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A group of US lawmakers has asked Google to answer questions on the privacy implications and possible "misuse of information" of its Google Glass project. http://phys.org/news288008676.html Technology - Other Fri, 17 May 2013 11:40:01 EST news288008676 A worldwide gang of criminals stole $45 million in a matter of hours by hacking their way into a database of prepaid debit cards and then draining cash machines around the globe, federal prosecutors said—and outmoded U.S. card technology may be partly to blame. http://phys.org/news287334896.html Technology - Other Thu, 09 May 2013 16:15:05 EST news287334896 (Phys.org) —Video game and augmented-reality game players can spontaneously build virtual teams and leadership structures without special tools or guidance, according to researchers. http://phys.org/news286449741.html Technology - Other Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:22:36 EST news286449741 At the end of a long day, it can be more convenient to order your groceries online while sitting on the living room couch instead of making a late-night run to the store. New research shows it's also much more environmentally friendly to leave the car parked and opt for groceries delivered to your doorstep. http://phys.org/news286429628.html Technology - Other Mon, 29 Apr 2013 04:47:29 EST news286429628 As the investigation of the Boston Marathon bombings illustrates, getting lost in the crowd is no longer an easy feat. There are eyes—and cameras—everywhere. http://phys.org/news285590825.html Technology - Other Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:00:02 EST news285590825 (Phys.org) —Adafruit, a company founded in 2005 by engineer Limor Fried, has begun offering a free educational program for children on YouTube. It's called Circuit Playground and the aim is to teach children the basics of how electricity works—it will follow an alphabetical approach—the first episode is called "A is for Ampere." http://phys.org/news284208007.html Technology - Other Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:30:01 EST news284208007 Privacy laws urgently need to be updated to protect the public from information-gathering by the thousands of civilian drones expected to be flying in U.S. skies in the next decade or so, legal experts told a Senate panel Wednesday. http://phys.org/news283008963.html Technology - Other Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:10:01 EST news283008963 US readers are increasingly opting for digital books instead of ink-and-paper editions, according to a Pew Research Center study released on Thursday. http://phys.org/news275836135.html Technology - Other Thu, 27 Dec 2012 13:09:05 EST news275836135 (Phys.org)—By reorganizing the typewriter's characters into ready-made clusters of commonly used words, Mao-era Chinese typists solved problems that cell phones only came to recently. http://phys.org/news273396217.html Technology - Other Thu, 29 Nov 2012 07:24:07 EST news273396217 British intelligence officials are baffled by a secret World War II message that was discovered on the leg of a dead pigeon, they admitted on Friday. http://phys.org/news272891524.html Technology - Other Fri, 23 Nov 2012 11:12:19 EST news272891524 Voting went smoothly in Tuesday's US elections, except when it didn't. Some computer problems, as well as human ones, drew complaints across the country as millions of Americans went to the polls. http://phys.org/news271443301.html Technology - Other Tue, 06 Nov 2012 16:55:12 EST news271443301 Few want to even think about it, but the 2012 US election result could be clouded by problems with voting machines ... again. http://phys.org/news271139747.html Technology - Other Sat, 03 Nov 2012 06:00:01 EST news271139747 Facebook Inc. is on the outs with investors, and the tumbling stock price has dented employees' morale and personal net worth. But at 1 Hacker Way, there's no stopping the hacker culture - or the hackathon. http://phys.org/news269257317.html Technology - Other Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:50:06 EST news269257317 (Phys.org)—Women are twice as likely as men to use emoticons in text messages, according to a new study from Rice University. http://phys.org/news269158412.html Technology - Other Thu, 11 Oct 2012 07:13:39 EST news269158412 Typeface aficionados perceive major differences among fonts that look broadly similar to the rest of us. Now an MIT study suggests that when it comes to the typefaces used on auto dashboards, such differences might not be just an aesthetic matter, but a vital safety matter. http://phys.org/news268648056.html Technology - Other Fri, 05 Oct 2012 09:28:08 EST news268648056 (Phys.org)—Energy firms have spent vast sums on the security of their information systems, but they must reorient from a reactive, tactical posture regarding intrusions and attacks to a more strategic, holistic view that expands beyond the categorization of the issue as an IT problem, according to a new paper from Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. http://phys.org/news267428853.html Technology - Other Fri, 21 Sep 2012 06:47:39 EST news267428853 (Phys.org)—In response to a BBC report that proved that BMW cars built between 2006 and 2011 can be easily stolen by thieves using a device that takes advantage of the cars' computer system, BMW has announced that all owners of such vehicles can bring them in for a free fix. http://phys.org/news266830941.html Technology - Other Fri, 14 Sep 2012 09:10:04 EST news266830941 (AP)—The earliest movies known to be shot in color have been revived by film archivists, who on Wednesday gave an audience at London's Science Museum a glimpse at cinema's first attempts to show us the world as we see it. http://phys.org/news266675814.html Technology - Other Wed, 12 Sep 2012 13:37:29 EST news266675814 A couple of years ago, Hesham Rakha misjudged a yellow traffic light and entered an intersection just as the light turned red. A police officer handed him a ticket. http://phys.org/news266602198.html Technology - Other Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:10:41 EST news266602198 (Phys.org) -- For all customers, merchants and restaurant owners making use of card readers for transactions, well, this is not the best of news. Experts have found a security flaw in chip and PIN terminals that allows thieves to download customers’ card details. According to a UK-based security firm, MWR InfoSecurity, hackers can steal details from chip and PIN machines. MWR was able to prove how easily it can be done. According to a report on Sunday, thousands of credit and debit card readers, such as those sitting in shops and restaurants, will need to be reprogrammed following revelations that they can be hacked into and used to steal cardholders' details. http://phys.org/news262925438.html Technology - Other Tue, 31 Jul 2012 04:50:01 EST news262925438 Air traffic control software used around the world could be exploited by hackers to unleash squadrons of ghost planes to befuddle those entrusted to keep the skies safe, a security researcher said Thursday. http://phys.org/news262579288.html Technology - Other Fri, 27 Jul 2012 03:41:38 EST news262579288 Security flaws in voting technology in a number of US states could taint the outcome of the 2012 election, a study concluded Wednesday, saying it was "highly likely" some systems will fail. http://phys.org/news262439706.html Technology - Other Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:55:36 EST news262439706 (Phys.org) -- Yet another ATM card-reading heist technique to worry about: Thieves have evolved their ATM techniques in coming up with skinny skimmers to work inside the ATM that are so small they can be fitted inside the credit card insertion slot. They record the data stored on the magnetic stripe on the back of the card as it is slid into a compromised ATM. The skimmers when equipped with a secondary component also record ATM customers entering their PINs, such as with a PIN pad overlay or hidden camera. The news was revealed, as police in an unidentified European nation retrieved the wafer-thin skimmers. http://phys.org/news262437363.html Technology - Other Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:16:22 EST news262437363 (Phys.org) -- Pwnie Express, the company specializing in cyber security products, calls its new device “ingenious.” Bloggers hearing about it are paying attention to the fact that it is a power-strip lookalike but with far more ambitious intentions, such as stealth-penetrating a corporate network. Power Pwn is the name of the little device for security testing on corporate networks. It looks like an under the office desk power strip. It is actually a testing platform where security can be put to the test, a self-hacking tool for launching remotely-activated Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Ethernet attacks. http://phys.org/news262280750.html Technology - Other Mon, 23 Jul 2012 16:46:03 EST news262280750 (Phys.org) -- A sapphire hard disk can last one million years and resolve a problem worrying archaeologists. Thursday, Patrick Charton of the French nuclear waste management agency ANDRA, presented a way out of data storage problems, an information-engraved sapphire disk using platinum. The disk is being called the ultimate, if not ultimately unaffordable, HDD. The disk was announced at this week’s Euroscience Open Forum, a pan-European event drawing researchers, as a way to provide information for future archaeologists. http://phys.org/news261403336.html Technology - Other Fri, 13 Jul 2012 13:03:46 EST news261403336 A trade group for drone aircraft manufacturers and operators has released the industry's first code of conduct in response to growing privacy concerns. http://phys.org/news260540212.html Technology - Other Tue, 03 Jul 2012 13:17:04 EST news260540212 (Phys.org) -- You may have had to think about the Internet as a place where your Web usage puts a pricetag on your head and you are treated with ads assuming you are a likely customer. Now you need to think about the Internet as a place where your Web usage may land you on the books as mentally imbalanced. Sriram Chellappan and Raghavendra Kotikalapudi are two researchers who suggest the way one uses the Internet says something about the user’s mental well-being. Chellappan is an assistant professor of computer science at Missouri University of Science and Technology and Kotikalapudi is a computer science graduate. http://phys.org/news259248899.html Technology - Other Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:35:09 EST news259248899 All nuclear energy and weapons programs should be independently regulated and subject to rigorous peer review, according to three experts on nuclear policy. Their comments and recommendations are published in an article entitled, "A Safer Nuclear Enterprise," in the June 8 issue of the journal Science. http://phys.org/news258294208.html Technology - Other Thu, 07 Jun 2012 14:00:14 EST news258294208 People who have already sifted through online information to make sense of a subject can help strangers facing similar tasks without ever directly communicating with them, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Microsoft Research have demonstrated. http://phys.org/news255608927.html Technology - Other Mon, 07 May 2012 11:29:45 EST news255608927 A suspected member of the Al Qaeda terrorist group, arrested in May last year in Germany, was found with a memory stick hidden in his underwear. Police discovered the stick contained a password-protected folder with pornographic videos inside it, but suspicious computer forensic experts thought there must be more. After weeks of analysis, they determined that one of the pornographic videos contained concealed documents detailing Al Qaeda operations and plans. http://phys.org/news255311643.html Technology - Other Fri, 04 May 2012 07:00:01 EST news255311643