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Breach Exposes 19,000 Active US, UK Credit Cards
Friday, 20 March 2009, 4:12 am
pnorth writes “A defunct payment gateway has exposed as many as 19,000 credit card numbers of US and UK consumers in a major worldwide breach. The data, held in Google cache, includes credit card numb. […]
Building Your Own Solar Panel In the Garage
Friday, 20 March 2009, 1:07 am
jeroen8 writes “A Dutch guy was able to build his own solar panel in his garage which is three times less expensive than mass produced solar panels currently available on European market. He bought hi. […]
Australia’s Vast, Scattershot Censorship Blacklist Revealed
Thursday, 19 March 2009, 9:59 pm
mask.of.sanity writes “Australia’s secretive Internet filter blacklist held by its communications watchdog has been leaked, revealing the government has understated the amount of banned Web pages by m. […]
Tickets On Sale In Sweden For Space Tourism, Starting In 2012
Thursday, 19 March 2009, 6:50 pm
think_nix writes “The local.se is reporting that, for around 200,000 USD, tickets for eager space tourists looking for that outer space adventure will be purchasable from the Sweden’s Ice Hotel in Kir. […]
CP80’s Cheryl Preston Suggests "CyberSecurity" Group At ICANN
Thursday, 19 March 2009, 5:59 pm
Beezlebub33 writes “A new petition has been filed under the GSNO (Generic Names Supporting Organization) of ICANN to create a new constituency the CyberSafety Constituency. Existing constituencies inc. […]
TechDirt’s Masnick Responds To Warner’s Jim Griffin On Choruss
Thursday, 19 March 2009, 5:11 pm
newtley writes “TechDirt’s Mike Masnick writes that the Warner Music Choruss licensing scheme amounts to a Bait-And-Switch operation. Not so, says Jim Griffin, the man charged to put it together. Masn. […]
First Pwn2Own 2009 Contest Winners Emerge
Thursday, 19 March 2009, 4:23 pm
mellowdonkey writes “Last year’s CanSecWest hacking contest winner, Charlie Miller, does it again this year in the 2009 Pwn2Own contest. Charlie was the first to compromise Safari this year to win a b. […]
Recovery.gov Not Very Transparent
Thursday, 19 March 2009, 3:34 pm
Bob the Super Hamste writes “CNN is reporting that the page recovery.gov is not as transparent as it claims to be. The examples pointed out are: 1. The user is greeted by a large pie chart that show t. […]
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Wizzywig Cartoonist Inks a Phreakin’ Comic Book
Thursday, 19 March 2009, 11:00 pm
March 20, 1995: Poison Gas Wreaks Tokyo Subway Terror
Thursday, 19 March 2009, 11:00 pm
1995: Religious cultists release the toxic nerve gas sarin at multiple locations in the Tokyo subway. A dozen people will die, and thousands suffer injuries ranging from mild to severe. Aum Shinrikyo. […]
Scientists Crawl the Web to Foretell Ecosystem Collapse
Thursday, 19 March 2009, 11:00 pm
Researchers hope to mine the internet for enough bits of information about the environment that they can identify ecosystems on the verge of collapse. Recognizing that people are good sensors, the exp. […]
Molecular Frameworks, the Building Blocks of All Life
Thursday, 19 March 2009, 11:00 pm
Sure, the world is complicated, but not as complicated as you might think. It turns out that most organic molecules—the kind of chemicals that make food tasty, perfumes fragrant, and life alive—d. […]
New Musical Instruments Battle for $10K Cash Prize
Thursday, 19 March 2009, 11:00 pm
: Photo: Ben Keyserling It was like a low-stakes X Prize for music as musicians, inventors and hobbyists competed against each other in the first annual Guthman Musical Instrument Competition at Georg. […]
Gmail’s New ‘Undo Send’ Feature Saves You From Outbox Regret
Thursday, 19 March 2009, 4:32 pm
Ever say something in an e-mail that got you into serious hot water? Google now gives users a five second window to “undo” any Gmail message before it’s sent out over the tubes.
Graphic Novelist Talks Brainy Comics, Sexy Apocalypse
Thursday, 19 March 2009, 3:45 pm
Grant Morrison injects plenty of intellectually challenging ideas into his comics. With Final Crisis, due out in hardcover later this year, he plunges DC Comics’ timeless super heroes into a bizarre b. […]
Demigod’s Addictive Strategy Apes Warcraft
Thursday, 19 March 2009, 2:14 pm
Demigod, an upcoming PC game, is an addictive blend of strategy and action that takes heavy inspiration from Blizzard’s popular games.
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DVD region code blocks British Prime Minister from enjoying Obama’s gift
Friday, 20 March 2009, 5:43 am
“Oh, bollocks.” No, we can’t definitively prove that Gordon Brown said that after witnessing a “Wrong Region” code when inserting a DVD given to him by Barack Obama, but we’re sure something of the s. […]
Video: Windows Mobile 6.5 now with less Honeycomb, more Trix
Friday, 20 March 2009, 4:53 am
If you, like us, thought the honeycomb UI in Windows Mobile 6.5 was a solution to a problem that didn’t exist then you’re in luck; after some internal backlash from its own employee beta testers, Mic. […]
Wii shortage finally nearing its end, says GameStop exec
Friday, 20 March 2009, 4:26 am
We never, ever thought it’d take this long, but we’ve finally received a sign that the Wii supply and demand might be nearing some equilibrium, almost two and a half years later. According to GameSto. […]
Samsung M810, red LG Lotus found in Sprint’s playbook?
Friday, 20 March 2009, 2:53 am
We can’t really be sure this is really a page from Sprint’s playbook or something craftier, but according to the above screengrab, the carrier’s set to launch the Samsung M810 / Instinct Mini in Grap. […]
mophie launches $99.95 Juice Pack for iPod touch 2G
Friday, 20 March 2009, 1:42 am
Dropping a Benjamin on mophie’s iPhone 3G Juice Pack didn’t seem too painful considering the alternative of possessing a brick after about four hours of 3G usage, but we get the feeling iPod touch 2G. […]
Poll: Has your Xbox 360 been dealt the E74 error?
Friday, 20 March 2009, 12:31 am
Move over RRoD, it looks like there’s a new Xbox 360 hardware failure in town. According to anecdotal data collected by Joystiq as well as Google Trends, there’s been a steady rise in reports and dis. […]
The Daily Roundup: here’s what you might’ve missed
Thursday, 19 March 2009, 11:41 pm
Mobile OS shootout: iPhone OS 3.0 enters the frayAs soon as Apple rolled out its preview of iPhone OS 3.0, the comparisons to existing (and forthcoming) mobile OSs started flying. Microsoft releasing. […]
Ask Engadget: Best DVI KVM switch?
Thursday, 19 March 2009, 11:06 pm
Look out — it’s that time of the week again. What time, you ask? The time when brilliant readers like yourself get a moment to shine as their inquiries are posted up here at Engadget. Feel free to se. […]
