Two weeks before his inauguration, and with more "fiscal cliffs" on the horizon, President Obama is embracing a showdown with Congress over his pick to lead the Pentagon in his second term.Obama will nominate former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel to be the next Secretary of Defense at a formal White House announcement later today, administration officials said.The president will...
Jan
06
Silent Skype calls can hide secret messages
Label: World Got a secret message to send? Say it with silence. A new technique can embed secret data during a phone call on Skype. "There are concerns that Skype calls can be intercepted and analysed," says Wojciech Mazurczyk at the Institute of Telecommunications in Warsaw, Poland. So his team's SkypeHide system lets users...
SJI International attains stellar grades in IB programme
Label: Technology SINGAPORE: St Joseph's Institution (SJI) International has reported its best results for the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme.The school said 99 per cent from the class of 2012 passed the exam, attaining an average score of 36.2 points out of the maximum 45.It added one in four students achieved 40 points.The top student is Monica Layarda, who had a perfect score.The...
Dropped call: Mobile biggies conspicuous by absence at CES
Label: LifestyleEscalator up to the South Hall entrance of the Las Vegas Convention Center at CES 2012.(Credit:Sarah Tew/CNET) LAS VEGAS -- Mobile is supposed to be a hot category in tech, right? You'd never know it looking at the announcements that are slated to start pouring in this week.Many of the major companies in the mobile industry have opted to skip or limit their presence at this year's Consumer Electronics...
Best Pictures: 2012 Nat Geo Photo Contest Winners
Label: Health Winner: PlacesPhotograph by Nenad SaljicA full moon illuminates the Matterhorn peak near Zermatt, Switzerland, in the winning image...
Defiant Assad Vows to Hold Firm in Syria
Label: Business President Bashar Assad called on Syrians to defend their country against religious extremists seeking to destroy the nation, dismissing any prospect of dialogue with the "murderous criminals" he says are behind the uprising even as he outlined his vision for a peaceful settlement to the civil war.In a one-hour speech to the nation in which he appeared confident and relaxed, Assad...
Jan
05
Silent Skype calls can hide secret messages
Label: World Got a secret message to send? Say it with silence. A new technique can embed secret data during a phone call on Skype. "There are concerns that Skype calls can be intercepted and analysed," says Wojciech Mazurczyk at the Institute of Telecommunications in Warsaw, Poland. So his team's SkypeHide system lets users...
A*STAR develops instant speech-to-speech translator
Label: Technology SINGAPORE: Singaporeans can now speak to its neighbours in Asia without having to worry about language barriers, thanks to a new instant translator, developed by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR).The software detects users' speech on a handphone and translates it to the desired language.The new speech-to-speech translator project is a collaboration of eight...
What does the International Space Station sound like?
Label: LifestyleCan you hear me, Major Tom? Hadfield rocks out in the ISS cupola. (Credit:Canadian Space Agency)If you're heading to the International Space Station, try to bunk in the Japanese section. It's as quiet as a Zen temple. Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield recently went aboard the ISS and has been recording what it sounds like. It's not quite the elegant "2001: A Space Odyssey" experience you might expect....
Best Pictures: 2012 Nat Geo Photo Contest Winners
Label: Health Winner: PlacesPhotograph by Nenad SaljicA full moon illuminates the Matterhorn peak near Zermatt, Switzerland, in the winning image...
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