Category Archives: Sci/Tech

Protect your facebook data (2)

Facebook’s controversial new security measures were designed to increase user control over privacy; however, privacy advocates charge these changes were mostly an underhanded method to release large amounts of private data (mostly photos and fan data) to the public. Additionally, … Continue reading

Posted in Sci/Tech | 1 Comment

'Accidental' Download Sending Man To Prison

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) ― A local man is likely to go to prison for years after he says he accidentally downloaded child pornography onto his computer. Matthew White, 22, said he was surfing for pornography two years ago on Limewire — … Continue reading

Posted in Sci/Tech | Tagged | 4 Comments

Hotmail Hack: Passwords 'Posted Online'

Microsoft is investigating claims that thousands of Hotmail passwords have been hacked and posted online. The company confirmed it was looking into a report on technology blog neowin.net which said the details of “over 10,000″ accounts had appeared on another … Continue reading

Posted in Sci/Tech | Tagged | Comments Off

New Trojan virus poses online banking threat

Cyber criminals have created a highly sophisticated Trojan virus that steals online banking log-in details from infected computers. The Clampi virus, which is spreading rapidly across hundreds of thousands of computers in Britain and the United States, infects computers when … Continue reading

Posted in Sci/Tech | Tagged | 2 Comments

Google Earth now brings you the moon

That’s one small step for Google Inc., one giant leap for space fans everywhere. Forty years after Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped down from their Eagle landing craft and took the first human steps on the surface of the … Continue reading

Posted in Sci/Tech | Tagged | Comments Off

Bulb solution has many problems

I used to think I was making a better world for my grandchildren by using compact fluorescent bulbs. Now I’m not so sure. It’s not that I doubt the claim that they use a quarter as much energy as regular … Continue reading

Posted in Sci/Tech | Tagged | 5 Comments

Sleek, swift and deadly

It could be something out of Star Wars or a version of America’s feared B2 stealth bomber. The giveaway is the large black crosses on the wing. This is Hitler’s stealth fighter-bomber, a little known secret weapon which might have … Continue reading

Posted in Sci/Tech | Tagged | 11 Comments

Researchers Build 'Darknet' (1)

A pair of researchers has discovered a way to use modern browsers to more easily build darknets — those underground, private Internet communities where users can share content and ideas securely and anonymously. Billy Hoffman, manager for HP Security Labs … Continue reading

Posted in Sci/Tech | Tagged | 1 Comment

Not exactly the Enterprise

Until now, there has been little idea about what a spaceship propelled by a warp drive (or a warpship) would look like. Would it resemble the sleek Starship Enterprise? Or will it be like nothing we’ve seen before? After speaking … Continue reading

Posted in Sci/Tech | 1 Comment