News tagged with power outage
'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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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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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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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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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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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 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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