the trouble of rebooting for you. (02/05/04) |
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Here Comes The Digital Newspaper
In 2005 we'll have rollable screens to download our newspapers on. (01/26/04) |
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Burger King Intercom Hacked
A Burger King in Troy, Michigan had its intercom hacked. "You don't need a whopper fatty! Pull Ahead!" (01/12/04) |
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Windows ATM
Some geniuses at the ATM factory decided that Windows was a good choice for ATM software.... until a common worm got in there and screwed up the ATMs. (12/09/03) |
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SuperTrain Now 14 Miles Faster
It's up to 361 miles per hour. Who knows how fast it'll go in kilometers! (12/03/03) |
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Super Train Now 4 Miles Faster!
They got a train... over in Japan... it can go 347 miles per hour... do you know how fast that is? (11/17/03) |
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Interestng Facts about the Voyager Mission
It must come as no surprise that there are many remarkable, "gee-whiz" facts associated with the various aspects of the Voyager mission. These tidbits have been summarized in appropriate categories. Several may seem difficult to believe, but they are all true and accurate. (11/05/03) |
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Information Age is Piling Up
People generate the equivalent of a 30 foot pile of data every year or 800 Megabytes. Here's a few more kilobytes for my pile. (10/31/03) |
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A Giant "Laser"
Funding was approved for the US laser system designed to shoot down short range missiles. (10/30/03) |
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EarthStation 5 - DO NOT USE
This program contains code that allows anyone to wipe out files on your computer. (10/03/03) |
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EarthStation 5 - The New P2P
Apparently, this is the safe way to go for P2P, with the use of proxy servers and SSL. Let's see if the RIAA knocks on our doors... (10/01/03) |
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New way of Searching.. 'Locally'
It used to be that you could use google to find anything on the internet, now you can use google to find it next door. (09/22/03) |
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Illinois Demands Taxes from Net Retailers
Illinois joins a private lawsuit....
Interesting tidbid from the article: 'Americans are supposed to pay taxes voluntarily on items they order from Web sites and mail-order companies that are located outside the state in which they live. But relatively few people do. ' (09/22/03) |
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VeriSign Sticks with Redirect Service
So now it seems that all non-registered domains are sort of Versign. So wouldn't this mean they should pay themselves for all the registrations? (09/18/03) |
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Lamo Hacker to Turn Himself In
Adrian Lamo is turning himself in this morning in California. He's the hacker who broke into the New York Times network, exposing some glaring security holes in their computers. (09/09/03) |
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Secret Satellite Launched
It's so secret that nobody knows that it can listen in on cell-phone conversations. (09/09/03) |
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Blaster Builder Booked
And he's only 18. An 18 year old can cripple hundreds of thousands of computers around the world. Brilliant! (08/29/03) |
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How Do Urban Wastewater Systems Work?
All the crap you didn't need to know about, featuring photos by our own Falke! (08/27/03) |
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Self Parking Car
Remember those self driving cars in "Demolition Man"? Toyota figured out step one - learning to parallel park. (08/25/03) |
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SoBig: The Clever Coder
This version of the SoBig virus (version F or 5) appears to be an exercise in stealthy deployment. With that mastered, and having the social engineering aspect cornered, what will the next version bring? (08/23/03) |
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Brazil's Third Attempt Destroyed
Brazil's latest attempt to lauch a rocket into space was obliterated today on the launchpad. (08/22/03) |
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Sobig on Money
According to Finnish research, the Sobig virus was designed to distritube spam and bypass spam filtering services. (08/21/03) |
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New Strain of Sobig Virus Spreads
Antivirus companies warned Tuesday that a new version of the Sobig virus is rapidly spreading on the Internet, the latest in a string of Sobig computer worms to be released.
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The new worm, W32.Sobig.F, first appeared on Tuesday, prompting antivirus software companies to release updated virus identity files to detect and stop the new threat.
(08/19/03) |
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Computers Come to Life
The future of computing in here... New research suggests DNA can become the processor of the future, even being injected in humans to cure illness. Enter the Borg - you will be assimilated. (08/18/03) |
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My Internet Worm Can Beat Up Your Internet Worm
A new Internet worm is on the scene. It uses the same methods as the blaster worm to spread, only this one cleans up the mess and patches the holes. (08/18/03) |
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A New Nasty Internet Worm
The first worm, which exploits the juicy RPC DCOM vulnerability in Windows that Microsoft released a patch for last month, went into the wild on Monday, crashing vulnerable computers, slowing down local subnets and sending scanning traffic on port 135 through the roof. (08/12/03) |
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$699 To Run Linux
SCO wants $699 from everyone using any recent version of the linux operating system. This is a huge price difference, costing approximately $699 more than it used to. (08/05/03) |
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Don't Double Click
DoubleClick, the online advertising company, now has a class action suit against it claiming it hijacked computer users to it's partner sites in a fraudulant manner. *blush* (07/20/03) |
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File Swap, Go To Jail
A California congressman is proposing prison terms for sharing music files on the internet. (07/17/03) |
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Netscape Dead?
AOL dumped 50 Netscape programmers from its staff and will be adopting MSIE for future releases of AOL software. Is this the end of Netscape? (07/16/03) |
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Rise of the Balloon Machines
Robotic AI controlled balloons escaped their handlers in Europe. The balloons pack enough intelligence to launch a... attack multiple... ehm... avoid obstacles. (07/16/03) |
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Biggest Dam Generates Power
The Three Gorges dam has its first generator installed and is now producing power for China. Dam, Big Dam. (07/10/03) |
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We're Jammin'
US satellite feeds to Iran are being jammed by an unknown in South America. This looks like the beginning of a cyber fight. (ed) cyber is an overused word, but really fits here. (07/10/03) |
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Al-Jazeera Hacker Pleads Guilty
The American web designer who defaced Al-Jazeera's site and redirected it's traffic to a pro-US site has plead guilty to a bunch of stuff. He gets 3 years probation and a $1,500 fine. (ed) He got off easy, eh Kevin? (06/14/03) |
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Cellphones on Planes
The urban legend appears to be the truth. Phones can and will disrupt airplane equipment. (ed) Does this mean that Homeland Security will confiscate phones at the airport checkpoints? (06/10/03) |
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What OS Are You?
If you were a computer operating system, which one would you be? Take this quiz and absolutely nothing will be revealed, but it'll try to hedge you into an OS group and pretend that it's "just like you". (06/04/03) |
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Fizzer Virus Now Most Popular
Good job Fizzer, although I've still never seen it so it cannot be that great of a menace. (05/30/03) |
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Netscape Wins Settlement from M$
Microsoft agreed to pay a settlement of $750 Million to AOL owned Netscape to resolve the courtroom browser war. (05/29/03) |
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Video Games Are Good For You
Just like coffee, they have tons of stimuli and increase your perception. They also make you jittery and drive like a maniac. (05/29/03) |
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Team Hacks Fizzer Worm
The team assembled from the IRC groups has placed an uninstall on the Fizzer's update site. Fizzer will download the uninstall and remove itself from infected computers. (05/16/03) |
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Hackers Unite?
IRC reps from several networks have joined together to deal with the Fizzer virus (which still hasn't got me). Battling against Fizzer (aka Smith) will be hackers Neo, Trinity and Morpheus. (05/14/03) |
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The Matrix: The Game
Our first Matrix story is about the upcoming video game. It's being released on the 15th for "all" major platforms. (05/13/03) |
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New $20!
This fall we get yet another new twenty dollar bill. The treasury department is changing them more frequently to keep ahead of technology enhanced counterfeiting methods. (05/13/03) |
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Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz
The Fizzer computer virus is spreading, but since I haven't seen it in my inbox it must be a pretty weak virus. Come get me Fizzer! (05/12/03) |
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Do BMWs Run Windows?
After the onboard computer failed in an official Bangkok limo the passengers were trapped inside the swealtering vehicle for ten minutes. (05/12/03) |
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NakedFly OffLine [updated]
Nakedfly.com will be offline Monday for a server move. We should be back online later that day. (05/02/03) |
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Phones Banned at Google
That was one of the ideas from the founders in order for workers to be more productive. (04/15/03) |
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Man Jailed for Mod Chip
Sentenced to 5 months for selling XBox mod chips. (04/09/03) |
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NakedFly Whack!
NakedFly.com, a premiere news portal, was disabled for approximately 24 hours. (04/03/03) |
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Hack The Hackers
New tool allows retaliation to attacks. (04/01/03) |
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Al Gore Joins Apple
The inventor of the internet! (03/19/03) |
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Scammer Scammed
419 strikes again, this time a fellow scam artist is the victim. (03/10/03) |
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Internet Pub Crawl
Pubs in the UK are offering wireless internet with every pint. (03/07/03) |
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They're Watching You
Microsoft Windows Update utility lets the Redmond boys have a look at what you're running. (02/28/03) |
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New Internet Worm
It wants to share your data. (02/25/03) |
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AOL Vows to Fight Spam
But they're still going to send us millions of wasteful CDs in the mail. (02/22/03) |
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AOL Completely Hackered
Security at AOL sucks, hackers simply call tech support to steal user accounts. (02/21/03) |
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3 Degrees
Microsoft may have a winner with their new, unusual buddy project. (02/18/03) |
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