News tagged with power outage
A strong backhand slap from end of solar storm (Update)
The solar storm that seemed to be more fizzle than fury got much stronger early Friday before fading again.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 09, 2012 |
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Anonymous says power grid not a target
Hacker group Anonymous strongly rejected suggestions on Tuesday that followers could cause a power outage by staging a cyberattack on an electricity grid.
Feb 21, 2012 |
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Cloud computing's ubiquity brings down prices
If you've ever had your laptop stolen, watched your toddler baptize your PC with Pepsi, or had your MacBook come to a cold, dead stop, you know that the digital memories we store on our home computers are anything but indelible.
Jan 05, 2012 |
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Northeast power outages hit many businesses hard
(AP) -- Businesses big and small have taken a beating from the power outages caused by the record-setting October snowstorm and the losses are only beginning to be tallied, owners and experts said Monday ...
Nov 08, 2011 |
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'Third World' power outages plague US homes, firms
The United States is the biggest economy in the world, but all it takes to put the lights out here is some snow, or wind, or rain, or squirrels, even a prison break-out.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 06, 2011 |
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'Thinking machines' will run future power grids
(PhysOrg.com) -- Plans to develop the "smart" grid - a system that uses intelligent computer networks to manage electric power - cannot succeed without the creation of new "thinking machines" that can learn ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Oct 13, 2011 |
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Alstom says China needs to 'master' rail technology
Alstom, the French engineering group falsely blamed for a metro accident in Shanghai, said Friday that China needed to "absorb and master" the new railway technology it has acquired in recent years.
Sep 30, 2011 |
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A look at Irene's wake -- and what's ahead
(AP) -- The latest on what's happening with Hurricane Irene - in its wake and in its path as it moves north along the Eastern Seaboard:
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 29, 2011 |
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NTT DoCoMo plans green-energy cellphone masts
Japan's largest mobile phone operator, NTT DoCoMo, plans to start powering its cellphone tower network with renewable energy such as solar, wind or biomass, the company said Friday.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jul 08, 2011 |
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New approach to modeling power system aims for better monitoring and control of blackouts
Major power outages are fairly infrequent, but when they happen they can result in billions of dollars in costs – and even contribute to fatalities. Now research from North Carolina State University has led to the development ...
Jan 12, 2011 |
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Power plants, other infrastructure face hackers
(AP) -- More than half of the operators of power plants and other "critical infrastructure" say in a new study that their computer networks have been infiltrated by sophisticated adversaries. In many cases, foreign governments ...
Jan 28, 2010 |
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Brazil blackouts result of cyber hacking: report
Massive power outages in Brazil in 2005 and 2007 that impacted millions were caused by cyber hackers attacking control systems, the US television network CBS said Sunday.
Nov 07, 2009 |
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Researchers can predict hurricane-related power outages (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using data from Hurricane Katrina and four other destructive storms, researchers from Johns Hopkins and Texas A&M universities say they have found a way to accurately predict power outages ...
Oct 20, 2009 |
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Severe Space Weather
Did you know a solar flare can make your toilet stop working?
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 22, 2009 |
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