Category Archives: Breaking News

The OS X Mountain Lion Survival Guide

OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion is here. Youre probably going to read a lot about all the new features and how Apples out of ideas. Heres a guide to what will make using all that ML stuff easier—and whats going … Continue reading

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July 27, 2012 13th Annual System Administrator Appreciation Day

A sysadmin unpacked the server for this website from its box, installed an operating system, patched it for security, made sure the power and air conditioning was working in the server room, monitored it for stability, set up the software, … Continue reading

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Scientists Invent Wonder Material That May Kill Tumors and Cure Diseases

Scientists have invented artificial pores as small as the ones in your cells—something unimaginable until now. These sub-nanometer synthetic pores are so tiny that they can distinguish between ions of different substances, just like a real cell. It’s an amazing … Continue reading

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Scientists Develop Nanoparticle Which Completely Destroys Hepatitis C

Hepatitis C now kills more Americans than HIV and, while there’s increasing progress towards finding a reliable vaccine, results can’t come soon enough. Now, researchers have developed a nanoparticle that effectively eradicates hepatitis C 100 percent of the time. Researchers … Continue reading

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Microsoft Just Lost Money For the First Time Ever

Microsoft just posted its fourth quarter results, and for the first time since the tech giant was founded, it lost money. But this isnt necessarly all doom and gloom the beginning of the end—not yet anyway.Microsoft hasnt had the best … Continue reading

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AT&T unveils Mobile Share, lets you add 10 devices to a single plan — Engadget

We knew it was coming and even Ralph de la Vega himself publicly admitted that it was in the pipeline, but today AT&T has whipped the covers from its new shared data plans. Mobile Share will enable customers to use … Continue reading

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FDA Approves the First Preventative Drug for HIV

Truvada is is a drug already used to treat HIV, but recently, it has been shown to reduce the risk of HIV infection. Now the FDA is approving Truvada for preventive use against HIV. This is a huge deal, considering … Continue reading

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Scientists Now Know Why You Toss and Turn at Night—And It Could Save Lives

Ever kicked your partner as you sleep? By studying rats, University of Toronto scientists have discovered what exactly it is that makes our eyes move and our bodies paralyzed while we slumber, and why some people can’t stay still. And it could … Continue reading

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Hidden Government Scanners Will Instantly Know Everything About You From 164 Feet Away

Within the next year or two, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will instantly know everything about your body, clothes, and luggage with a new laser-based molecular scanner fired from 164 feet 50 meters away. From traces of drugs or … Continue reading

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Your Internet Might Shut Off Tomorrow Because of a Virus—Heres How to Fix It

Tonight at 12:01 AM EDT Monday July 9th, the Internet is going to become inaccessible for nearly half a million people around the world because of malware called DNS Changer. If your computer is infected with DNS Changer, it wont … Continue reading

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