In North Korea's mountainous Hyungsan region, a military academy specializing in electronic warfare has been churning out 100 cybersoldiers every year for nearly two decades.
Graduates of the elite hacking program at Mirim College are skilled in everything from writing computer viruses to penetrating network defenses and programming weapon guidance systems.
Intel has a problem on its hands with its new chipset for wireless laptops: The Centrino chipset can freeze laptops trying to run software for creating Virtual Private Networks.
Virtual Private Networks, or VPNs, are widely used "tunnels" that allow a user to connect to internal computer networks at businesses, schools and governments through the Internet.
Went to a “Stag and Doe” last night. It took a 20oz. pitcher and two pints of Guinness, but it...
Bought the latest issue of “2600” and am trying out some DVD-ripping. There’s this cewl article that shows how to...
Got some pictures developed from the Cuba trip. So here’s a tip — don’t get those “disposable cameras”. While they...
The federal government moved today to eliminate criminal penalties for simple possession of marijuana, but promised a tougher line against growers and dealers. Under legislation introduced by Justice Minister Martin Cauchon, possession of up to 15 grams of pot would be a minor offence punishable by a fine.
Youths could face fines of up to $250 for minor possession while adults could be fined $400.
By contrast, the maximum sentence for illicit growers would be boosted to 14 years in prison from the current seven.
The penalty for trafficking would stay the same, with a maximum life sentence.
A U.S. court has ordered Research In Motion to pay $8.87 million in enhanced damages in its ongoing patent-infringement suit with NTP Software, according to statement from NTP and its attorneys.
The statement said the U.S. Federal District Court in Richmond, Va., also awarded privately held NTP 80 percent of its legal fees. But it said the court had not yet ruled on NTP's request for an injunction to stop RIM from selling the popular BlackBerry e-mail device.
Officials with Waterloo, Ontario-based RIM could not immediately be reached for comment.
As perhaps the clearest evidence yet of the power of sophisticated but inexpensive game consoles, the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has assembled a supercomputer from an army of Sony PlayStation 2 devices.
A software maker that specializes in tools for measuring performance of PC components has accused graphics chip giant Nvidia of manipulating test results for its latest graphics chip.
Saratoga, Calif.-based Futuremark on Friday said in a statement that Nvidia tweaked software needed to run its new GeForce FX 5900 processor to distort performance in Futuremark's 3DMark 03 testing application. Futuremark is one of the leading independent providers of software and services for performing PC "benchmark" tests.
This is a fun page with some info on your favourite Sci-Fi shows and how they mock the field of science.
"Ever notice that spaceships on SF TV shows behave more like fighter aircraft than spaceships, or characters don't know the difference between a solar system and a galaxy? Ever notice Star Trek: Voyager has no clue what deuterium is? These are examples of Science Blunders and Boners. This page is devoted to documenting this blunders and elucidating the real science behind the blunder."
