Whoah, boy, is your face gonna be red at the next board meeting! Good thing he’s no longer playing CEO with grampa’s brewery. Furthermore, you really have to hand it to guys like this. They’re out there, day after day, taking one for the team. It’s gotta be rough rounding up all those hot, young,Continue reading “WARNING: Dating This Guy Can Be Bad for Your Health”
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Santa Monica Content Provider Goes Public
Demand Media, an internet how-to and general information provider with headquarters in Santa Monica, went public Wednesday to the tune of some $1.5 billion. The more time goes by, the more companies I was salivating over working at last year turn out to look pretty crummy. In 2010 they invited me to interview for theContinue reading “Santa Monica Content Provider Goes Public”
China State TV News Uses Top Gun Footage to Fake Fighter Jet Story
This is the best story I’ve heard all year. A net user who went by the name Liu Yi pointed out that the jet that the J-10 “hit” is an F-5, a US fighter jet. In Top Gun, what the leading actor Tom Cruise pilots an F-14 to bring down is exactly an F-5. LookingContinue reading “China State TV News Uses Top Gun Footage to Fake Fighter Jet Story”
Yellowstone Magma Pocket Swells
Sometimes you hope you’re wrong. The simmering volcano has produced major eruptions—each a thousand times more powerful than Mount St. Helens’s 1980 eruption—three times in the past 2.1 million years. Yellowstone’s caldera, which covers a 25- by 37-mile (40- by 60-kilometer) swath of Wyoming, is an ancient crater formed after the last big blast, someContinue reading “Yellowstone Magma Pocket Swells”
Carberp Banking Malware Self-Upgrading
The computer from Superman III demonstrated self-upgrading capabilities. As Computerworld reports … Carberp, which targets computers running Microsoft’s Windows operating system, was discovered last October by several security companies and noted for its ability to steal a range of data as well as disguise itself as legitimate Windows files and remove antivirus software. It has beenContinue reading “Carberp Banking Malware Self-Upgrading”
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