Firefox 3.1 is currently in its second beta release, and it already looks great. In fact, it looks set to deliver a lot more than one might expect from a typical “minor” software-update release. InaTux.com recently posted a good summary of some frequently-overlooked new features coming in Firefox 3.1. One of the most important of [...]
The team that produced the RFDump research/hacker tool for cloning and altering data stored on radio-frequency ID tags has now come out with a product to thwart RFID hackers. German security researcher Lukas Grunwald, who made headlines two years ago for uncovering security vulnerabilities in new electronic passports being adopted by the U.S. and other [...]
A young man melting into a puddle of himself is something you don’t see everyday, much less in a busy public square. Yet this humourous but surprisingly effective spectacle is the latest effort by the Red Cross of Argentina to raise awareness about climate change. Located in Buenos Aires’ Plaza Francia, the oozing young man [...]
Meb Keflezighi has been hoping 2009 would treat him better than 2008. He got a good start on his wish Sunday with a win in the Aramco Houston Half Marathon with a personal-best time of 1 hour, 1 minute, 25 seconds. Last year, Keflezighi was battling a hip injury so painful there were a handful [...]
Sidney Crosby returned to the Pittsburgh Penguins’ lineup Sunday, but Marc-André Fleury made sure they did not need him. Fleury stopped 33 shots and Petr Sykora had a goal and an assist to lead the Penguins to a 3-0 victory at home over the Rangers. Chris Minard and Tyler Kennedy also scored for Pittsburgh, as [...]
Dwyane Wade had 32 points and 10 assists and the Heat impressed coach Erik Spoelstra with some unexpected poise down the stretch to emerge from a 12-day road trip with a 104-94 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday night. “This team is never ceasing to surprise us with their resiliency and toughness,” Spoelstra [...]
He was once the can’t-miss jewel of the Cubs’ minor-league system, but outfielder Felix Pie went the way of Corey Patterson and other top prospects before him when he was traded Sunday to the Baltimore Orioles for two young pitchers. Pie, 23, long touted as a five-tool player as he rose through the Cubs’ system, [...]
America, are you ready for the Wiz Bowl? That’s what we’ve got in two weeks, a Super Bowl matchup littered with NFL incest and historical intrigue. The Arizona-Pittsburgh cross-pollination goes back to the winter of ’06. When Bill Cowher called it a career in Pittsburgh after 16 years as head coach, the media all but [...]
Japanese commercial real estate transactions were down sharply in 2008, marking the end of six consecutive years of gains, according to a Japanese media report Monday. The value of real estate transactions totaled about 2.8 trillion yen ($30.8 billion) in 2008, down from the 5.6 trillion yen in 2007, the Nikkei newspaper reported, citing data [...]
Asos Plc, the U.K.’s second-largest online clothing retailer, said sales more than doubled in the last two months as shoppers sought discounts online, and said growth in full-year profit will meet analysts’ estimates. Revenue rose 118 percent in the nine weeks ended Jan. 16, the London-based retailer said today. Growth accelerated from the 107 percent [...]
