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Time to tell Mum, Stop the ISP Internet Filtering.
May 28th
About time everyone starts to pay ttention to this, Publish links and tell eveyone you can.
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley to replace Megan Fox in Transformers 3
May 27th
Megan Fox is being replaced in Transformers 3 with Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
http://www.geekweek.com/2010/05/rosie-huntingtonwhiteley-to-replace-megan-fox-in-transformers-3.html
Physicists Do What Einstein Thought Impossible
May 25th
“Einstein worked on Brownian motion (the movement of small particles in a fluid as they collide with the fluid’s molecules) in 1905, but said it would be ‘impossible’ to determine the speed and direction of a single particle during this dance.
Source: http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/05/24/1855208/Physicists-Do-What-Einstein-Thought-Impossible
NASA Mars Lander Phoenix killed by ice
May 25th
NASA officially ended its Phoenix Mars Lander operation today after a new image of the machine showed severe ice damage to its solar panels and repeated attempts to contact the spacecraft had failed.
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/nasa-mars-lander-phoenix-killed-ice
Google Admits collecting unecrypted Wifi Data
May 19th
In a recent annoucement Google admits collecting or “sampling” unencrypted wifi data while operating its StreetView Vehicles, it was a mistake where a programmers code was put into production that should never have been put there.
Virtual Box 3.1.8 Released
May 11th
VirtualBox 3.1.8 has now been released, Oracle badging and updates included
China sells Wifi Hacking kits to public for free wifi
May 7th
Check out this little story about shops selling wifi hacking kits, so users can get free wifi
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/050510-wi-fi-key-cracking-kits-sold-in.html?t51hb
Windows 8 Rumours what GetGeeked has read an heard
Apr 27th
GetGeeked recently read, heard and discussed various rumours and information about Windows 8.
This is what we have compiled so far.
- Windows 8 should be out late 2011 or early 2012.
- We may have 128 bit version of Windows 8?
- Security Inprovements
- Faster hibernation and resume for sleep mode
- Inproved MultiMonitor support for 3 or more monitors
- Seadragon – New way to use screens, www.seadragon.com
If you have any more info you can offer, please comment.