Watching Birds on Webcams... No, Not Like That

No, this isn't porn; it's interactive birdwatching. Webcams set up to watch a given environment are nothing new (I'm a fan of ski-report webcams myself), but this is the first I've heard of that has a crowdsourcing element."Craig Newmark has set up a webcam on his rear deck...

Rogues Attack World of Warcraft: You Are Entering Combat

Windows Warcrafters beware: hackers are looking to pwn you! These guys are evidently pros, having compromised The Dolphins Stadium website in an earlier attack."For months, hackers--most likely in China and Russia, according to security watchers--have been surreptitiously...

Solar Winds Produce Incredible Auroras

 Solar Winds Impact Earth and its atmosphere.If you're in the Northern Hemisphere, you might get a chance to see its effects. "What's Up in Space -- 9 Apr 2007  AURORA WATCH: Sky watchers from Scandinavia to Alaska should be alert for auroras on April 9th and...

Your Mission: Avoid Detection by Drones

Now, I'm not really a gamer, but I do enjoy SPLINTER CELL. Stealth, lurking in the shadows, et cetera. So I should be thrilled that I could move to Belgium, Bulgaria, Nederland, or China and turn my trip to the grocery store into an avoid-detection mission, as I would find...

New Microsoft feature competes with Google Earth

"San Francisco and San Jose was one of 15 American cities that went online today in a new Microsoft Corp. mapping site that goes head-to-head with Google Earth. Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) new feature shows high-resolution 3-D cyber replicas of cities. So...