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20Gbps Broadband Speeds In Just Three Years?
A team of British researchers is working to create commercially viable broadband speeds up to 2,000 times faster than the slickest of connections available today, and say that their project could become a reality in just three years. It might sound like a fantasy, but the scientists at Bangor University in Wales are deadly serious ...
FEMA Launches RUMOR CONTROL To Dispel Sandy Misinformation
Social media sites like Facebook and Twitter were awash with rumors last week as Hurricane Sandy smashed into New Jersey, and the spate of misinformation has continued into the weekend, hampering the relief efforts of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Responding to this, FEMA has now set up a “rumor control” section on its ...
Russia’s “Crime-as-a-service” Exposed – Just Look At What You Can Buy
Fancy buying yourself a complete botnet to fool around with? Or maybe you’d just like to borrow someone else’s for a couple of hours? Or alternatively, thrash out a million spam emails carrying the message of your choice? Or perhaps spying is more your thing, in which case, being able to access someone’s emails, text ...
“pyknic” Hacks NBC and Gaga Site: User Info & Passwords “Dumped”
Dozens of NBC websites fell victim to hackers yesterday, in an attack that appears to be linked to the notorious cyber-hacktivist group Anonymous. The hacker or hackers, who go by the name “pyknic”, defaced the websites with a long message making reference to Guy Fawkes, whose masks have long been something of a symbolic icon ...
AMD’s Piledriver Opteron Series Revs Up to 6300
Chip maker AMD has just rolled out its latest batch of Opteron processors, with a choice of quad-core, 8-core, 12-core and 16 core options available, clocking up speeds ranging from 2.3GHz to 3.5GHz. The 6300-series chips can certainly pack a punch – AMD claims that they offer as much as 37% uplift versus the older ...
French Satire’s Fake Google Report Leapt On By Dumb Journalists
Media sources including Reuters and AFP are reporting that French authorities are preparing to slap Google with an enormous $1.3 billion tax bill. Given France’s poor relations with Google of late, one would be forgiven for thinking that this is no laughing matter , or at least, not until you consider just who the source ...
Human “Only Just” Edges Out Robot Car On The Racetrack
Motor racing enthusiasts can breathe easy – human drivers are still able to outmaneuver their robotic counterparts down on the race track. Even so, the gap between professional race drivers and self-driven cars isn’t all that big, as a race at the Thunderhill Raceway in California proved yesterday. Although the human driver achieved victory against ...
Apple Bitten By UK Judges; Ordered To Re-Write Samsung Statement
When Apple posted a statement on its website earlier this month, admitting that Samsung had not copied its iPad design, the company thought it had been very clever with its wording – complying with the demand but also taking the opportunity to attack its rival once again. Yesterday though, Apple was hauled back in front ...
Cisco Introduces UCS Central To Manage Data Centers Across The Cloud
Cisco has rolled out a major update for its Unified Computing System (UCS) management platform, which combines the firm’s server and networking technology with its storage hardware into a single system. Yesterday, the company announced its adding a new component called ‘UCS Central’, which will allow for better orchestration of its UCS systems across multiple ...
Google’s Voice Search Craps All Over Siri, Thanks to Big Data
Google has just released a new, standalone voice search app for iOS devices to take on Apple’s flagship Siri personal assistant. It’s not quite the same as Siri – at the moment, all it can do is perform Google searches and a few other odds and ends, unlike the system wide functionality of Apple’s software. ...