Daily Archives: April 22, 2008
Scientists Want Your MacBook for Earthquake Detection
Scientists Want Your MacBook for Earthquake Detection Like many earthquake early warning systems around the world, when a quake strikes, this system will send a warning to people living in large cities. Because electronic communication systems (in this case, the … Continue reading
TimeLapse Video of a Guy Trapped in an Elevator for 41 Hours
On Friday, October 15, 1999 at 11pm in the McGraw Hill Building in NYC, Nicholas White took a cigarette break. After his nicotine fix, White heads back upstairs in Elevator Car #30…. But, something went wrong, and 41 hours later, … Continue reading
American accused of giving nuclear secrets to Israel
American accused of giving nuclear secrets to Israel | Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. authorities arrested an American engineer on Tuesday on suspicion of giving secrets on nuclear weapons, fighter jets and air defense missiles to Israel during the 1980s, … Continue reading
PayPal Plans to Ban Unsafe Browsers
PayPal Plans to Ban Unsafe Browsers “Barrett only mentioned old, out-of-support versions of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer among this group of “unsafe browsers,” but it’s clear his warning extends to Apple’s Safari browser, which offers no anti-phishing protection and does not … Continue reading