Technology
Breaking News:Apple Founder, Steve Jobs Has Passed Away
According to a statement just issued by Apple’s Board, company co-founder and longtime CEO Steve Jobs has passed away. Apple has also put up the following website in memory.
The release below:
Statement by Apple’s Board of Directors
CUPERTINO, Calif. — We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today.
Steve’s brilliance, passion and energy were the […]
India Unveils $35 Computer Tablet
India just debut a $35 tablet prototype. Of course, the tablet will not compete with Apple iPad. But this is a step in the right direction for a developing nation like India. The human resources minister expects the price to fall to $10 per tablet.
Read more at CNN.com
Apple’s Worst Security Breach: 114,000 iPad Owners Exposed
Apple has suffered another embarrassment. A security breach has exposed iPad owners including dozens of CEOs, military officials, and top politicians. They—and every other buyer of the cellular-enabled tablet—could be vulnerable to spam marketing and malicious hacking.
The breach, which comes just weeks after an Apple employee lost an iPhone prototype in a bar, exposed the […]
NASA: ‘Sun is waking up from a deep slumber’; Warns solar storms may wreak havoc on power grids, GPS, air travel, radio communications
Earth and space are about to come into contact in a way that’s new to human history. To make preparations, authorities in Washington DC are holding a meeting: The Space Weather Enterprise Forum at the National Press Club on June 8th.
Many technologies of the 21st century […]
Jaguar is world’s fastest supercomputer
Jaguar, an American computer that can perform as many calculations in a day as a normal computer can in 100 years, has been crowned as the world’s fastest supercomputer.
Jaguar, built by the Cray company and housed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, has a top speed of 1.75 petaflops per second, according to […]
Are Facebook’s Days Numbered?
The NY Times has reported that four “nerds” in New York City have decided to start their own social network to combat Facebook and its highly criticized privacy policies. These men decided that they needed to raise $10,000 in order to launch the site, and using an online fundraising tool, Kickstarter, they raised this […]
Missionary Inventor Uses Witty Inventions to Share Gospel
A missionary inventor is using his ingenuity and innovative methods to help spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Steve Saint invented the flying dune buggy, an all-terrain vehicle that can drive on freeways or, when needed, take to the sky-ways.
Popular Mechanics called Saint one of 10 most brilliant innovators of 2009. He said his flying car’s […]
Obama: Technology becomes ‘diversion’ rather than ‘a tool of empowerment’
President Barack Obama cited the influx of new technology as “putting new pressures on our country and on our democracy” in a commencement address to graduates at Virginia’s Hampton University on Sunday.
“You’re coming of age in a 24/7 media environment that bombards us with all kinds of content and exposes us to all kinds of […]
Northrop Grumman decides to move headquarters to Northern Virginia
Northrop Grumman has chosen Northern Virginia as the new home for its global headquarters, ending a heated competition among Virginia, Maryland and the District for the prestige of playing host to the defense contracting giant.
Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell announced the decision Monday in a joint statement with Northrop, describing the selection as a victory for […]
US court rules against FCC on `net neutrality’
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled that the Federal Communications Commission lacks the authority to require broadband providers to give equal treatment to all Internet traffic flowing over their networks.
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Hacker Disables More Than 100 Cars Remotely
More than 100 drivers in Austin, Texas found their cars disabled or the horns honking out of control, after an intruder ran amok in a web-based vehicle-immobilization system normally used to get the attention of consumers delinquent in their auto payments.Police with Austin’s High Tech Crime Unit on Wednesday arrested 20-year-old Omar Ramos-Lopez, a former […]
Android Market Share Jumps 153% As iPhone Sputters
The Google-backed (GOOG) Android operating system was the standout winner in the latest market share report from ComScore.
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Toyota recalls won’t ‘totally’ fix sudden surges
Massive recalls of popular Toyota cars and trucks still may “not totally” solve frightening problems of sudden, unintended acceleration, the company’s American sales chief conceded Tuesday, a day before the Japanese president of the world’s largest automaker must confront angry U.S. lawmakers.
Lentz said that, while the company had not expressly ruled out an electronics malfunction, […]
Hackers demand $10M in ransom after hijacking millions of Virginia medical records
Hackers have demanded $10 million in ransom after hijacking nearly 8.3 million patient records. The data was stolen from an a government website used to track drug prescriptions in the American state of Virginia. Health officials called in the FBI after receiving a ransom demand which was posted on the Virginia Prescription Monitoring Program’s website
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The Top 5 Hardest Jobs to Fill in America
Looking for a career with a high level of demand? A recent survey found that some jobs feature more openings than trained workers. Training for one of these top jobs can help ensure your degree training will be highly valued when it comes time to look for work.
Career #1: Engineers
Career #2: Technicians
Career #3: Accountants
Career #4: […]
Must Read:21 Things That Became Obsolete This Decade
From the iPhone to the Garmin, advancements and gadgets introduced this decade changed the whole world.
They’ve affected how we live, do business, acquire information, and connect with others.
We’ve gotten used to touch-screens, blazingly fast Internet, and the ability to have the world at our fingertips in seconds.
In the process, a few things that once were […]
Microsoft investigates Windows 7 ’screen of death’
Microsoft has confirmed that it is investigating a problem described as the “black screen of death”, which affects its latest operating system.
The error means that users of Windows 7 see a totally black screen after logging on to the system.
The firm said it was looking into reports that suggest its latest security update, issued on […]