Saturday, April 28, 2012
Friday, April 20, 2012
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
The ‘Fabian’ pit — a 200 ft wide massive Sinkhole opens up in Sweden!
Enormous Sinkhole, the ‘Fabian’ pit.In the pictures you see a massive Sinkhole in Sweden, the new Fabian pit, which was expanded a short time ago.
Monday, April 16, 2012
How on earth can Twitter fight fires, save you from earthquakes, or find help during hurricanes?
Twitter is no doubt the go-to source when natural disasters strike. It’s weird how social media attracts people to document and announce what they are witnessing, such as people tweeting
Changing Habits, Not Just Diets
With rates of obesity and diabetes at epidemic levels, you’d think it would be enough to simply tell people what they need to do. But the messages about how to eat healthfully — buy local, eat seasonally, shun industrial meat — can be overwhelming and unrealistic for both low-income and time-stressed, middle-class families.
HP ZR2740w: My Love For Pivoting Displays
HP ZR2740w: My Love For Pivoting DisplaysI tend to favor different display sizes and configurations depending on the task at hand. If I’m gaming at home, it’s usually on a 23- or 24-inch monitor running at 1920x1080. If I’m working at the office, I want more desktop real estate, so I flank my AMD Eyefinity-enabled HP Envy 14 laptop with two 24-inch displays. HP recently sent a 27-inch ZR2740w monitor to the office, so I replaced one of those 24-inch displays with this 2560x1440 IPS beast.
New Mac OS X Trojan unearthed. Call it SabPub
Kaspersky Lab security researcher Costin Raiu has discovered another Mac OS X Trojan. Dubbed Backdoor.OSX.SabPub.a (or just SabPub, for short), the malware uses Java exploits to infect a Mac, connect to a remote Web site, and wait for instructions that include taking screenshots of the user's Mac and executing commands.
Friday, April 13, 2012
Life after Firefox: Can Mozilla regain its mojo?
Mozilla Foundation president Mitchell Baker is sitting on a ticking time bomb.
The survival of her company, which pledges to make the web a better place, is at the mercy of one of its main competitors, Google.
If you haven't heard of Mozilla, you almost certainly know - and perhaps use - its most famous product: the Firefox browser.
Facebook criticised over data download tool
Facebook has updated a tool that lets users look at some of the data the social network holds on them.
The update gives people an "expanded archive" of their activity on Facebook letting them see friend requests and login locations.
Facebook said other categories of data would be added in the future.
Trayvon Martin: George Zimmerman appears in court
George Zimmerman, the Florida neighbourhood watchman accused over the death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, has appeared in court.
During the brief hearing, a date of 29 May was set for a formal reading of the charges and a bail hearing.
Madonna album suffers record sales slump in US
Madonna's MDNA has suffered the biggest second-week drop in sales for a number one album in US chart history.
Shift workers 'risking' Type 2 diabetes and obesity
Shift workers getting too little sleep at the wrong time of day may be increasing their risk of diabetes and obesity, according to researchers.
The team is calling for more measures to reduce the impact of shift working following the results of its study.
Icann's internet suffix application deadline looms
Organisations wishing to buy web addresses ending in their brand names have until the end of Thursday to submit applications.
For example, drinks giant Pepsi can apply for .pepsi, .gatorade or .tropicana as an alternative to existing suffixes such as .org or .com.
Parties are able to request up to 50 web address endings.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
JK Rowling announces title of first adult novel
Author JK Rowling has announced her first adult novel will be called The Casual Vacancy.
The Harry Potter writer revealed in February that she was working on the book, and said it would be "very different" from her previous material.
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater: Eva Cosplay
Cosplayer girl Precious has turned herself into Eva from Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. As a spy, Eva used her feminine charm to infiltrate. Please enjoy the images:
Apple Investigating Wi-Fi Issues with the New iPad
When the third-generation iPad first hit store shelves, users began to complain about charging and overheating issues. Now Apple is receiving reports that its coveted tablet sporting the spiffy new Retina display is also suffering Wi-Fi problems.
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