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“After visiting these places, you can easily understand how that within a few years Hitler will emerge from the hatred that surrounds him now as one of the most significant figures who ever lived.” – John F. Kennedy Adolph Hitler was raised in a middle class family, and during the early years of his life his family even went through a difficult period of starvation.  After being a soldier in world war I, on January 30 th  1933, he found himself head of the German government, fulfilling the dream of every poor and middle class person who ever sought to make it big. We are all familiar with the story of Hitler that the United States would like you to believe.  Hitler has been made out to be one of the most “evil” people to have ever lived, slaughtering millions of innocent jews.  This same story has been echoed throughout Hollywood for decades, and by now it’s safe to say billions of dollars have been spent to convince you of this black and white, good v...

A worker supervises a copper pipe spool at NEC's OCC's plant in Kitakyushu, Japan, where cable for the Google-backed FASTER transpacific Internet cable is being manufactured.  Credit:  Tim Hornyak By  Tim Hornyak   IDG News Service   |   Jul 14, 2015  Undersea cables carry virtually all transoceanic Internet data these days, replacing satellites as the preferred medium. Google and some telecom companies have invested in one of them, called FASTER, that will stretch 9,000 kilometers (5,592 miles) between the U.S. and Japan and is due to go into operation next year. With six fiber-pairs in the cable, each carrying 100 wavelengths at 100 gigabits per second, it will have a peak capacity of 60 terabits per second (Tbps). That's about  10 million times faster than a standard cable modem . Here are some facts about undersea cables -- and about the FASTER system in particular. 1. About 99% of all transoceanic Int...

July 2, 2014 He’s the self-declared Caliph of the new Islamic State stretching across Iraq and Syria, and a man who even Al Qaeda think is “a bit much”. But what else do we know about the former ISIS front man? 1 – Began at ISIS as an 18-year-old intern in 1989 and worked his way up to become its youngest CEO at just 38. 2 – Married his childhood sweetheart Zoe in 1991. Together they have three children, Jack, four, and twins Lucy and Abu Jnr, two. 3 – Holds an International MBA from Tel Aviv University, where he was vice-captain of the debating society and wrote for the student newspaper. 4 – Was an early investor in social media platform Twitter and is believed to have made almost $11 million when the company went public in 2012. 5 – Claimed responsibility for an attack in Northern Iraq in 2011 that killed 19 policemen, but later said he had just been joking and it wasn’t actually him at all. 6 – Is described as being a direct descendent of the Prophet Muhammad, but ...

John Paul Titlow   March 11th, 2013 The nerds are so excited. Our Internet-augmented, face-computer-wearing future is just over the horizon. Leading us there will be Google Glass, the first iteration of this particular sort of wearable, semi-immersive computing experience. If the product is successful, it will merely be the beginning.   The anticipation is understandable. If having Internet-connected computers in our pockets can transform our world, just imagine what wearing them on our faces will do. The prospect of  everything from augmented reality games to futuristic surgery  has people pumped for the days head. It's all very cool, but there's another side to Google Glass:  the creepy factor .  See Also:  10 Compelling Ways People Plan To Use Google Glass For every exciting use case, it seems there's at least one social or policy-related concern. How will this impact privacy? Will we even have privacy in the future? When will we overco...