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RSS bombPeter Cochrane's Blog: Software - keep it short and sweet
Comment In turn this has led to more code, and the ticking time bomb of increasing brittleness and user frustration. Compiled in a car park in Redcar UK, edited in my garden on a warm summer evening, and dispatched to... [07 Sep 2009]
Photos: The firefighting robots taking to London's streets
Photo This is Talon (front, right) - a small, highly manoeuvrable tracked vehicle that can climb stairs and has been extensively used in Iraq for bomb disposal. Four robots designed to tackle dangerous fires were shown off in... [29 Jul 2009]
Photos: There's no business like RoboBusiness
Photo Foster-Miller, a unit of UK defence contractor Qinetiq, was showing off the Talon, which has been used in places like Iraq for bomb disposal missions. Players large and small in the robotics industry descended on Boston,... [20 Apr 2009]
Fake bomb-scare scam explodes on email accounts
News Security experts warned on Monday of a new insidious email scam that features false information about a bomb explosion in the recipient's hometown and leads to a malicious website. The scammers are using IP address... [17 Mar 2009]
Photos: A day in the life of a virus hunter
Photo This can help uncover hidden dangers such as a time bomb, where the virus writer hides code within the malware to trigger at a certain time, for instance to wipe the hard disk on Friday the 13th. Symantec threat... [09 Oct 2008]
FireWire Memory Dump of a Windows XP Computer: A Forensic Approach
White Paper Using the operating system shut down alters log and temp file states; furthermore, a shutdown may trigger a logic bomb and a possible data wipe. In a forensic investigation, while collecting evidence, Anzaldua, Godwin,... [01 Oct 2008]
"Boring" school IT curriculum slammed
News We're sitting on a time-bomb, quite frankly," she said. The teaching of IT in secondary schools needs radically overhauling as it is putting kids off a career in technology, leading figures from academia and industry... [17 Jun 2008]
How to Disable a Software Bomb: Know the Procedure for Rehabilitating Risky System Software
White Paper A software bomb is a piece of software that lurks in one's system undocumented or unsupported, but is ready to "Go off" at any time. A software bomb can be a simple program or a pervasive system. It's... [09 May 2008]
Photos: The Birth of Hi-Tech Britain
Photo Pictured is the WE177 air-launched nuclear bomb that entered service in Britain in 1966. The bomb replaced an earlier and larger British nuclear weapon and was originally intended for use by the Vulcan. [01 May 2008]
Dear silicon.com... T5 chaos, mobile maladies, and laptop losses…
Comment Mobile phones: A public health time bomb? Following that, another topic on readers' radars is the debate over the dangers of mobile phones, and lastly, government laptop losses are ruffling feathers again. [03 Apr 2008]
Mobile industry slams 'health time bomb' study
News The mobile industry has hit back at a neurosurgeon's study that claimed there is evidence of a link between mobile phones and certain types of brain tumour. According to Dr Jack Rowley, director of research for the GSM Association, Dr... [02 Apr 2008]
Mobile phones: A public health time bomb?
News Mobile phones could represent a public health time bomb akin to asbestos or smoking, according to a study by neurosurgeon Dr Vini G Khurana. It suggests there is growing evidence of a link between excessive long-term use... [31 Mar 2008]
Photos: Talons, Eagles and Enforcers - the tech behind war
Photo There are already more than 1,000 Talon robots (pictured here) in service, mainly with US forces, ranging from remote-controlled fully armed reconnaissance bots, to bomb disposal units. Holographic quantum technology and... [26 Mar 2008]
Photos: Soldiers test battle simulator tech
Photo The IED simulates the noise and smoke of a real-life roadside bomb attack. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has spent £250,000 on high-tech simulator equipment to provide more realistic training for frontline troops facing... [22 Oct 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Unfair fallout
Comment I put it down to the connotations of Hiroshima, the nuclear bomb tests of the 1950s and 60s, and of course Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and a slew of lesser accidents. Aha, I hear the doubters say: what about man-made... [20 Sep 2007]
