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Submission + - Microsoft researchers use light beams to charge smartphones (computerworld.com.au) 1

Submitted by angry tapir on Monday January 19, 2015 @02:02AM

angry tapir writes: A group of Microsoft researchers has built a prototype charger for smartphones that can scan a room until it locates a mobile device compatible with the system and then charge the handset using a light beam. The researchers say they can achieve efficiency comparable to conventional wired phone chargers. The biggest barrier? Smartphones don't (yet) come with solar panels attached.

Submission + - : NSA Hack of North Korea is How Obama Was Convinced NK Was Behind Sony Hack (nytimes.com)

Submitted by Mike Lape on Monday January 19, 2015 @12:36AM

Mike Lape writes: The evidence gathered by the “early warning radar” of software painstakingly hidden to monitor North Korea’s activities proved critical in persuading President Obama to accuse the government of Kim Jong-un of ordering the Sony attack, according to the officials and experts, who spoke on the condition of anonymity about the classified N.S.A. operation.

Submission + - Tweet From Hacked AP Account Causes High Freq Traders to Drop DOW 150 Points (cnbc.com)

Submitted by Mike Lape on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @02:38PM

Mike Lape writes: Stocks plunged and recovered within minutes after the hacked AP Twitter account sent out a tweet that indicated that the White House had been the victim of an explosion and that President Obama had been injured. "That goes to show you how algorithms read headlines and create these automatic orders – you don't even have time to react as a human being""

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