Security companies on alert as scam e-mails plunge
E-mail spam has plunged by more than half since Christmas Day when the world's largest criminal spamming operation inexplicably shut down.
E-mail spam has plunged by more than half since Christmas Day when the world's largest criminal spamming operation inexplicably shut down.
Internet
Jan 14, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- French physicist Gaston Plante invented the lead-acid battery in 1859 almost 50 years before Einstein developed his theories of relativity. Now scientists have found that the lead-acid battery, which ...
It could spell the end for cheating autorickshaw drivers in India, the scourge of commuters and foreign tourists alike.
Software
Jan 14, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A non-superconducting material has been transformed into a superconductor using light, Oxford University researchers report.
Superconductivity
Jan 14, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Nanoparticles of gold and palladium (Au-Pd) could lead to a more efficient and environmentally friendly way of producing benzyl benzoate, a chemical compound used widely in the food, pharmaceutical and chemical ...
Nanomaterials
Jan 14, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in the Czech Republic and Germany studying the hunting behavior of red foxes have discovered the foxes are more successful if they jump on their prey towards the north.
A face-recognising vending machine developed in Taiwan is able to offer hair-growing tonic to balding men and razors to people with beards, one of the inventors said Friday.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 14, 2011
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Ubisoft on Thursday announced an April 12 release date for a Michael Jackson video game that challenges Xbox 360 players to dance like the King of Pop.
Software
Jan 14, 2011
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A teenager involved in a car crash that killed nine people in Thailand deserves "no happiness forever", according to just one of more than 300,000 Facebook users who support a page set up to condemn her.
Internet
Jan 14, 2011
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(AP) -- China said Friday it would cut emissions this year by rejecting construction projects that pollute too much and developing new technologies that curb greenhouse gases.
Environment
Jan 14, 2011
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