Dec 13 Avoiding Eruptions - While Covering Them It took a long time and a lot of persistence to get to the summit of the most active volcano in Indonesia. The trip down came quicker - and went faster than I would have liked. Clearly, I… Continue reading
Dec 13 What We're Reading: Saturn's Rings, Little Brown Bat Disease and Fossil Looting Epidemiology: Fear in the Dust Nature News reports on the mineral erionite, which has been linked to startling rates of the rare lung condition, mesothelioma, in some Turkish villages. It turns out dangerous levels of erionite are also… Continue reading
Dec 13 Watch Is the Web Becoming Less Secure? In the wake of the Gawker Media hacking over the weekend, Jeffrey Brown gets a wider perspective about the vulnerability of online information and the danger of further cyberattacks from James Lewis of the Center for Strategic and International Studies… Continue watching
Dec 12 Gawker Data Breach Could Lead to Attacks on Government Agencies Gawker Media, one of the web's largest publishers, has been hacked. The insides of the multiple websites within their portfolio, their 1.3 million user names, e-mail addresses and passwords, are now splayed all across the Internet for anyone… Continue reading
Dec 10 Cancun Climate Talks: Signs of Progress or More Stumbling Blocks? By Jenny Marder As the U.N. Climate Negotiations wind up in Cancun, Mexico, we asked a variety of experts and climate watchers what they make of the summit so far, and what its outcome could mean for the future of international climate policy. Continue reading
Dec 09 David Pogue: We're Still in 'Neanderthal' Era of E-Books New York Times technology columnist David Pogue spoke with Jeffrey Brown recently about the state of e-book evolution and the latest trends in digital cameras and tablets. DetectFlashDecision_Blog('news01s4612qff1', '4KR6H2OyBTI', '29'); More of their conversation airs on… Continue reading
Dec 09 Watch David Pogue: Cycle of New Consumer Technology Is 'Off the Tracks' New York Times technology columnist David Pogue talks to Jeffrey Brown about this holiday season's most sought-after gadgets and how consumers can get the most out of their purchasing power. Continue watching
Dec 09 Cancun Climate Talks Enter Final Days, Report Shows Rapidly Melting Glaciers As global temperatures rise, glaciers are rapidly losing mass, especially in low-lying, arid regions, according to a report released by the United Nations Environment Program this week. Glacier melt could sap water resources and cause severe flooding in some… Continue reading
Dec 08 Who Are the 'Anonymous' Hackers Supporting WikiLeaks? DetectFlashDecision_Blog('news01s460aqff1', '5-SmC7fH78M', '29'); A group of hackers from around the globe has launched coordinated attacks in support of WikiLeaks and its founder, Julian Assange. The attacks have targeted organizations, such as MasterCard, and individuals, including a Swedish… Continue reading
Dec 08 Watch WikiLeaks Finds Itself Target of, Inspiration for Cyber Attacks WikiLeaks has become the target of hackers who oppose its latest release of secret government documents, but some supporters are waging cyber attacks against individuals and companies -- including MasterCard, PayPal and a Swiss bank -- that have severed ties… Continue watching