Tag Archives: Decade

Sun Flatlining Into Grand Minimum, Says Solar Physicist

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With each passing season, the weather seems stranger and more extreme. Who can argue with a sudden outbreak of the “polar vortex” phenomenon; unprecedented winter drought in California; and summer...

Court Prods FCC In Unexpected Direction In Last Week’s Verizon Ruling

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By Andy Oram A court ruling this past Tuesday on FCC “network neutrality” regulation closes and opens a few paths in a three-way chess game that has been going on for years between the US District...

After 30 Years, Con Edison’s Customers Stop Paying Madison Square Garden’s Electric Bills

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Thank you, Consolidated Edison of New York. I never expected to write that, but I felt obliged to applaud the Big Apple's biggest energy utility for pulling the plug on one of the most perverse...
    






Arcam’s miniBlink: A Great New Way To Stream Your Music To A High-End Stereo

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Those of us who grew up in the age of analog hi-fi are perhaps still a little uncomfortable with the concept of having all our music held in digital format. It may be convenient to have all your...
    






Actually Two Attacks In One, Target Breach Affected 70 to 110 Million Customers

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The latest reports from Reuters indicate that six additional large U.S. retailers have ongoing point of sale (POS) data breaches that have been reported to law enforcement but not yet made public....
    






The CIOs’ Dilemma: Making The Leap To The Next Phase Of Computing

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There’s an annoying buzz hovering around CIOs’ heads these days. It goes by many names but has the same aggravating hum no matter who’s saying it. Some call it digital transformation; others,...
    






Researchers Report Exact Timeline Of Massive Target Data Breach

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Following yesterday’s identification by Brian Krebs of the exact malware used in last year’s Target personal data breach, the research lab at Seculert analyzed a sample of the malware and describes...
    






Jawbone Era Bluetooth headset gets refreshed

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Jawbone is one of the more well know name sin the Bluetooth headset market for smarten users. The company has announced a new version of its Era headset is now available to purchase. The new version...
    






Nintendo’s Imagined Success Is More Dangerous Than Their Current Failure

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There’s big news today that Nintendo has drastically revised their fiscal year forecast of Wii U sales, cutting the prediction from 9 million to 2.8 million,  just a few months before the goal was...