As the rumored release date for Apple’s rumored cheaper iPhone draws near, another purported photo of the device makes the rounds of the Net…….
How To Monitor Leaky Radioactive Water Tanks
freaklabs writes “The radioactive water leaks are getting worse at Fukushima Dai-Ichi. In a recent New York Times article, it was mentioned that TEPCO didn’t have a reliable way to monitor the water storage tanks for leaks. I decided to write a tutorial on how to wirelessly monitor water levels in storage tanks.”……
Krugman: Apple might be in bigger trouble than Microsoft
While admitting he’s not a tech expert, famed New York Times columnist and economist Paul Krugman says that Apple relies on individual, whimsical purchasers, while Microsoft relies on conservative IT managers…….
Barnes Noble Won’t Give Up On the Nook
jfruh writes “Barnes & Noble’s Nook e-reader line has largerly been regarded as a botched attempt to compete with the Kindle, whose failure has contributed to the bookseller’s financial woes. Well, despite earlier statements that the company was abandoning it as a hardware platform, now the B&N CEO insists that the company is committed to…
NASA Testing Frickin’ Laser Communications
itwbennett writes “The lunar laser communications demonstration will be part of the agency’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) mission, which is scheduled to launch on Sept. 6. Here’s how the system will work: When the satellite is in orbit around the moon and visible from Earth, one of three ground stations will shoot…
Chasing the ultimate sound system
John O. is the winner of the “You can be the Audiophiliac for a day” contest, and his essay will surely strike a chord with a lot of audiophiles…….
NSA Officers Sometimes Spy On Love Interests
Jah-Wren Ryel writes “The latest twist in the NSA coverage sounds like something out of a dime-store romance novel — NSA agents eavesdropping on their current and former girlfriends. Official categories of spying have included SIGINT (signals intelligence) and HUMINT (human intelligence) and now the NSA has added a new category to the lexicon —…
All-in-Ones Finally Grow Up, With Fast Graphics, SSDs, and CPUs
MojoKid writes “Historically, all-in-one desktop systems like the iMac, HP’s TouchSmart and similar designs that incorporate a full system on the backside of a monitor, haven’t offered performance that was competitive to their full-sized desktop counterparts. Part of the reason is that many of these systems are comprised of low power notebook platform PC components…
Workers at Chile’s ALMA Telescope Strike Over Working Conditions
An anonymous reader writes with this snippet from Deutsche Welle: “‘Employees at the world’s largest radio telescope have gone on strike after failing to reach agreement over pay and conditions. Workers say they are not sufficiently compensated for isolation and high altitude.’. The strike started on Thursday, and the telescope is currently not operating. Although…
myBusinessAdmin SQL Injection
myBusinessAdmin suffers from a remote SQL injection vulnerability. Note that this finding houses site-specific data…….
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