Topic: - on January 12, 2003 at 6:43:12 PM CET
NASA bewertete "Star-Trek"-Technologien
Die Besatzungen der verschiedenen "Enterprise"-Raumschiffe können sich bei ihren kosmischen Abenteuern auf zahlreiche ausgefeilte technische Errungenschaften verlassen. Viele davon bauen zumindest auf wissenschaftlichen Fundamenten auf. Der NASA-Physiker David Batchelor hat schon vor geraumer Zeit untersucht, welche Star-Trek-Errungenschaften machbar erscheinen.
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Topic: - on January 12, 2003 at 6:24:02 PM CET
Tijuana: Magnet on Mexico's Northern Border
In both good and bad ways, Tijuana profits from its unique position on the frontier between Mexico and the USA. People smugglers and drug dealers bring money into the city, gang crime and the drug trade flourish. The tightening of border controls since September 11, 2001, has turned border traffic into a test of perseverance.
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Topic: - on January 12, 2003 at 6:17:36 PM CET
"Bee Gees"-Sänger Maurice Gibb gestorben
Maurice Gibb, Sänger der "Bee Gees" und Kultfigur der Disko-Pop-Generation der 70er Jahre, ist tot. Der Musiker starb 53-jährig an den Folgen eines Herzinfarkts, wie seine Familie heute in London mitteilte. Gibb war am Donnerstag zusammengebrochen und in ein Krankenhaus in Miami eingeliefert worden.
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Topic: - on January 12, 2003 at 11:39:19 AM CET
Internet browser that quadruples surf speed wins Irish science prize
A computer browser that is said to least quadruple surfing speeds on the Internet has won the top prize at an Irish exhibition for young scientists, it was announced on Saturday.
Adnan Osmani, 16, a student at Saint Finian's College in Mullingar, central Ireland spent 18 months writing 780,000 lines of computer code to develop the browser. Known as "XWEBS", the system works with an ordinary Internet connection using a 56K modem on a normal telephone line.
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Topic: - on January 12, 2003 at 11:32:19 AM CET
Want to know how RIAA.org was hacked?
wo weeks ago the Recording Industry Association of America website was defaced.Twice. Even more embarrassing, the crackers installed pirate music files on the site for download. But how? zone-h.org, a security site-based in Estonia, has uncovered the elementary mistake in RIAA's robot.txt files which gave the crackers their back door. This is our first exposure to Estonian humour. And we like it. The Register is publishing zone-h's entertaining treatment by permission.
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Topic: - on January 12, 2003 at 11:23:04 AM CET
Welcome to spamradio
Spamradio is serving up delicious helpings of spam each hour of every day to all who are hungry.
Using a complex arrangement of pipes and funnels we turn the junk mail that we receive into a streaming audio broadcast that can be enjoyed from anywhere on the Internet.
How do I hear it? To listen to spamradio all you need is a modern computer, a connection to the Internet, and a complete set of (2) working ears.
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Topic: - on January 12, 2003 at 11:13:40 AM CET
Fight with computer brings SWAT team
It turned out that the man was simply upset at his computer — which he had called a "bitch" he "wanted to kill," police said — and the gun was a plastic pellet gun, not the .45-caliber automatic handgun it was made to resemble.
"It was alarming and concerning and expensive for us, but the man's conduct didn't warrant any criminal charges," Deputy Police Chief Dave Hayes said.
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Topic: - on January 12, 2003 at 11:05:49 AM CET
RIAA defaced -again!
Reader reports are flooding in that the RIAA.org has been defaced - again. At time of writing, the site appears to be down, And several readers have been kind enough to include screen grabs, showing that the front page today carried the following message.
RIAA - 0wn3d by.... ;p oooh riaa want's to hack Filesharing Users / Servers ? - better lern to secure your own server... Sorry Admin - had to deactivate ur accounts - they'll be reactivated after 2 hours
greetz : Rage_X, BRAiNBUG, SyzL0rd, BSJ, PsychoD + all the others who want to stay anonymous :] wanna contact ? mailto:h4x0r0815@mail.ru
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Topic: - on January 12, 2003 at 11:01:21 AM CET
Canadian Woman Makes Hockey History in Finland
Canadian Hayley Wickenheiser became the first woman to take to the open ice in a professional men's league Saturday, bagging an assist in Kirkkonummi Lightning's 7-3 win over Kettara.
The 24-year-old also committed an error with a sloppy back pass in a an otherwise sound performance in the Finnish second division.
"I tried to keep it simple... I think it went as well as it could in the conditions," Wickenheiser said after the huge media interest drew over 80 journalists and broadcasters from around the world to the game.
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Topic: - on January 12, 2003 at 10:55:06 AM CET
Pentagon seeks robots for $1 million arms race
The U.S. Defence Department says it is offering a $1 million (620,000 pound) cash prize to the winner of a planned robot vehicle race between Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
The "Grand Challenge," scheduled to take place on February 28, 2004, is intended to spur development of technologies that could be used by the U.S. military.
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Topic: - on January 12, 2003 at 10:50:28 AM CET
PlayStation 3: Supercomputer-On-A-Chip
Destined by all indicators for a 2005 release, stories surround the PS3 pointing toward the incorporation of a complex microprocessor, a supercomputer-on-a-chip bearing the moniker "Cell." Being championed by the hardware triumvirate of IBM, Sony, and Toshiba, these companies have pledged $400 million to the project.
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Topic: - on January 12, 2003 at 10:45:05 AM CET
Who star link to paedophile probe
Rock legend Pete Townshend has issued a public statement denying being a paedophile after his name was linked with a police Internet porn inquiry.
But The Who guitarist and song-writer did admit studying child pornography for research into a campaign against it. He told reporters on Saturday that he told police what he was doing.
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