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WikiLeaks-how does it sit with you?

December 3, 2010

Secret US Embassy Cables Wikileaks began on Sunday November 28th publishing 251,287 leaked United States embassy cables, the largest set of confidential documents ever to be released into the public domain. The documents will give people around the world an unprecedented insight into US Government foreign activities. The cables, which date from 1966 up until [...]

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eLEGS: Revolutionary Exoskeleton

October 8, 2010

OCT. 7, 2010 — Berkeley Bionics™, developer and maker of bionic exoskeletons that augment human strength, endurance and mobility, today unveiled eLEGS, a wearable, artificially intelligent, bionic device that powers paraplegics up to get them standing and walking. eLEGS was unveiled at a press conference today in San Francisco by Berkeley Bionics’ CEO, Eythor Bender, [...]

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Iran confirms Stuxnet attack

September 27, 2010

Computerworld Although some computers at Iran’s Bushehr nuclear reactor were infected by the Stuxnet worm, none of the facility’s crucial control systems were affected, Iranian officials claimed Sunday. The news followed Saturday’s admission by Iran that Stuxnet had infected at least 30,000 computers in the country. The worm, which researchers have dubbed the most sophisticated [...]

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Intel releases dual-core Atom netbook processor

August 23, 2010

Intel Corporation announced that netbooks based on its new mobile dual-core Intel® Atom™ processors are available now and through the end of the year. Manufacturers include Acer, ASUS, Fujitsu, Lenovo, LG, Samsung, MSI, and Toshiba. “In their short history, the netbook category has experienced impressive growth,” said Erik Reid, director of marketing for mobile platforms [...]

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Trojan horse may have contributed to 2008 Madrid aircrash

August 22, 2010

Graham Cluley’s blog. Trojan horse suspected of contributing to 2008 Madrid aircrash Authorities investigating the 2008 Madrid air crash, which resulted in the deaths of 154 people, have discovered that a central computer system used to monitor technical problems in aircraft was infected with Trojan horses. The final report from crash investigators is not due [...]

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Two takes on AT&T’s “New Lower-Priced Wireless Data Plans”

June 3, 2010

AT&T*, the U.S. smartphone leader, today introduced new wireless data plans that make it more affordable for more people to enjoy the benefits of the mobile Internet. Customers can pick the new data plan that best meets their needs – either a $15 per month entry plan or a $25 per month plan with 10 [...]

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Net Neutrality-FCC will reclassify broadband

May 6, 2010

electronista.com The FCC has quietly made the decision today to reclassify Internet access as a telecommunication service that would be subject to tougher net neutrality rules. Although rumors had spread of the agency backtracking on its promise, FCC chairman Julius Genachowski is now said to be readying a proposal that would put Internet lines under [...]

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Sony’s Crackle Partners Invisible Traffic

April 29, 2010

Ben Edelman, Sony’s Crackle: Invisible Traffic Galore Advertisers buying display ads from Sony’s Crackle.com rightly and reasonably expect that users can see the ads. After all, a visible ad is a basic and crucial condition for effective display advertising: If a user can’t see ad, then the impression is wasted, as is the associated spending. [...]

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Google redirecting Chinese users to uncensored version of its search engine

March 22, 2010

Interesting development. 3/22/2010 On January 12, we announced on this blog that Google and more than twenty other U.S. companies had been the victims of a sophisticated cyber attack originating from China, and that during our investigation into these attacks we had uncovered evidence to suggest that the Gmail accounts of dozens of human rights [...]

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FDA to review femur fractures connection

March 10, 2010

FDA Drug Safety Communication: Ongoing safety review of oral bisphosphonates and atypical subtrochanteric femur fractures 03-10-2010 Patients and healthcare professionals may have questions about oral bisphosphonate medications and atypical subtrochanteric femur fractures – fractures in the bone just below the hip joint. Oral bisphosphonates are commonly prescribed to prevent or treat osteoporosis in postmenopausal women. [...]

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