With streaming platforms, next-gen gaming, and hybrid lifestyles reshaping how we consume entertainment, the humble TV is slowly being overtaken by a bigger player:…
Apple becomes world’s most successful company
Based on the value of its global stock, Apple is now the most successful company on the planet. The stock exchange may currently be…
Sony, Panasonic, Samsung to make universal 3D glasses
Japan’s Sony and Panasonic and South Korea’s Samsung Electronics have announced that they will jointly develop new standards for glasses used to watch 3D…
Bad year for China: 500 000 cyber attacks in 2010
China, in a recently released statement, said that it had been the target of close to 500 000 cyber attacks during 2010. Many of…
Write, heat, write again with rewritable ‘paper’
A group of scientists in Taiwan has developed a rewritable electronic paper that needs no power source to maintain display of an image printed…
Famed Chinese artist and dissident sends first tweets since arrest
Following what many had taken to be a regime-imposed silence, famed Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei has returned to Twitter. Ai tweeted for…
Hacker drone launches airborne cyber attacks
Computer security specialists recently showed off a home made drone aircraft capable of launching airborne cyber attacks, hijacking mobile phone calls, or even delivering…
Defcon ‘Kids Village’ guides hackers of the future
Defcon, one of the world’s premier annual hacking conferences, has introduced a “Kids Village” aimed at improving the hacking skills of children as young…
Bouncing, rolling drone takes flight
A Japanese defence researcher has invented a spherical observation drone that can fly down narrow alleys, hover on the spot, take off vertically and…
US military secure — opened with a paper clip
Hackers at a Defcon gathering were recently shown how a high-security lock, certified for use in sensitive US government facilities, can be easily opened…
AntiSec takes on US police agencies
Hacker group AntiSec is claiming to have “defaced and destroyed” the websites of various US police agencies in retaliation to the arrest of suspected…
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