Tag: PROTECTION

Retreating from its previous stance, Facebook yesterday announced that it had pulled a page calling for a Third Palestinian Intifada. Israeli Cabinet Minister Yuli Edelstein wrote Mark Zuckerberg last week to request that the page be shuttered, but Facebook initially refused to do so; the company claimed that there was nothing overtly violent about the page, which was established as a call for ...

The Obama administration is pushing Congress to adopt a so-called "privacy bill of rights," in order to offer greater protection for Americans concerned about online data gathering and targeted advertising. Assistant Secretary of Commerce Lawrence E. Strickling is expected to propose the legislation today during a hearing of the Senate Commerce Committee. A source familiar with the matter told ...

iPhones, BlackBerrys and other smartphones have made it remarkably easy for us to share photos on sites like Facebook and Flickr. But they've made it a lot easier for cyberstalkers to track us, as well. That's because many digital photos contain a kind of encoded data known as Exchangeable Image File Format (EXIF). This type of data is often used by professional photographers, since it reveals ...

When you strap on a pair of skis or a snowboard, naturally, you run the risk of sustaining a head injury. But students at Northeastern University have developed a helmet that not only protects your head, but monitors the severity of injuries, too. According to Inhabitat, the Head Impact Detection and Alert System is a helmet lined with sensors that measures acceleration and displays the severity ...

We find it hard to believe that we won't see one of these being used somewhere in the upcoming 007 film, but even if not, you can definitely put one to use in your everyday life -- if you can get ahold of one of the ten being made, that is. Srulirecht's DÆmdur is a Kevlar-based handkerchief which can keep your schnoz squeaky clean and (in theory, at least) keep your chest free from ...

Moving your company to cheap new office space in downtown Baghdad? Sun Microsystems has you covered with Project Blackbox, a prototype datacenter built inside of a giant metal shipping container. It's a 'portable,' instant computing infrastructure (space for up to 500 CPUs) that can be quickly and easily deployed anywhere. And it's no coincidence that this monster shares its name with the ...

Today, music download site MusicGiants announced the release of Paul McCartney's new 'Memory Almost Full' album, available as an HD download, free of DRM copy protection. This means you can play these tracks on any music player that can handle WMA tracks (which, unfortunately, does not include iPods). What's an HD download? MusicGiants sells lossless WMA tracks, which, at 1,100 kilobits per ...