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MIT Students Claim To Have Hacked MBTA Fare Card - Boston Channel.com
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 10 Aug 2008 | 12:20 pm Air Traffic Controller Lands Stricken Plane By SMSThere's a new reason to hope that the no-cell-chatter bill now under consideration in the US doesn't bring with it a Faraday-cage mandate, and that reason is landing safely. Reader ma11achy writes with an excerpt from a scary story (with an SMS-based happy ending) from the Irish Times: "Five people on a flight from Kerry to Jersey received mobile phone text instructions from a quick-thinking air traffic controller when he guided them in to a safe landing at Cork, after the plane lost all onboard electrical power, communications and weather radar soon after take-off from Kerry airport."Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 10 Aug 2008 | 12:12 pm DNS Patching Or How To Replace A Flaw With Another Flaw - eFluxMedia
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 10 Aug 2008 | 11:55 am Apple's Crazy Week: Kill Switch, $1000 App And Confused Developers - eFluxMedia
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 10 Aug 2008 | 11:42 am Is T-Mobile USA prepping a mobile phone application store similar ... - ZDNet
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 10 Aug 2008 | 11:17 am Moneydance 2008r2 finance software released (Macworld.com)Macworld.com - The Infinite Kind has announced the release of Moneydance 2008r2, an update to their personal finance management software for Mac OS X. It costs $39.99, and the update is free for registered users.Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 10 Aug 2008 | 9:45 am China Claims Score In Weather Manipulationhackingbear writes "Despite prior skepticism over effectiveness, China claims successful application of weather intervention to ensure a stunning Olympic opening ceremony, according to a report by the official Xinhua News Agency: 'We fired a total of 1,104 rain dispersal rockets from 21 sites in the city between 4 p.m. and 11:39 p.m. on Friday, which successfully intercepted a stretch of rain belt from moving towards the stadium,' said Guo Hu, head of the Beijing Municipal Meteorological Bureau (BMB). While there wasn't a single drop of rain over the National Stadium — also known as the Bird's Nest — during the opening ceremony from 8:00pm-12:00am on August 8, the weather services said that Baoding City of Hebei Province, to the southwest of Beijing received the biggest rainfall of 100 millimeters Friday night, and Beijing's Fangshan District recorded a rainfall of 25 millimeters."Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 10 Aug 2008 | 9:31 am There Must Be Something Between Viral & Obscure...You've probably been in those meetings too: someone mentions a cool, "edgy" (uh-oh) youth-oriented campaign, and someone else says "video", and then someone else completes the axis of online evil with...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 10 Aug 2008 | 9:07 am Community News BriefsLONG BEACH Healthy week celebration offers food, activity advice Residents can learn more about the importance of healthy eating and physical activity at Healthy Active Long Beach Week from Monday through Saturday.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 10 Aug 2008 | 8:00 am Nuns in the Sun ; Strange but True Bizarre Stories From Around the WorldAN inflatable chapel has been set up at a beach to lure sunseekers to prayer. The Catholic Church say the 98ft blow-up in the Molise region of Italy will be run by priests and nuns. (c) 2008 Sunday Mail; Glasgow (UK). Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 10 Aug 2008 | 8:00 am Trash, Water Fees May IncreaseBy Amanda Baumfeld COVINA - Residents may soon have to pay more to enjoy a glass of water and have their trash picked up, if proposed fee increases are approved. At a special study session on Tuesday, the City Council was presented with possible trash and water rate increases.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 10 Aug 2008 | 8:00 am Attack of the Storm WormBy Anonymous IT MAY SOUND LIKE A THIRD-RATE HORROR film, but the botnets like Storm Worm are causing businesses on the internet grief.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 10 Aug 2008 | 8:00 am Nicky Sturgeon's ; SUNDAY SESSIONBy Andy Bollen THE SNP are getting hip with social networking sites. King Alex, right, has a mypieface site, wee Nicky Sturgeon's got her monobrow on Bebo and Stewart "Fr Jack - Drink!" Stevenson has a facepluke. (c) 2008 Sunday Mail; Glasgow (UK).Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 10 Aug 2008 | 8:00 am MESSAGE BOARD: Pounds 13.5M Grant Saves 2000 JobsTHOUSANDS of jobs have been saved thanks to pounds 13.5million of government support. Around 2000 posts have been saved in 25 businesses by Regional Selective Assistance grants.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 10 Aug 2008 | 8:00 am Got a Crossed Line? ; Pounds 10 Tee-EmailIMAGINE being a telephone faults engineer in this area of Calcutta. Thanks to J.B. Hunter, of Corsebar, Paisley, who wins my tenner. Send your funny internet pictures to mailbox@sunday mail.co.uk and remember to include your full postal address. (c) 2008 Sunday Mail; Glasgow (UK).Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 10 Aug 2008 | 8:00 am Berry Good AddressA HOME once owned by Chuck Berry will be added to the US historic places registry. The rock 'n' roll legend bought the house in St Louis, Missouri, in 1950. (c) 2008 Sunday Mail; Glasgow (UK). Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 10 Aug 2008 | 8:00 am Here Comes the Bride ..And One Free Guest ; Scotland's Exclusive Wedding EventBy Liz Cowan, Magazine Editor Two's company when it comes to tying the knot - that's why we've teamed up with Scotland's Exclusive Wedding Event to offer our readers a free ticket to the show.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 10 Aug 2008 | 8:00 am It's a Fact ; COMPUTERSCharles Babbage built the first computer, a steam-driven calculating machine, in the 1800s. The Apple II, the first personal computer, went on sale in 1977. An early personal computer - the Sinclair ZX80 - had only 1 kilobyte of internal memory.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 10 Aug 2008 | 8:00 am 101 Ways to Build a Successful Network Marketing BusinessBy Parker, Derek 101 Ways to Build a Successful Network Marketing Business By Andrew Griffiths and Wayne Toms Allen & Unwin, $24.95 Griffiths and Toms, both successful entrepreneurs, argue that network marketing can represent a good alternative to selling through a traditional retail out- let, whether you are selling cosmetics or cleaning products.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 10 Aug 2008 | 8:00 am Virtual Water CoolerBy Axelsen, Micheal IGNORE SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES AT YOUR PERIL. KEEPING AN EAR OUT FOR QUIET MURMURS OF YOUR CUSTOMERS ONLINE IS A BETTER STRATEGY THAN WAITING FOR THEM TO YELL If you are a business owner or senior manager, it's very likely you are not under 25.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 10 Aug 2008 | 8:00 am Learn to view meteor shower - Gloucester County Times - NJ.com
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 10 Aug 2008 | 7:34 am Ignoring poisons back here on Earth - Baltimore Sun
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 10 Aug 2008 | 7:30 am Defcon 16 Kicks Off In Controversy - InformationWeek
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 10 Aug 2008 | 7:23 am Airlines look to please tech-savvy passengers - Seattle Times
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 10 Aug 2008 | 7:08 am Kafka's porn stash goes publicExcavating Kafka, a new book by James Hawes, includes (for the first time) material gleaned from Kafka's hardcore porn stash, booklets that were published by the same publisher who published Kafka's own...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 10 Aug 2008 | 6:52 am Kafka's porn stash goes publicExcavating Kafka, a new book by James Hawes, includes (for the first time) material gleaned from Kafka's hardcore porn stash, booklets that were published by the same publisher who published Kafka's own work.Franz Kafka’s porn brought out of the closet (Thanks, Sherry!) Source: Boing Boing | 10 Aug 2008 | 6:52 am Manual for a post-war British bungalow I'm on holidays in Wales, at my in-laws' cottage, in a little coastal town where my wife and her family seem to make up a substantial chunk of the local population. One set of cousins have a 1950s prefab bungalow just down the hill, built by Woolaways of Taunton. This weekend, they unearthed the manual that Woolaways provided to all the new bungalow owners -- and it's a masterpiece of oddly stilted technical writing, effusive sell-copy, and dire warnings about the depredations of damp. I took photos of the booklet and stuck 'em in my Flickr stream so everyone could enjoy 'em. The Care of Your New Bungalow Source: Boing Boing | 10 Aug 2008 | 6:44 am Manual for a post-war British bungalowI'm on holidays in Wales, at my in-laws' cottage, in a little coastal town where my wife and her family seem to make up a substantial chunk of the local population. One set of cousins have a 1950s prefab...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 10 Aug 2008 | 6:44 am Hugo Award winners for 2008
Tor.com's got great coverage of last night's Hugo awards. Many congrats to the deserving and wonderful writers and creators, especially those we've featured here, like John Scalzi (Best Fan Writer), Mary Robinette Kowal (Campbell Award for Best New Writer), Neil Gaiman (Stardust, Best Film), Locus (Best Semiprozine) (again!), Elizabeth Bear (Best Short Story, Tidelines), Ted Chiang (Best Novelette, The Merchant at the Alchemist's Gate), David Hartwell (Best Long Form Editor), Gordon van Gelder (Best Short Form Editor), Connie Willis (Best Novella, All Seated on the Ground) and Michael Chabon (Best Novel, The Yiddish Policeman's Union).
Hugo Award Winners
See also: Source: Boing Boing | 10 Aug 2008 | 6:42 am Hugo Award winners for 2008Tor.com's got great coverage of last night's Hugo awards. Many congrats to the deserving and wonderful writers and creators, especially those we've featured here, like John Scalzi (Best Fan Writer), Mary...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 10 Aug 2008 | 6:42 am Google's Streetview Seen As Culturally Insensitive In JapanJim O'Connell writes "Global Voices has a translation of an excellent open letter to Google by Osamu Higuchi, explaining that Street view is too invasive for Japanese traditional values when used in residential areas. Having lived here for ten years, most recently in an older residential area, I can attest to its accuracy — Living in such close proximity to your neighbors, it becomes necessary to 'not look' at everything that you might be able see from a place such as the street, where you may have a legal right to be. The cultural boundaries are simply different than those of the US."Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 10 Aug 2008 | 6:42 am Beach Hotel Plans Shelved After Public Protest ; People Power Has Prompted a Developer to Shelve Plans for a Multi- Million- Pound Hotel Development in a Secluded Coastal Beauty Spot.People power has prompted a developer to shelve plans for a multi- million- pound hotel development in a secluded coastal beauty spot. Ambitious plans put forward by the same architects who designed the Eden Project have now been scrapped after residents spoke out against them.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 10 Aug 2008 | 5:00 am Why Not Return to Sail Power?I was reading the biography of the great engineer Sir Harry Ricardo and I reached the point where he started his first commercial venture in production of a car in 1907. For various reasons, which had nothing to do with the technical merits of the car itself, the venture was not a success.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 10 Aug 2008 | 5:00 am Idle Land Now ValuableBy BEKAH PORTER CRP by the numbers 1985 Year the CRP was initiated 34.7 million CRP acres in America 1.1 million CRP acres to expire on Sept. 30, 2008 3.8 million CRP acres to expire on Sept. 30, 2009 4.4 million CRP acres to expire on Sept.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 10 Aug 2008 | 5:00 am Eco-Friendly Ideas at Fair ; Visitors Can Go Green This Weekend at an Eco Fair in Barton-Upon- Humber.Visitors can go green this weekend at an eco fair in Barton-Upon- Humber. One of the greenest buildings in the UK, Waters' Edge Visitor Centre, will be hosting the fair.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 10 Aug 2008 | 5:00 am Barrels Help Keep Water Out of Storm Sewers and in the GardenBy Bob Karlovits Flooding, pollution and water bills all could be reduced by putting a rain barrel at the end of a downspout.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 10 Aug 2008 | 5:00 am Come and Meet Us, Brixham Tells PM ; The Prime Minister Has Been Invited to Visit a South Devon Fishing Port and See for Himself How Livelihoods Are Being Affected By Rising Fuel Costs, Fishing Restrictions and Quotas.By Olivier Vergnault The Prime Minister has been invited to visit a South Devon fishing port and see for himself how livelihoods are being affected by rising fuel costs, fishing restrictions and quotas.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 10 Aug 2008 | 5:00 am Members on Rise at Border ComplexBay Malton Angling Club are reaping the reward of taking on the Border Fishery complex at Balterley, with bumper membership of more than 3,000 anglers now on their books.Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 10 Aug 2008 | 5:00 am AT&T U-Verse Arrives in WichitaWICHITA, Kan., Aug. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wichita-area residents now have a new -- and better -- choice for their television and communications services. AT&T Inc.Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 10 Aug 2008 | 5:00 am 45 Daring Denim Designs (SUPER GALLERY)(TrendHunter.com) What warrants a spot for denim on Trend Hunter? For one, the jeans need to features something innovative or ultra cutting edge. This could mean they're made of a unique material or...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 10 Aug 2008 | 4:40 am 30 Ultra Modern Kitchens (SUPER GALLERY)(TrendHunter.com) Kitchens have long been considered focal points of homes, whether in houses, condominiums or even on boats. This cluster flaunts some of the most hip and futuristic kitchens to...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 10 Aug 2008 | 4:20 am Does Google Have An Organic Growth Problem?Google pulled in $5.37 billion in revenues last quarter, and $1.25 billion in net profits (nearly ten times what Yahoo made last quarter). Yet behind the consistently amazing financial performance, a...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 10 Aug 2008 | 4:06 am AT&T U-verse Arrives in WichitaWichita Customers Can Now Enjoy Next-Generation Integrated TV, Internet, Wireless and Voice Services - All on One Bill WICHITA, Kan., Aug. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 10 Aug 2008 | 4:01 am Tree Benches - Bronze Tree Trunk Chairs(TrendHunter.com) This Tree Trunk bench from VIVID Rotterdam rules. I love it SO much. It's totally surreal and very Alice in Wonderland. So random is this bench, it took me a while to figure out what...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 10 Aug 2008 | 4:00 am 35 Cutting Edge Instruments (SUPER GALLERY)(TrendHunter.com) Instruments are increasingly popular demands of modern consumers, from plastic instruments for virtual music compositions, to unique classic instruments that have been modified, like...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 10 Aug 2008 | 3:40 am Evidence of Russian Cyberwarfare Against GeorgiaAn anonymous reader writes "In what seems to be a repeat of what happened in July, a few news sites have mentioned that there is evidence of a campaign against Georgia. For example, both the government's and the president's sites are inaccessible, among other official websites. For some analysis, the RBN Exploit blog demonstrates various traceroutes that have failed to several sites. They also claim that the RBN (Russian Business Network cyber-crime organisation) are behind the attacks, and that 'Many of Georgia's internet servers were under external control from late Thursday,' before the actual war began. Finally, according to this Twitter account of someone in Georgia (written in Russian), he claims that 'Russia has blocked access to Georgian websites from within Russia' (rough translation)."Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 10 Aug 2008 | 3:39 am Lord Sells Life on eBayRemember when we told you about Ian Usher? Now David Piper is following suit by auctioning off his life on eBay through August 11. Originally, the Lord of Warleigh placed an ad in the International...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 10 Aug 2008 | 3:26 am Shrinky Dinks As a Threat To National SecurityInflammatoryHeadlineGuy writes "What do Shrinky Dinks, credit cards and paperclips have in common? They can all be used to duplicate the keys to Medeco 'high-security' locks that protect the White House, the Pentagon, embassies, and many other sensitive locations. The attack was demonstrated at Defcon by Marc Weber Tobias and involves getting a picture of the key, then printing it out and cutting plastic to match — both credit cards and Shrinky Dinks plastic are recommended. The paperclip then pushes aside a slider deep in the keyway, while the plastic cut-out lifts the pins. They were able to open an example lock in about six seconds. The only solution seems to be to ensure that your security systems are layered, so that attackers are stopped by other means even if they manage to duplicate your keys."Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 10 Aug 2008 | 12:59 am A Few New Details on Star Trek Online - 1UP.com
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 9 Aug 2008 | 11:49 pm DIY Filmmaker Wins Big With Midnight KissAlex Holdridge's black-and-white romantic comedy, In Search of a Midnight Kiss, opens this month in the United States. Holdridge talks to Wired.com about making movies about beer and sex, getting stunned by Superbad and clawing his way back from oblivion.
Source: Wired Top Stories | 9 Aug 2008 | 11:30 pm Did NBC Alter the Olympics' Opening Ceremony?techmuse writes "Viewing the 2008 Olympics opening ceremony online at NBC's Olympics website, you can see that the order in which the countries were presented was very different from the actual order of the countries in the ceremony, as listed at Wikipedia. NBC skipped roughly 100 countries ahead, then jumped back and forth, apparently delaying the appearance of the United States in its home market until later in the broadcast. (In fact, the US team was shown on the infield before they were shown marching!) NBC did not acknowledge this in its broadcast. Is NBC altering the reality of the broadcast to boost ratings? Was this true only online, or also in the live broadcast?"Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 9 Aug 2008 | 11:24 pm eBay traders accuse site of selling outGoing, going, gone? Furious fans have accused eBay, the website that brought auctions to the internet, of betrayal. They are upset by a decision to lurch away from the website's original format and instead...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 9 Aug 2008 | 11:10 pm Chaos as 13bn NHS computer system faltersA £13bn overhaul of the NHS records system has suffered so many problems that hospitals have struggled to keep track of people requiring operations, patients with suspected MRSA and potential...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 9 Aug 2008 | 11:06 pm Martin Love test drives the Audi A3Audi A3 Cabriolet£20,750Miles per gallon: 55.4Seats: 4Good for: Top marksBad for: Crass remarksA lot can happen in nine seconds. It's the time it took Bayern Munich's Roy Makaay to score a...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 9 Aug 2008 | 11:06 pm Incredible journeyA birthday/swim party, with me as the lifeguard. Suddenly, Reza, one of the children, who had been running round the edges of the garden, tipped over a metal drain cover and dropped down about five feet...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 9 Aug 2008 | 11:05 pm Olympics Online, With a Hook - New York Times
Source: Google News - Sci/Tech | 9 Aug 2008 | 10:35 pm Russia's 'Full Scale Invasion' of GeorgiaGeorgian President Mikheil Saakashvili says "Russia has launched a full scale military invasion." He's calling for "an immediate ceasefire" in a conflict that Russian officials claim has killed 2,000 and left 30,000 homeless.
Source: Wired Top Stories | 9 Aug 2008 | 10:30 pm Google News Has Russian Army Invading Savannah, GAtheodp writes "If you checked out Google-wannabe Cuil, you learned that mapping search results to relevant images isn't a trivial task. But even Big Dog Google isn't immune to embarrassing graphics gaffes. Readers of Google News were shown that Russian troops are thrusting into the outskirts of Savannah, Georgia, thanks to the Google Maps graphic accompanying a story about Russian incursions into Georgia — the nation-state in the Caucasus, not the Caucasian-pride-ridden state in the southern US. Yahoo! Answers also had some fun with the GA-Georgia mix-up — 'I live in georegia but i dont see rusia no where not even sound but they says theres tanks should i be worrie' (Google cache) — before a spoilsport deleted the question."Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 9 Aug 2008 | 10:12 pm International Association of Book Towns, for scenic villages devoted to used books
The International Association of Book Towns ("a small rural town or village in which second-hand and antiquarian bookshops are concentrated") collects information about delightful bibliophiles' paradises. I once spent a magical day combing the shops of one of these places and by the end of it I was drunk on binder's glue, ink, and silverfish.
I.O.B. - International Organisation of Book Towns
(Thanks, Marilyn!)
Source: Boing Boing | 9 Aug 2008 | 9:10 pm RIAA Foiled By "Innocent Infringement" DefenseNewYorkCountryLawyer writes "In an interesting development in a Texas case against a college-age defendant who was 16 at the time of the infringement, the Judge has denied the RIAA's summary judgment motion and ordered a trial of the damages — even though the defendant admitted copyright infringement using Kazaa — based on the 'innocent infringement' defense, which could reduce the statutory damages to $200 per song file. Relying on BMG v. Gonzalez (PDF), the reasoning of which I have criticized on the 'innocent infringement' issue, the RIAA argued that Ms. Harper does not qualify for the 'innocent infringement' defense, since CD versions of the songs, sold in stores, have copyright notices on them. In its 15-page decision (PDF) the Harper court rejected that contention, holding that 'a question remains as to whether Defendant knew the warnings on compact discs were applicable in this KaZaA setting,' since 'In this case, there were no compact discs with warnings.' Finding that there was a factual issue as to what the defendant knew or didn't know at the time of the infringement, the Court ordered a trial of the damages unless the RIAA agrees to accept $200 — rather than the $750-plus it seeks — per infringed song."Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 9 Aug 2008 | 9:09 pm Comcast tech calls grandpa a crook and disconnects himA Comcast tech showed up at Consumerist reader's grandad's house and totally failed to understand how their cable was set up and billed. So he called them thieves, cursed at them, and disconnected their cable. Naturally.I come outside to witness my grandpa and the Comcast guy in a screaming match. The Comcast tech is threatening to leave and I ask "What the heck is going on?!" Well, my Grandpa starts telling me that he disconnected his cable and says we do not have a cable account with Comcast and basically accuses my Grandpa of hijacking cable. Okay, last time I checked, most 74 years old probably don't know how to hijack cable. So my Grandpa gets really upset and starts back for the house. I'm trying to find out from the Comcast tech what is going on and my Grandpa comes back out 2 seconds later with a Comcast bill in his hand. He goes to hand it to the Comcast tech and he rudely replies "Sir, I don't want to see your fucking bill. If you don't go back in your house and quit disrespecting me, I'm going to just leave."Comcast Tech Accuses 74-Year-Old Man Of Stealing Cable Service (Thanks, Marilyn!) Source: Boing Boing | 9 Aug 2008 | 9:01 pm Working Medeco high-security keys can be whittled out of plasticResearchers at DefCon in Vegas have demonstrated that they can make "high security" Medeco key-blanks out of the plastic used in credit-cards, and then whittle them into working keys by referring to low-resolution photos of original keys.Researchers Crack Medeco High-Security Locks With Plastic Keys
(Image: Dave Bullock (eecue)/Wired.com) Source: Boing Boing | 9 Aug 2008 | 8:37 pm Google Has All My Data – How Do I Back It Up?shadeshope writes "Slowly but surely Google has taken over my computing life. How can I back it up? Bit by bit with their mantra, hip image and brilliant services, Google has gained my trust and all my data. I am doing almost all of my computing in the cloud. Google Reader, Calender, Email, Docs and Notes have become my tools of choice; even to the point where my day book, research notes, etc., are all on Google's servers. It was just so easy, enabling me to effortlessly work from multiple computers, operating systems and locations. I know, I know, this is foolish — all my eggs are firmly in one basket. It has crept up on me. As a long-time computer user and committed pessimist, I have used many schemes over the years to ensure my data is safe. Now I have ceded all control to Google. How can I regain some control and back this all up? Is there a one-touch solution that will take all my data from the various online apps and archive it on my home server?"Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 9 Aug 2008 | 8:06 pm UAVs Search for Scientific Silver Lining in Beijing Pollution CloudsA professor begins sending unmanned aerial vehicles into the pollution clouds emanating from Beijing to measure the impacts of the government's industrial shutdowns and traffic bans on the region surrounding Beijing.
Source: Wired Top Stories | 9 Aug 2008 | 7:00 pm Massachusetts Sues to Halt Defcon Subway Hacking TalkAccording to CNET, "The state of Massachusetts has asked a federal judge for a temporary restraining order preventing three MIT students from giving a presentation on Sunday about hacking smartcards used in the Boston subway system." It'll be interesting to see whether Dutch-style openness or Soviet-style secrecy prevails in Las Vegas. Update: 08/09 20:57 GMT by T : "Too late," says reader Bluey: "Injunction was already granted."Read more of this story at Slashdot. Source: Slashdot | 9 Aug 2008 | 6:59 pm Police arrest 50 at power station demoBritish police on Saturday arrested 50 environmental campaigners as they tried to break into a power plant in protest at plans to build a new generation of coal-fired electricity plants.Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 9 Aug 2008 | 6:38 pm Apple Likely to Ban iPhone Wireless Modem AppNullriver's short-lived iPhone application NetShare, which turns your iPhone into a wireless modem for your laptop, might not be returning to the App Store after all.
Source: Wired Top Stories | 9 Aug 2008 | 6:30 pm Apple Likely to Ban iPhone Wireless Modem AppNullriver's short-lived iPhone application NetShare, which turns your iPhone into a wireless modem for your laptop, might not be returning to the App Store after all.Source: Wired: Gadgets | 9 Aug 2008 | 6:30 pm OMEGA, Official Olympic Timekeeper -- Let the Games Begin!BEIJING, Aug. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- For nearly four years, the giant OMEGA Olympic Countdown Clock in Beijing's Tiananmen Square ticked down the seconds to the Opening...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 9 Aug 2008 | 6:09 pm Yao becomes UN environment campaignerChinese superstar Yao Ming on Saturday became the UN Environment Program's (UNEP) first ever Environmental Champion, tasked with raising awareness of climate change and energy efficiency.Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 9 Aug 2008 | 6:00 pm Some Websites Remain Blocked at Beijing OlympicsSome websites remain inaccessible to reporters as the competition gets under way Saturday at the Beijing Olympics.
Source: Wired Top Stories | 9 Aug 2008 | 6:00 pm Judge orders halt to Defcon speech on subway card hacking (CNET)CNET - LAS VEGAS--A federal judge on Saturday granted the Massachusetts transit authority's request for an injunction preventing three MIT students from giving a presentation about hacking smartcards used in the Boston subway system.Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 9 Aug 2008 | 5:31 pm Counting sheep easier in New Zealand nowIt used to be a national joke that New Zealand had 20 times more sheep than people. But figures released on Saturday show sheep numbers are dwindling and there are now only...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 9 Aug 2008 | 4:20 pm Website blocking is for your own good, Games chiefs tell Chinese (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 9 Aug 2008 | 4:15 pm SFMOMA's Director of Visitor Relations forcibly removes photographer, even though photography is allowed in SFMOMARobbo sez, "Thomas Hawk was forcibly removed from the San Francisco MOMA by two security guards at the direction of the over-zealous Simon Blint, Director of Visitor Relations. How ironic is that? Why? Taking photos in the atrium. SF MOMA policy on this? Their own web site specifically allows photography in the atrium. Hawk had also previously confirmed this personally with Thea Stein in the Marketing and Communications Department of the museum. Didn't matter to Simon Blint who, according to Hawk, went all aggressive and power-trip happy, even trying to eject his companion."If the museum has a photography allowed policy in their atrium as explicitly expressed on their website and someone identifies themselves as a photographer, artist and paying and supporting member of museum I would expect less hostility, aggression and harassment. Photography is an art and those of us who choose to practice the great art of street photography ought not be targeted by bullies like Blint. Many of the great artists, artists being shown in the SF MOMA itself were practitioners of street photography. It is ironic that the great Cartier-Bresson, who took thousands of photographs of unsuspecting people in his work, hangs in the museum while a photographer practicing the same type of work gets ejected by a power-trippy asshole. It's hypocritical and disappointing.Simon Blint, Director of Visitor Relations at the SF MOMA, Yeah You Asshole, Photography is Not a Crime (Thanks, Robbo!) Source: Boing Boing | 9 Aug 2008 | 3:03 pm DefCon: Boston Subway Officials Sue to Stop Talk on Fare Card HacksThe Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority files a federal lawsuit on Friday seeking to block three MIT students from discussing security vulnerabilities in Boston's fare card system at DefCon.
Source: Wired Top Stories | 9 Aug 2008 | 3:00 pm Achievo Plays a Winning Role at Beijing OlympicsHAVI Logistics Services uses information system outsource to Achievo to ensure athletes and spectators are served well and on time SAN RAMON, Calif., Aug. 9...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 9 Aug 2008 | 2:00 pm Some Web sites remain blocked at Beijing Olympics (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Technology News | 9 Aug 2008 | 1:55 pm Some Web sites remain blocked at Beijing OlympicsSome Web sites remained inaccessible to reporters as competition got under way Saturday at the Beijing Olympics. China's communist government routinely filters its citizens' access to...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 9 Aug 2008 | 1:55 pm Some websites remain blocked at Beijing Olympicscompetition got under way Saturday at the Beijing Olympics. China's communist government routinely filters its citizens' access to the Internet, but in the runup to the Olympics ChineseSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 9 Aug 2008 | 1:09 pm Super Bowl XLII Champion New York Giants and AMBER Alert Safety Centers Team Up to Protect Kids From Stranger Danger During Giants' Training Camp and Youth DayROCKAWAY, N.J., Aug. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Just in time for back to school, AMBER Alert Safety Centers, Inc. (AASC) today announced that it is teaming up with the Super Bowl...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 9 Aug 2008 | 12:30 pm
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