Space Station Computers Catch Virus in Orbit (SPACE.com via Yahoo! News)
A virus designed to swipe passwords from online gamers has inexplicably popped up in some laptop computers aboard the International Space Station.
Game-playing astronauts infect NASA computers with virus (Scientific American)
Computer viruses--the scourge of technology on Earth--have now become a problem in space, too. NASA has confirmed that the malevolent programs have also posed problems in computers that astronauts bring with them on missions, the latest occurring when laptops infected with the Gammima.AG virus were ferried to the International Space Station (ISS) last month. The possible source, according to ...
Banking department buys 300 extra computers (The Ithaca Journal)
ALBANY — The state Banking Department apparently went on a computer shopping spree in recent years, buying 300 more computers than it has employees and discarding $20,000 worth of equipment when it decided it simply didn't want to use the technology, a state audit released Wednesday found.
Jamming devices foul up airport computers (Manila Standard Today)
IMMIGRATION unplugged its cell phone-jamming machines at the international airport on Monday after finding out they were damaging office computers and passport-reading machines, an official said yesterday.
Dell unveils computers for developing markets (Austin American-Statesman)
Dell Inc. unveiled new computers designed for businesses in developing nations on Wednesday, a step that executives and analysts called important to the company's ongoing drive to boost sales outside the United States.
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