Technology Category
Representative Lamar Smith Removes DNS Blocking Provision From SOPA [Lamar Smith Drops DNS Blocking From SOPA So Committee Can 'Examine Issues' Surrounding Provision]
There’s a lot of really bad things about the pending Stop Online Piracy Act, but today, one of the worst has been removed. Representative Lamar Smith, the main sponsor and author of SOPA (or, as we like to call him around these parts, internet enemy number one) has removed the [...]
WiFi Signals May Be Used To Spy On Your Movements Inside Your House [A High-Tech Snoop May Be Able To Use WiFi To track Your Movements From Outside Your House]
In a high-tech world like we live in, there are many ways spies and snoops can keep a bead on you. Is you life interesting enough to elicit such dubious actions as spying and snooping? For the high-tech snoop, almost any tool can be used for their deeds. What if [...]
Nonprofit Collects Cell Phones & Sends Them To Youth In Cuba [Roots Of Hope Starts “Cell Phones For Cuba” To Get Cell Phones To Youth In Cuba To Help them Connect]
Cuba, as a closed communist country happens to be behind the times a bit and some of the technology that we take for granted on a daily basis is a little harder to come by there. A nonprofit organization is working to help the youth in Cuba by getting them [...]
LulzSec & Anonymous Hackers Arrested Including One Homeless Man [Cops Have Two Suspected Hackers In Custody & Names Are Named]
The police are on a role again with two more devious hackers in custody and more warrants on the way. The kind folks of the hacker groups LulzSec and Anonymous took another hit recently with a member from each in the slammer. This time one of them were homeless. A [...]
New Technologies Emerging Are Changing Healthcare In Developing Countries [UN Report Lists Ways Technology Is Improving Healthcare For developing Countries]
Sometimes today’s technology, such as smartphones, gets a bad rap when it comes to health and wellness. Technology, however, is also making quite an improvement to our lives, and those in developing nations as well.
Linux Turns Twenty Years Old As It Continues To Take Over The World [Wish Linux A Happy Birthday As You Realize How Many Gadgets Are Actually Powered By It]
Linux has been around for quite a while now. It is still toted as one of the slimmest, stablest operating system around and it open source. Yesterday it turned 20 it being the date it was actually released to the world.
Windows XP Gets The Time Of Death Stamp [Windows XP Will Go By The Wayside With Microsoft Promising To Not Extend Support Again]
Windows has had a rough go at it in the last few years. Basically Windows Vista (AKA Beasta) was quite the failure and many, if not most, companies decided to stick with Windows XP even though it’s a decade old. Now Microsoft makes sure we know that support will be [...]
Body Wearable Antenna Could Make A Soldier’s Load Lighter [Antennas Woven Into Uniforms Could Give Soldiers Needed Connectivity While Lightening Their Load]
British military company BAE Systems has developed the ability to weave an antenna right into the clothes of soldiers. The benefits of such an idea is numerous. First, the whip antennas in use can become cumbersome to carry adding weight to already heavy loads soldiers have to carry. Next, whip [...]
Dozens Run To Allegheny Mountains To Escape Effects Of WiFi & Other Wireless Technology [People Seek Refuge In The US Radio Quiet Zone In West Virginia Because Of Allergic Reactions To Wireless Technology]
The condition is a debated one but to many people it is very real. It’s called electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS) and they say that exposure to electromagnetic fields emitted by cell phones, WiFi and other wireless equipment can cause symptoms in these people such as headaches, chronic pain, skin burning and [...]
Google Bought Motorola for Products, Not Just Patents [Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt Says Motorola Mobility Acquisition Not Only Meant to Bolster Patent Holdings Amid Smartphone & Tablet Patent Wars]
As Google’s $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility brings in thousands of patents into Google’s fold, Eric Schmidt says it’s not just about the patents.

