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Entries for December 19th, 2008

Hacking Results in a $52,000 Phone Bill

A Winnipeg businessman says a case of phone fraud resulted in a monthly bill ballooning from $500 to more than $52,000. Alan Davison, the owner of HUB Computer Solutions, says a hacker got into his office phone system. After the incident, Davidson called Manitoba Telecom Services and found out that hundreds of calls were recently [...]

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Internet Outage in Egypt

The country of Egypt has just sustained a heavy Internet outage after cables in the Mediterranean sea floor were severed, as described by the country’s Communications Ministry. 3 Internet cables were damaged off of Sicily’s coast on Friday morning, the ministry announced in a statement. The cause of the cut wasn’t known. Throughout Egypt, the [...]

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News From Mars

Scientists are reporting that The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has found an essential mineral on the red planet’s surface, which indicates the planet could have at one time had an environment able to sustain life.
The mineral (which requires water to form) was discovered in a region of Mars know to scientists as Nili Fossae, which is [...]

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Solar Power At Sea!

The world’s first vessel that is partially propelled by solar energy has now set sail, with the goal to cut back fuel costs as well as greenhouse gas emissions.
The 200-meter freighter, made in Japan, and called the Auriga Leader, weighs about 60,000 tonnes, and is the world’s first large watercraft with a propulsion system [...]

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