High-Tech

China Shuts Down Hacker Training Site

eWEEKeurope (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago

China officials have shut down Black Hawk Safety Net, the country's biggest hacker training Website, and arrested three people for making hacker tools available…

Want to know what your MP is doing? There's an app for that

Daily Mail (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

A Labour MP has become the world's first serving politician to launch his own iPhone app.

• iPhone app launched by Labour MP in world's first - Mirror.co.uk
• New iPhone app keeps track of MP - Metro.co.uk
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MWC - Samsung And LG Announce New Smartphones

eWEEKeurope (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

With the Mobile World Conference looming, both Samsung and LG Electronics have broken cover after announcing two new…

Safer Internet Day is pitching too young

Telegraph Blogs - Technology (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

Ask a parent if they’re worried about what their kids get up to online and of course they’ll say yes. Who wouldn’t worry about their precious little ones adrift in a sea of porn and paedophiles? Safer Internet Day aims to teach good practice to web users, especially when it comes to social media. Think [...]

Early iPad? New MacBooks? Why is Apple Store down?

Mousetrap Technology - Times Online (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

In the wake of the iPad launch, all it takes is for the Apple Store to go offline for a few hours for the rumour mill to kick into overdrive. And it's an overdrive we're proud to be part of,...

• Apple Store is down, new Macs imminent? - Mac World UK
• Apple Store Offline – New MacBook Pro’s Coming Today? - Geeky-Gadgets
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Would you award the internet a Nobel prize?

The Guardian Technology blog (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago

Since it was first created 40 years ago , the internet has had a huge impact on the world: it's helped connect millions of people around the globe, reshaped industries and changed the way many of us live and work. But should the internet win the Nobel Peace Prize? I've just noticed this report suggesting that the net is one of the contenders for next year's prize, along with some other gambles. Since...

LTE Rollout Hampered By 3G Migration Costs

eWEEKeurope (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

LTE is being hampered because mobile operators have been bogged down with the costs associated with moving from 2G to 3G, an analyst has…

Imperva Looks To Close Data Breach Loopholes

eWEEKeurope (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

Imperva is offering customers in the EMEA region a service that will locate potentially sensitive data inside an organisation so that it can be be…

• Imperva launches discovery and assessment services in EMEA - Security Watch

LG Mini GD880: Miniature by name, minuscule by nature

CNET.co.uk (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago

LG has announced the Mini GD880, which features a tiny, 3.2-inch touchscreen, Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity, and a button-free facade

• NEWS: LG intros smallest 3.2-inch touchscreen phone with new Mini - Pocket-lint
• LG Mini GD880 gets official, will be available in March - Unwired View
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Green Data Centres: Energy Efficiency Is No Longer Enough

eWEEKeurope (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

Companies should stop scrambling for PUE and concentrate on extending the lifespan of their facilities, according to Charles-Antoine Beyney, president of the first "sustainable" data centre in…

IBM Hopes To Trigger UK Nuclear Renaissance

eWEEKeurope (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago

IBM says smart information systems could help improve the image of nuclear energy, but green groups claim such efforts are a dangerous distraction from…

IBM Releases Energy Efficient Power7 System

eWEEKeurope (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago

IBM launches a set of Power7 systems that it says deliver up to four times the energy efficiency and twice the…

• IBM Releases Power7 Processor - Computer Nerds Blog
• IBM Releases Power7 Processor - Click World News
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Toyota Prius recalled: Brake issue hits UK

CNET.co.uk (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

As if having to recall a whopping 180,865 vehicles from its other ranges wasn't enough, Toyota's now announced a global recall of its third-generation Prius hybrids due to dodgy brakes

Canon EOS 550D: Increment schmincrement

CNET.co.uk (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

Possibly to the dismay of those who shelled out for a 500D just nine months ago, Canon presents a new dSLR: the 550D

The Mumsnet election - parties use parenting website as battlefield

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

Conservatives and Labour look beyond billboards and party political broadcasts by firing opening salvos on website Forget airbrushed billboards – signs that this will be the "Mumsnet election" have arrived as the major parties go to war on the parenting website. Labour fired the first salvo with an advert on the main forum page, which attacked the Tories over child tax credit. "Are...

Spikenard Oil - What are Spikenard Essential Oil Health Benefits? | Spikenard Essential Oil Medicinal Uses and Benefits | Health Benefits Of Spikenard Essential Oil

charypravi1 | 29/01/2010

The oil was known in ancient times and was part of the Ayurvedic herbal tradition of India. It was obtained as a luxury in ancient Egypt, the Near East, and Rome, where it was the main ingredient of the perfume nardinium. Nard was used to perfume the body of Patroklos by Achilles in Book 18 of Homer's Iliad. Pliny's Natural History lists twelve species of nard, identifiable with varying assurance,