 Hackers 'find black hole in atom smasher computers' September 13, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 38 vote(s)
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Hackers claim they have broken into the computer system of the Large Hadron Collider, the mega-machine designed to expose secrets of the cosmos, British newspapers reported on Saturday. | |
Yahoo opens its doors to hackers September 15, 2008 | User rating: 3.1 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Hackers armed with laptop computers, camping tents and dreams of software glory invaded Yahoo during the weekend as the Internet pioneer opened its strategy and its doors to outside developers. The "hackathon" was as much ... | |
'Can you reset the Internet for me?' September 24, 2008 | User rating: 1.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Computer help desks are used to fielding oddball requests but sometimes the questions leave even the best of them stumped. | |
Digital TV coupons now available to more users September 24, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
If you make a big enough stink, the agency that hands out those $40 coupons for digital converter boxes will, apparently, change the rules. | |
Developing countries benefit from online gold rush September 15, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- Impatient online computer gamers have sparked a new industry in developing countries – by paying fellow gamers real cash in return for financial help in the virtual world. | |
 Eyes turn to dawn of 'visual computing' August 28, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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Lifelike graphics are breaking free of elite computer games and spreading throughout society in what industry insiders proclaim is the dawning of a "visual computing era." | |
 Pervasive games promise to spice up daily life September 11, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the movie The Game, the character is hounded by villains and left for dead in Mexico in an intense version of an alternative reality game. Minus the Hollywood bravado, games that merge ... | |
Thanks to digital cameras and Facebook, a generation documents itself like never September 11, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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On a recent Saturday, 25-year-old Ramsey Mohsen of Fairway, Kan., did something at his parents' lake house that tens of millions of computer-savvy young people are doing more and more. He took a picture. | |
Smart Home exhibit mixes cool green design with easy high-tech living September 08, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Just inside the first floor of Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry's Smart Home, a 20-year-old re-covered Crate & Barrel sofa flanks a cool-to-the-touch, ethanol-burning fireplace that floats in the middle of the room. ... | |
Does the next president have to be tech-savvy? September 06, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama promises to appoint the nation's first chief technology officer if elected. | |
Not enough space: The dicey game of storing, backing up files September 03, 2008 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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About five years ago, a technical disaster struck Fernando Santos: His computer hard drive failed. The San Francisco resident lost everything on it and had to reformat his drive. "I lost a lot of nice pictures," said Santos, ... | |
 Hi-tech solutions boost Paralympic performances September 08, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Equipment used by Paralympians has seen remarkable improvements in recent years, enabling them to close the gap on their able-bodied counterparts and even look forward to a "bionic" future. | |
 Confidential data on millions of Norwegians sent to media by mistake September 17, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Norway's national tax office said Wednesday it had mistakenly sent confidential information about nearly all Norwegian adults to nine media groups, an error the government described as "extremely serious." ... | |
 High-tech tools to fight fine wine fraud September 02, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
One of Britain's top rare wine merchants and nuclear scientists in France on Tuesday jointly unveiled a 21st-century tool for unmasking counterfeit vintage wines. | |
Toting a laptop? Relief's in store at airport checkpoints September 02, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Travelers heading through airport security soon may be spending less time in line, thanks to new rules that allow laptop computers in "checkpoint-friendly" bags to pass through X-ray machines without being pulled out for ... | |
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