As hard as it might be to believe, the killer whales at SeaWorld have a Twitter feed. However, following the death of SeaWorld veteran trainer Dawn Brancheau, Shamu's Twitter feed has been shut down. Despite the fact that each orca (killer whale) has its own name, "Shamu," "Namu," and "Ramu" are trademarked stage names given to all of the orcas residing within the SeaWorld park ...

Hackers are taking advantage of the somewhat maladjusted interests of people by injecting malware into web pages. Some of the results of searches for terms such as "sea world trainer killed home video" and "killer whale kills trainer footage," which are top search trends on Google, lead to dangerous sites, according to a report by security firm Sophos. Those searching are looking for vid ...

The original "rickroll" video has been removed from YouTube, after managing over 30 million hits. The reason was the typical "Terms of Use violation" meaning copyright infringement, but one has to ask: it was up so long; why do so now? For those unfamiliar with the term "rickroll," it is a term used when one intentionally redirects users to a video of "Never Gonna Give You ...

On Wednesday, a Milan court found three Google executives guilty of violating Italy's privacy code, in a case related to video posted in late 2006 on Google Video (not YouTube). The uploaded video showed the bullying of a boy with Down's Syndrome. The executives have been given suspended six month sentences. Four executives had been placed on trial. They were: David Drummond, Arvind Desikan, Peter Fleischer ...

Devil Mountain Software has been featured in IDG articles before, as a firm that offers performance testing based on its Exo Performance Network (XPNet). Nothing wrong with that, except for the fact that one of IDG's writers, Randall Kennedy, is actually the CTO of Devil Mountain Software, although he made up an alter-ego to cover his tracks. This whole story is somewhat reminiscent of the scandal that embr ...

Does your textbook have an error in it? If Macmillan has its way, and you have an electronic version, you may see that textbook patched. Macmillan is one of the five largest publishers of trade books and textbooks. Its new software, DynamicBooks, will allow college instructors to edit digital editions of textbooks and customize them. On the other hand, many publishers have offered customized "print" textboo ...

Apple hasn't announced an exact date for iPad availability. Rather, their website still just says "late March" for wi-fi only iPads. There's also no date listed for pre-orders, but that may be about to change, as well. AppAdvice says an anonymous source "familiar with the matter," told them that Apple will begin taking pre-orders of the iPad as early as February 25th. Of course, you can stamp this note with ...

A wedding in an Apple Store? What's next, a funeral? Still, that's what happened on Valentine's Day at Apple's flagship Fifth Avenue location in New York. The officiant was even dressed (sort of) as Steve Jobs, wearing Jobs' signature black turtleneck and jeans. Josh and Ting Li, the happy couple, told EW that this was their real wedding. Josh said. “We got to know each other because Ting was looking to buy ...

Less than a day after a privacy lawsuit over remotely activated webcams on district-supplied laptops was revealed, the Lower Merion School District (LMSD) issued a statement in response, and announced the "feature" was deactivated. The school said in its statement that the webcams and the ability to activate them remotely were to be used only for security purposes. In other words, if the laptops were stolen ...

Because of technological advances also as newly mandated laws, citizens may now buy vehicles that have a great deal of of the next safety features. - automatic and improves seat belt strategies. - side air bags also as redesigned frontal air bags. - state-of-the-art interior head protection to minimise injuries. - Cosy head restraints that minimise neck injuries on impact. - anti-lock braking strategies tha ...