Super-thin films of carbon with exotic properties, now taking the scientific world by storm, may soon mean a new era of brighter, faster, and smaller computers, smart phones, and other consumer electronics. Brighter digital displays that flex like a sheet of paper. Faster computer chips. Smaller computers. That’s the word from an article scheduled for [...]
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New England lobstermen have gone high tech by adding low-cost instruments to their lobster pots that record bottom temperature and provide data that could help improve ocean circulation models in the Gulf of Maine. Environmental Monitors on Lobster Traps, or eMOLT, is a partnership involving NOAA, the Maine, Massachusetts, Downeast and Atlantic Offshore Lobstermen’s Associations, [...]
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Value of total advertised goods on underground economy servers during 12-month period was more than $276 million, according to new report released by the security software maker, Symantec. The report (Report on the Underground Economy) details an online underground economy that has matured into an efficient, global marketplace in which stolen goods and fraud-related services [...]
Frowns over the New Face of Facebook
posted in TechThe social networking site Facebook continues to hear from unhappy users about its website redesign that kicked in earlier this month. Facebook execs announced back in July that the changes were coming, saying then that the tweaks would make the site easier to use. And now that the new site has replaced the old, millions [...]
Eleven people are in jail in what the U.S. Department of Justice is calling the largest hacking and identity theft case in its history. The suspects in the retail hacking ring are accused of stealing and selling more than 40 million credit and debit card numbers from major American retail stores. Investigators say the charges [...]
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The final frontier got a bit closer today as Microsoft officially launched the public beta of its WorldWide Telescope, which is now available at WorldWideTelescope.Org . WorldWide Telescope is a rich Web application that brings together imagery from the best ground- and space-based observatories across the world to allow people to easily explore the night [...]