By Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the Office of Personnel Management refused on Wednesday to estimate how many millions of Americans were affected by recent hack attacks on her agency’s computers, but rejected as premature reports 18 million were compromised. OMP Director Katherine Archuleta conceded the number of people whose data was hacked could increase from initial estimates. OPM said this month it was victim of a
The coach who guided the New Orleans Saints through Hurricane Katrina has joined Penn State’s football team as a consultant. Penn State says Jim Haslett will work with its offensive, defensive and specials teams coaches and serve as a ”sounding board” for the staff. The 59-year-old Pittsburgh native played linebacker at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and was the NFL’s defensive rookie of the year in 1979 with the Buffalo Bills.
– The competition version of Ford’s Mustang Shelby GT350R, the GT350R-C, will take to the track for the first time this coming weekend, in the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge at Watkins Glen, New York. – Like the upcoming street car, the GT350R-C is powered by a 5.2-liter flat-plane crankshaft V-8. Compared to the GT350R, the racing version utilizes a thoroughly revised suspension with a lower ride height and retuned
Should we be able to eat as many “good fats” as we want? Some think so.
Toshiba wants to create a level of encryption technology that absolutely no-one can crack. First reported by the Wall Street Journal, the quantum-cryptography system, which has been tested on Toshiba’s labs and sites, uses photons sent over a custom-made fibre-optic cable that isn’t connected to the internet thus making any spying incredibly difficult. As for the particles themselves, Toshiba has stated that any attempts to change the code or wiretap
Unity Technologies CEO John Riccitiello doesn’t entirely agree with Deus Ex creator Warren Spector’s opinion that VR is a fad. Spector recently told Gamesindustry: “I don’t think most humans want to look stupid (everyone looks stupid in a VR headset) and they don’t want to isolate themselves from the world. “I mean, if someone’s sneaking up behind me with a baseball bat, I want to know about it, you know