An emerging high-speed Internet standard in Europe holds potential for faster download speeds and broader availability for many US businesses — if they’re willing to wait a while. Although DSL speeds vary widely, the new G.SHDSL could be two to three times faster than most versions of DSL targeted at business customers. The G.SHDSL standard also can deliver data farther than earlier DSL technologies, which are limited to a relatively short distance
Space enthusiasts know a thing or two about parabolic mirrors and dishes — the cupping of a reflective surface concentrates beams onto a focal point, whether it’s faintly visible starlight you’re gathering or radio waves that might carry a greeting from extraterrestrials. Now that same principal stands ready to cook your food during the autumn camping season
After a decade of planning and three years of construction, a northern gateway to space could see its inaugural use Friday as the Last Frontier State prepares to host its first-ever rocket launch into Earth orbit
One of the greatest fears computer owners face is the risk of someone breaking into their home and stealing their investment. The effects of data loss alone can be devastating. At last there is a very effective method of protecting your personal computer
Local Internet users experienced delays of more than two hours Thursday after two undersea communications cables broke. The SEA-ME-WE3 — South East Asia, Middle East, Western Europe — cable operated by US telecommunications company, MCI, and AT&T/British Telecom’s ChinaUS cable, were apparently broken by a ship’s anchor in the relatively shallow water of the continental shelf 30 kilometres off Shantou, China
A quick injection in the back of the mouth can now silence snorers. The snoreplasty procedure is simple, effective and relatively painless. And at a mere US$35 it could be a wise investment if you’re sharing your bed with an ‘offender’ and are becoming homicidal through lack of sleep
In response to last week’s catastrophic terrorist attacks, the retarded monkey boy plans to ask Congress to approve far-reaching legislation that rewrites US laws dealing with electronic surveillance, immigration and support for terrorists
Noam Chomsky‘s Radio B92 interview about the fallout from the WTC attack is an interesting and enlightening look at why these things happen and how to prevent them happening again
You can’t bomb us back into the Stone Age. We’re already there. But you can start a new world war, and that’s exactly what Osama bin Laden wants — Tamim Ansary, an Afghan in America, offers a look into life in Afghanistan under the Taliban regime
Flexible displays that mimic paper are moving a step closer to reality this week, as a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company opens what it is calling the first facility dedicated to develop the technology
Conducting a bit of astronomical archaeology, researchers have dug up 43-year-old photographic evidence of an ancient black hole and used the information to learn that the object has been wandering at high speed on an odd, looping path through the Milky Way Galaxy for 7 billion years
Envisioned first by Leonardo da Vinci in the 1500s, an ornithopter’s major design dilemma is getting the up an down motion of the wings to be strong enough for lift off, while not destroying the body of the plane in the process. Modern piloted ornithopters, despite Kevlar and Plexiglas, are thus still on the ground
Greater Trenton’s nursing homes say there’s no way that prostitutes or pornography would ever be brought in to ease the sexual tensions of elderly men as practised in Denmark
Telstra’s BigPond ADSL service had a weekend wrought with problems, with users experiencing data flow difficulties and trouble browsing international Web sites. And the problems set to continue, with the telco revealing further planned outages
There are two basic forces in the world: Intelligence and stupidity. Human intelligence generally is creative, and has the potential to enhance our lives. Stupidity almost always is destructive
The US National Security Agency engaged the so-called Echelon communications monitoring network, following on warnings of possible terrorist attacks, as long as three months ago, a German publication, Allgemeine Zeitung, has reported. Western and Middle East intelligence services received warnings more than six months ago that terrorists were planning attacks using hijacked airplanes against prominent symbols of American and Israeli culture
in the United States and elsewhere
With .com .org .net and all the other GTLDs under its firm control, the Real ICANN is now snuffing out independent country code domains and putting them under the same contractual assurances that GTLDs are. This has just begun with the Australian country code domain that has been taken away from Robert Elz, an Australian university professor who had done the task for free for more than 10 years. It has been taken without cause, without hearing, and without due process
Starbucks Thailand is sending a shipment of its Tazo Chai Tea back to the United States after the Food and Drug Administration asked for samples to test the product for the stimulant ephedrine
Farmers could soon be relying on robots to stop their crops being eaten up by hungry slugs. The creators of the robot hope it will eventually be able to recharge its batteries using power generated from the decaying bodies of the slugs it has caught
British authorities have asked all phone companies and ISPs to preserve communications data stored Tuesday in case they contain important clues to the identity of the terrorists who attacked Washington and New York
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