Bryan Fuller’s Munsters remake, Mockingbird Lane, may make it to the screen after all. Rumors were circulating that the project, two years in the making, was in trouble but with plenty of money already sunk into it, NBC was not too keen on just dropping the film altogether. As it turns out, it may make…
Year: 2012
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So faster-than-light travel may be possible after all
Although Einstein’s theories suggest that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light, two scientists have extended his equations to show what would happen if faster-than-light travel were possible. In effect, they propose that the universe is divided into two worlds – one where everything moves slower than the speed of light and the…
10 minute video explains how Tor works behind the scenes to provide anonymity
Compute Cycle brings us a “deep dive” into Tor and how it works to provide anonymity in a new 10-minute video (see below). In addition, EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) has a neat interactive graphic on their website that lets you visualize what data is visible to eavesdroppers when Tor and/or https is involved. Dive in…
Video shows octopus making quick work of food trap while fighting off shark with one tentacle
China’s Lenovo passes HP to become the world’s #1 PC maker
HRP-4C Miim female robot walks like a human being – similar to ASIMO but prettier
Advanced Industrial Science Technology (AIST) has created HRP-4C Miim, a female robot that walks like a human being (similar to ASIMO but prettier). Her knees are stretched by up/down motion of the waist, the single-toe supporting realizes longer strides, and she mimics the swing motion of human legs.
Botnet discovered that scanned the entire IPv4 address space in less than two weeks
Researchers at the University of California San Diego have monitored a botnet that they believe scanned the entire IPv4 address space, possibly in less than two weeks. Using a network block called the UCSD Network Telescope, also known as the UCSD darknet, researchers noticed the illicit activity in February 2011.










