Worm attacks Tumblr

http://money.cnn.com/2012/12/03/technology/security/tumblr-worm/index.html




This article is about hackers sending out a insulting message to tumblr users, the worn affect a lot of other sites mostly tech sites, not much damage was made in the attacks. This is such a shame that people don't have anything to do with their lives but create havac.

Ditching cable television.

This article hits right at home, it's about dropping cable television and using hdmi cables to connect to your television sets to stream videos, as well as using netflix hulu and others to watch cable series through these services.   I can relate to this article as I got rid of my cable this year because of the cost, they were showing the same movies and  programs each month. I was not worth it and I'm trying to get use to it after years of cable television.

http://thegrio.com/2012/10/24/ditch-your-cable-box-and-save-money-with-these-media-center-tech-alternatives/

Shutter shades and computer coding.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/30/tech/innovation/bright-eyes-coding-glasses/index.html

These shutter shades are being developed to assist people with computer coding, these are developed in england, and are made of curcuit board and led, one can view text and watch videos and view moving images. This come in a kit called bright eyes.This is pretty cool, I would be uneasy with wearing these because I would be afraid to have the led lights so close to my eyes.   Pretty neat.

Microsofts opens social networkin site.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/05/tech/social-media/microsoft-socl-social-network/index.html

 





Microsoft launched its social network whis past May, Soci will allow users with social websites such as Facebook and pinterst to add and share there phots with one another. I'm not sure about this site aas I have not been on it but it might be interesting to try out.

61 year old computer on display in London.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/21/tech/innovation/witch-computer-restoration/index.html




The WITCH as it is called stands for Wolverhampton Instrament for Teaching Computation from Harwell was made in the 1950s  and is able to store up to 40 8 digit numbers and print. The WITCH was found in storage and is currently on display in a London musume.

Fighting cancer with cell phones in Africa.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/23/tech/africa-health-innovation/index.html?hpt=te_r1


This article is about a group of Canadian doctors fighter Cancer in remote areas of Africa, medical workers go into areas such as tanzania to help Drs. screen cancer of the women there. Health care workers use smartphones to take pictures of the patients cervix and the doctors are able to look at the photos to tell if the women need addition care.

Past is prototype: The evolution of the computer keyboard.

This ars and develticle talks about the evolution of the keyboards from the past, and how they researchers study past keyboards to see if they can use any of the old technologies to use toward the new technolgies in computers.




http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9233085/Past_is_prototype_The_evolution_of_the_computer_keyboard