Send a Message to Another Planet with Hello from Earth
3 years 40 weeks ago
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A crowd-sourced Voyager 1? Anyone can send a text-like 160-character message to a planet light years away with Hello from Earth, which until August 23rd is collecting messages to be sent to the "super...
American, South Korean Sites Hit With Massive Cyberattack
3 years 45 weeks ago
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North Korea is rumored to be behind a series of cyberattacks on U.S. and South Korean government Web infrastructure this week. These agencies were flooded with denial of service attacks, which overwhelm sites...
Innovation & Research, Business & Finance
Personal Electronics' Energy Consumption Will Triple by 2030
4 years 1 week ago
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In the next seven months, the number of people using personal computers will pass one billion (compared to the nearly two billion who own TVs). Over half the global population owns a mobile phone, and there...
Innovation & Research, Business & Finance
Wolfram|Alpha Won't Kill Google, Might Answer Your Questions
4 years 1 week ago
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Wolfram|Alpha is entering the highly-competitive business of answering questions. The project that plans to launch May 18th comes from the developers of Wolfram Mathematica, a comprehensive technical toolkit....
San Jose Rated Top US City for High Tech
4 years 2 weeks ago
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San Jose not only has the most successful pro team in the Bay Area (the NHL Sharks), it is also America’s top tech center, according to bizjournals’ “Top 100 Tech Centers.” San Jose is the best city in the...
Web 2 Expo: The Arms Race of Online Payment Fraud
4 years 7 weeks ago
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Online payment fraud is always more risky because it looks “safe” to steal: all you need is a valid credit card, and there are lot of new high-tech tools for defrauders. The fraud is so sophisticated (malware...
America Falling Behind in Innovation
4 years 9 weeks ago
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Globally, the U.S. ranks only eighth in innovation and is in danger in falling behind even more. Such is the conclusion of a joint study (PDF) prepared by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), the National...
Study Says US #1 in Broadband Sparks Debate
4 years 12 weeks ago
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Touched off by a New York Times blog post entitled, "Surprise: America is No.1 in Broadband," a debate was quickly in progress Tuesday morning based on a report from Leonard Waverman of the London...
Business & Finance, Networks & Telecoms
Mobile Dating Revenues Will Shift to "Freemium" Service
4 years 16 weeks ago
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Mobile dating services have yet to peak in user numbers or profitability, according to recent information out of Hampshire, UK. A recent Juniper Research report found that new revenue streams from event-based...
Nearly One-Sixth of Earth on the Internet
4 years 16 weeks ago
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The total number of Internet users has surpassed 1 billion, says comScore. “Surpassing one billion global users is a significant landmark in the history of the Internet,” said Magid Abraham, President and...
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