Waking up in a comfortable bed, a thick sensor-mattress that adjusted to his every contour and movement during the night. The bright light coming in from the east-facing windows as the sun rose to help him greet the new day. And the smell of eggs and chorizo sausage, rosemary-scented potatoes and gluten-free multigrain toast… How […]
Cyberwars: Cutting Off An Entire Continent
Many people thought the Cyberbunker attack was impressive, a massive spam attack that clogged up the internet with a mind-boggling 300 gigabits per second. But at the same time, another cyberattack took place in a different part of the world, one which threatened to cut off an entire continent from the internet - a connection […]
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Cyberwars: The Biggest Cyber Attack in History?
It’s been declared: the largest cyber attack in the history of the internet is happening right now. But you can forget about the US and China, this one is going on between private organizations, both of whom . In short, the fight comes down to Cyberbunker – a decommissioned NATO bunker located just outside of […]
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Of Cybernetic Hate Crimes
Last week, a bar in Seattle banned the use of Google Glass. The pub declared on their Facebook page that if anyone wanted to order a pint, they had better remove their $1500 pair of augmented reality display glasses beforehand. Citing the glasses potential to film or take pictures and post them on the internet, […]
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2013, As Imagined By 1988
Twenty-five years ago, Los Angeles magazine envisioned what the world would look like in the current decade. And unlike Blade Runner, they avoided the cool but standard science fiction allegories – like massive billboards, flying cars and sentient robots – and went straight for the things that seemed entirely possible by contemporary standards. The cover […]
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Hacker Wars: The Invasion Continues!
State-sponsored hacking has been a major concern lately. From Russia’s “Red October” virus, which spied on embassies and diplomats in multiple countries, to China’s ongoing intrusion into government and corporate databases in the US, it seems as though private hackers are no longer the only ones we need to worry about. The latest incident in […]
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Origins of Russian Meteor Found!
Just over a week after a meteor exploded across the sky above the Chelyabinsk region of Russia, a group of astronomers published a paper that reconstructs where the rock came from. The men in question were Jorge Zuluaga and Ignacio Ferrin at the University of Antioquia in Medellin, Colombia. And the method they used was […]
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Dealing with Spam
by storiesbywilliams on April 10, 2013 in News and tagged articles, comments, feedback, Internet, internet scams, junk mail, posts, spam, spam filter, spam folder, spam settings, spammers, web services, website
I’ll say it right off the bat, I hate spam. No, let me express that properly: I HATE SPAM! And not the cheap, spiced ham that comes in a can. No, that at least has some comedic value, and the Monty Python troop made such good fun of it that the name has a permanent […]
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