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Google Maps Quest – 8-bit Mapping Goodness
And I was worried there wouldn’t be any good April Fools pranks this year. Google has gone back in time with Google Maps 8-bit for NES. Head on over to the Google Maps site and try it yourself (or you...
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BBC Mistakes Halo Logo for UN Security Council
Hilarious. It seems the BBC mistakenly used the United Nations Space Command Logo from the Halo video game to represent the United Nations Security Council (which actually doesn’t have its own logo)....
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Worldwide Internet Usage mapped using a Botnet
Not entirely accurate, but very cool research paper and visualizations showing global internet usage as seen by a botnet.
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Using Artificial Intelligence to clean up radar images
forecast.io has an interesting blog post about their Dark Sky forecasting system and the process they use to remove noise (such as ground clutter) from radar images. Here’s an image showing the system...
View ArticleTarget data breach could put millions of customer credit cards at risk
The Minneapolis Star Tribune posted an article today that Target Corp. has suffered a security breach that could put millions of customer credit cards at risk. A spokeswoman from American Express has...
View ArticleSnapchat hack exposes names and phone numbers of over 4 million users
On Tuesday anonymous hackers used a known security flaw in the Snapchat photo messaging app to access data on 4.6 million users, including names and phone numbers. The hackers then posted a copy of the...
View Article10 Shocking Stats About Display Ads
http://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/horrifying-display-advertising-stats About 50% of clicks on mobile ads are accidental. Hubspot recently collected a bunch of stats about display ads from different...
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First there was the double rainbow and now double tropical cyclones!
First there was the famed Double Rainbow, and now a set of double tropical cyclones are in line to hit the Hawaiian islands this week!! According to an article from The Weather Channel a pair of...
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Rosetta space probe rendezvous with comet in space
After ten years in space, three gravity-assist maneuvers around earth, one gravity-assist maneuver around mars, five loops around the sun, and ten rendezvous maneuvers, the Rosetta space probe is...
View ArticleUp to 4 Months of Credit Card Data Stolen in Potential Home Depot Security...
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that a large number of stolen credit card numbers are showing up for sale, similar to the Target Hack earlier this year. There are signs that the perpetrators of...
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