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Hackers Leak Tons of Data from University of Washington

By relying on a vulnerability they found on the official website of University of Washington (washington.edu), hackers called NOBODY and NOLIFE managed to gain access and obtain a large quantity of sensitive data from their databases. The Hacker News informs that a Pastebin file contains usernames, passwords, email ...

7 February 2012
04:45 GMT

NASA To Announce Discovery of an 'Exceptional Object' in Space

Today, Monday, November 15, at 12:30 pm EST, the American Space Agency will hold a televised news conference, in which it will present the latest discovery of the Chandra X-ray Observatory.The discovery seems to be “an exceptional object in our cosmic neighborhood”, according to official sources, and the ...

15 November 2010
06:09 GMT

Google to Be Working on Google Ideas Think Tank

Google is clearly a technology company, but its leaders believe they have a higher purpose as well. Google invests in a lot of ‘green’ technologies is now said to be interested in starting a ‘think tank’ on global policies in New York. For this, Google has hired Jared Cohen, a Washington insid...

16 August 2010
05:16 GMT

Google Spends Top Dollar to 'Grease the Wheels' in Washington

As much as it tries not to see it, Google is getting increasingly involved in politics. And whether it likes it or not, its size means it can't ignore the world around it and just go about doing whatever it thinks is best. Not that it's not trying to, Google Books is a perfect example as the company just s...

1 February 2010
05:04 GMT

Washington State Starts Free Electronics Recycling Program

Environment-friendly computer users in Washington now have a reason to rejoice – some 200 permanent recycle centers for old computers and television sets will be opened in their area starting January 2009. The centers will be operated free of charge, and everyone will be able to drop off their electronics devic...

30 December 2008
04:19 GMT

Join the Activision Secret Service

Activision is trying to get a game off the ground taking advantage of the United States presidential  elections. The game is called Secret Service and aims to allow the player to become a Secret Service agent who must protect the leaders of the nation as Washington D.C. is attacked by dangerous terrorists on Ina...

14 October 2008
03:48 GMT

Washington DC Gets Disturbing Fallout 3 Ads

Fallout 3 is going to be a very big game. The latest title developed by the company that brought you The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Bethesda, promises a gaming experience of over 100 hours, with the addition of DLC (Downloadable Content) packs after the initial launch. Set to occur in a post apocalyptic future where...

10 October 2008
03:44 GMT

Google Tackles Microsoft's Lobby

The Microsoft unsolicited bid for Yahoo! is the biggest thing to happen in the United States, except for the elections. And they both need about the same levers to be pulled in order to be successful. The only difference is that the lobbying for the White House happened not long ago, while lobbying for the deal to be...

6 February 2008
13:56 GMT

Google Earth Bans Washington

Following the recent imagery updates from Google Earth, the Mountain View company censored a major part of Washington in a move meant to hide sensitive locations from the public eyes. Although the search giant didn't announce it, some parts of Washington are not accessible since they were made blurry just like s...

24 July 2007
09:13 GMT


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