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There were apocalyptic forecasts about the impact that the dreaded DNS Changer Malware thingy would have on Internet users this past Monday. "Internet Blackout Threatens Thousands Worldwide," MSNBC reported. DNS Changer Malware Could Shutdown Internet for Quarter Million Monday, reported security firm Bit9 on its blog. "Thousands, if not millions of computers could lose Internet access on Monday, July 9, 2012," warned sites including Thomason Tech. Ok, so here's what didn't happen: that. "No major companies experienced issues related to the so-called 'Doomsday Virus,'" Mashable reported. Bits called it "the Internet Apocalypse That Wasn't." Why no disaster as promised? "As part of a federal court order, the F.B.I. arranged for a private company to swap the rogue DNS servers with legitimate servers to keep millions of infected users connected to the Internet." Then "Internet service providers like AT&T and Verizon temporarily substituted their own DNS servers for those set up by the F.B.I. " So it may it's not Apocalypse Now. Maybe later.
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Fans of mano-a-mano competition are having mixed feelings about a marvelous Japanese robot called Janken that can compete with the best human rock-paper-scissors players. It made its video debut on the Web this week. The technology is wild. In fact the darn thing wins every time, which doesn't auger well for the future of humanity. "When machine finally decides to rise against man, the human race is going to have its hands full," says Hot Hardware. "I, for one, welcome our new rock-paper-scissors-playing overlords," says Blame it on the Voices. But here's the thing, as Engadget explains: "this sneaky little future overlord wins 100 percent of its matches by using an oh-so human trait known as cheating." sorkSteroids, right? No...? "Researchers at the University of Tokyo came up with the idea of combining high-speed vision with a high-speed hand. It figures out what you're planning to do and reacts according...way too fast for you to catch it in the act," Hackaday explains. "Apparently one millisecond is all it takes to analyze what move you've chosen." Robots, man. We gotta keep an eye on them. No wonder it was so hard to kill Yul Brynner in Westworld.
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