Comment Faster Firefox (Score 1) 111
If we could be rid of those "you closed a tab" popups, Firefox might not be faster, but I could be more productive, not having to wait to act in the next tab.
Comment cadence (Score 2) 179
SpaceX has moved to launching rockets within an hour of each other. Multiple distanced facilities make sense.
Comment cord cutting (Score 5, Insightful) 74
Transforming into a targeted ad broker, makes sense while you watch your traditional cable channels earnings dry up.
Comment America's birthday (Score 1) 315
The gift an immigrant trillionaire.
Comment Organoid glue (Score 1) 193
What if we use the ability to fuse to connect with each other. Organoid fuse one brain and then to another.
Carbon Trading Halted After EU Exchange Is Hacked 228
chicksdaddy writes "The European Commission (EC) suspended trading in carbon credits on Wednesday after unknown hackers compromised the accounts of Czech traders and siphoned off around $38 million, Threatpost reports. EU countries including Estonia, Austria, The Czech Republic, Poland and France began closing their carbon trading registries yesterday after learning that carbon allowances had been siphoned from the account of the Czech based register. A notice posted on the Web site of the Czech based registry said that it was 'not accessible for technical reasons' on Thursday and the EC issued an order to cease spot trading until January 26 so that it can sort out what appears to be chronic security lapses within the system."
Microsoft Patches "Google Hack" Flaw In IE 142
An anonymous reader writes "As expected, Microsoft has issued an out-of-band security patch to address a remote code execution hole in Internet Explorer that was used in the recent Chinese attacks disclosed by Google. Ars Technica has all the download links you need."
Proton Beams Sent Around the LHC 115
feldhaus writes "The BBC reports that the first beams for over one year have been successfully sent around the complete circumference of the Large Hadron Collider. Engineers do not yet have a stable circulating beam but they hope to by 0600 GMT on Saturday."
Intel Takes SATA Performance Crown With X25-E SSD 164
theraindog writes "We've already seen Intel's first X25-M solid-state drive blow the doors off the competition, and now there's a new X25-E Extreme model that's even faster. This latest drive reads at 250MB/s, writes at 170MB/s, and offers ten times the lifespan of its predecessor, all while retaining Intel's wicked-fast storage controller and crafty Native Command Queuing support. The Extreme isn't cheap, of course, but The Tech Report's in-depth review of the drive suggests that if you consider its cost in terms of performance, the X25-E actually represents good value for demanding multi-user environments."
Comment Re:It's called transubstantiation. (Score 1) 264
shouldn't that read the large sample of DNA on the alter boy?
