Thursday Tech News
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on July 7, 2005 at 2:48:33 PM
London has been hit by a terrorist attack. The world mourns for the people that were killed by the cowardly terrorists. http://www.cnn.com/rssclick/2005/WORLD/europe/07/07/london.tube/index.html?section=cnn_topstories
UK mobile services strained after bombings.
Beware of all browsers.
Google to release toolbar for Firefox.
Downloading movies legally before DVD release.
Discovery to be the most closely watched launch, ever. By cameras at least.
UK mobile services strained after bombings.
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"Following the major incident in London today, Vodafone London switches are at capacity (which is very rare), so we're having to go into 'access overload' procedures, which means freeing up a proportion of capacity across London to ensure the police and emergency services can communicate," the company said.
Beware of all browsers.
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Use caution on the Web. Don't enter sensitive information like passwords or account numbers on any Web site that doesn't use HTTPS to authenticate the site and encrypt information. Don't click on links in e-mail messages. When you visit a sensitive Web site, type the URL into the browser address bar, or use a bookmark you created after typing in the URL. If a browser window looks right but does not have an HTTPS connection, do not enter any information into that window.
Google to release toolbar for Firefox.
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More specific details are also provided, with the e-mail claiming the software will work on Microsoft's Windows 2000 and XP platforms, Mac OS X 10.2, and "Linux 8.0+". The latter is likely to encompass the more recent releases of popular Linux distributions like SuSE, Red Hat and Mandrake, several of which are at release versions eight or above.
Downloading movies legally before DVD release.
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Actor Morgan Freeman and chipmaking giant Intel Corp. are teaming up on a new venture to distribute premium movies to consumers over the Internet before the films become available on DVD. Freeman and Intel executives announced the new digital entertainment company Wednesday at an annual retreat for chief executives of top media companies in this mountain resort.
Discovery to be the most closely watched launch, ever. By cameras at least.
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Now, a total of 107 cameras will be trained on Discovery during its launch. From lift-off and for about 30 seconds, while the shuttle is still in view, the cameras should be able to spot falling pieces of foam or ice as small as 2.5 centimetres across. If there is a problem, the cameras should be able to pinpoint where the debris strikes the orbiter and where it came from on the tank to within 15 cm. The cameras - which include 19 high-definition television cameras - will record images of the shuttle from at least three different locations around the launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.