Technology

RecycleMatch- Match.com, except for garbage

The worst thing government has done is get into the recycling business but even worse than that is over-doing it.   Where I live, the local government recently started 'separating' garbage, declared more things recyclable, then made the recycling ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Oct 23 2010 - 1:01pm

Halt! Who Goes There?

Wow; I haven't gotten one of these in a long time: ATTENTION! A message you recently sent to a 0Spam.com user with the subject "[redacted]" was not delivered because they are using the 0Spam.com anti-spam service. Please click the link belo ...

Article - Barry Leiba - Oct 26 2010 - 9:43pm

Internet Cafes And Public Networks

Do you log into web sites from public computers, even though I advised against it four years ago? That post only scratched the surface, really: it just talked about using public computers. These days, most people have their laptops with them, and they con ...

Article - Barry Leiba - Oct 28 2010 - 12:13pm

Why stick with QWERTY when the keyboard is virtual?

With virtual keyboards so common, it's should be easy for alternative, more efficient keyboard layouts to make headway, since, as we've all heard, the default QWERTY layout was designed to slow typists down. So why aren't more devices (or at ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Oct 27 2010 - 8:44am

Wireless Humans- Your Next Mobile Network

Unless you live in a remote mountain cabin, you might never be without an Internet connection in the world of the future.   Members of the public could form the backbone of powerful new mobile networks, by wearing sensors being researched at Queen's U ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 28 2010 - 10:05am

Early photographic image of humans discovered?

It isn't the first photograph of humans but  two men near the river's edge in a photo of Cincinnati taken in 1848 is kind of a big deal among photography historians. ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Oct 28 2010 - 1:18pm

ATM Hacking And Mobile Call Interception- Live On Stage In November

Black Hat Abu Dhabi, running from the November 8th- 11th at Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi, will discuss some of the major security concerns faced by the IT world- and even demonstrate them live.  ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 31 2010 - 2:19pm

Black Market Satellite Electronics?

Just an anecdote for today.  With luck, my French connection will have 'the goods' for me shortly.  I will slip him payment, and 20 beauties will be mine. Back when I fabricated my PCBs, I thought the next step was to buy the electronics.  What c ...

Article - Project Calliope - Nov 3 2010 - 10:54am

Not just science fiction- 3-D moving holograms get closer

Remember the "Star Wars" scene where robotic scamp R2-D2 projects a three-dimensional image of Princess Leia trying to ask for help from Obi-Wan Kenobi?    New  3D holographic imaging technology developed at the University of Arizona College of O ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Nov 3 2010 - 2:45pm

MEDICA 2010: Good Registration Figures A Cause For Optimism In The Medical Technology Industry

DUSSELDORF, Germany, November 10, 2010 /PRNewswire/-- The registration figures for MEDICA 2010, World Forum for Medicine-International Trade Fair and Congress (Dusseldorf, 17th- 20th November) has led to optimism in the medical-technical sector. The numbe ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Nov 10 2010 - 4:18pm