Archive for March, 2010
Real estate site warns against scam emails
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
ONLINE scammers break into real estate site's database and send fake emails to subscribers.
The ‘real face’ of Jesus to be revealed
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
CUTTING-EDGE technology and the Shroud of Turin used to create the "most credible" face of Jesus.
Internet cloud runs on coal - Greenpeace
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
THE internet "cloud" is creating real pollution as Facebook, Apple and others build data centers powered by coal, Greenpeace says.
Google car vandalised ‘in protest’
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
VANDALS attack a Google Street View car then leave a polite note warning the driver about the tyres.
Facebook moves to protect tribute pages
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
FACEBOOK has taken its first official step to combat the vulgar "trolling" of online tribute pages.
Atom smasher creates record collisions
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
Large Hadron Collider comes within a whisker of recreating the conditions of the Big Bang.
Blogger censured for lack of evidence
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
THE UK's press watchdog has censured a journalist's blog for the first time because it breached the rules on accuracy.
iPhone users’ private photos made public
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
THOUSANDS of intimate photos sent between iPhone users made public after a security flaw.
‘Broadband network shouldn’t cost $43bn’
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
THE national broadband network should cost about $30 billion to build, not the $43 billion suggested by the Federal Government, says an internet service provider.
Drug firms find recruits for trials on Twitter
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
SOCIAL media websites are being used to find clinical trail recruits by drug developers.