A Haunted Computer

Russians piggybacked on cyber criminal's hacking to spy on infected computers: FBI

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 13 Mar 2017

The bureau has announced a $US3 million bounty for his capture, the most ever for a computer criminal, and has been trying to track his movements in the hopes of grabbing him if he strays outside his home turf in Russia ... While Bogachev was draining bank accounts, it appears that Russian authorities were looking over his shoulder, searching the same computers for files and emails....

Scientists race to prevent wipeout of world’s coral reefs

Edit The Seattle Times 13 Mar 2017

SOUTH ARI ATOLL, Maldives (AP) — There were startling colors here just a year ago, a dazzling array of life beneath the waves. Now this Maldivian reef is dead, killed by the stress of rising ocean temperatures. What’s left is a haunting expanse of gray, a scene repeated in reefs across the globe in what […] ... ....

Scientists race to prevent wipeout of world's coral reefs

Edit Star Tribune 13 Mar 2017

There were startling colors here just a year ago, a dazzling array of life beneath the waves. Now this Maldivian reef is dead, killed by the stress of rising ocean temperatures. What's left is a haunting expanse of gray, a scene repeated in reefs across the globe in what has fast become a full-blown ecological catastrophe ... ....

Rapid global loss of life-sustaining coral amid ocean warming alarming scientists

Edit Japan Times 13 Mar 2017

There were startling colors here just a year ago, a dazzling array of life beneath the waves. Now this Maldivian reef is dead, killed by the stress of rising ocean temperatures. What’s left is a haunting expanse of gray, a scene repeated in reefs across the globe in what has fast become a full-blown ecological appeared first on The Japan Times ... ....

Tiny tots bring in riot of colours at Helen O’Grady Drama Fest

Edit The Times of India 13 Mar 2017

Nagpur ... Children from the age group of 4 years to 14 years put on their acting shoes and outfits appropriating the characters they were set to play ... Varied thematic productions were shown on stage. 'Hare and the tortoise', 'Haunted house', 'Fancy that', 'Fiesta in Triesta' were some of the plays that were staged by the children ... I found The Haunted House and Grasshopper And The Ants to be particularly good," she said ... RELATED ... Capital One....

The Tech Guy 1371

Edit Twit TV 13 Mar 2017

How to back up photos privately and the benefits of using the cloud, best time to buy a new computer, get control of your browser back, can you use your old hard drives in a new computer, update your mobile phone, how to fix your WiFi, and your calls!. Host. Leo Laporte. Download or subscribe to this show at https.//twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy. For detailed show notes, visit techguylabs.com ... ....

‘Agents Of Shield’: Will Imaginary Grant Ward Be A Good Guy?

Edit Inquisitr 13 Mar 2017

... can live out fantasy lives created by the computer program ... Whether this means that the computer program has misinterpreted her desires or not is not clear....

How in-car sensing technology will save lives

Edit Venture Beat 13 Mar 2017

This can be facilitated using machine learning and computer vision inside the car ... Using computer vision technology, facial analysis of the driver and/or passenger can be used to determine who out of a pool of drivers is sitting behind the wheel ... Now it’s up to new technologies, like in-car sensing, computer vision, and AI to combat distracted driving and ensure our safety until fully autonomous vehicles hit the market....

Patent Focus: recent local patents awarded

Edit Richmond Times Dispatch 13 Mar 2017

The system may include Remote Hubs, Subordinate Remotes, a Substation Receiver, and an associated Computing Platform and Concentrator ... The Substation Receiver, Computing Platform and Concentrator may detect and infer schematic grid location attributes of the network and publish the detected and inferred attributes to other application systems including geospatial information systems maintaining the logical and physical network model....

How the invention of paper changed the world

Edit BBC News 13 Mar 2017

Computing's hidden hero ... When it comes to writing, though, some say paper's days are numbered, believing the computer will usher in the "paperless office" ... The idea really caught on as computers started to enter the workplace in the 1970s and it was repeated in breathless futurologists' reports for the next decades ... Yes, computers made it simple to ......

Russia cyber attackers may target UK elections, warn spies

Edit BGR 13 Mar 2017

Russia is also accused of helping Donald Trump win the US presidential election, and infiltrating German Parliament's computer network in 2015 ... In his letter, Martin said ... “This is not just about the network security of political parties’ own systems ... ALSO READ ... DON’T MISS ... Russia was also accused of infiltrating the German Parliament’s computer network in 2015. BONUS VIDEO ... ....

Judge Dismisses Issa's 10 million$ Defamation Suit ag Opponent Applegate

Edit Democratic Underground 13 Mar 2017

This was mentioned fast on the tv news here on Thurs, and I've intermiitently been able to pull up a longer report at the La Jolla Light since. Today I can't pull up the LJ Light piece and the SD Union, which controls the print story, not accessible for me ... And lesson to Repubs...be careful what hateful votes you make, because they will come back to haunt you from a smart and strategic opponent ... ....

World Wide Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee urges crackdown on fake news

Edit Topix 13 Mar 2017

World Wide Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee has said the impact of fake news is increasingly concerning, as he unveiled plans to tackle "unethical" political advertising and the harvesting of data. The British computer scientist said, exactly 28 years after his invention, the three new trends have become alarming in the last 12 months ... ....