(Mis) Use of Technology

Big Screens Open Windows on World

by Haitham Sabbah October 24, 2003

It’s like Star Trek or Star Wars where the projected image shows up in the air. An Austrian firm is developing a giant video-conferencing system that will be deployed in public spaces in London and Vienna next year, allowing people in the two cities to meet and talk eye-to-eye. Standing in front of the 10-foot-high, [...]

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Cyber-attacks

by Haitham Sabbah February 10, 2000

A series of cyber-attacks Tuesday left some of the Web’s most high-profile sites staggering under the weight of tens of thousands of bogus messages. The targets included retail giant Amazon.com, electronic auction house eBay, discount retailer Buy.com and CNN Interactive.

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Happy New Millennium!

by Haitham Sabbah January 1, 2000

The Millennium celebrations toke place throughout the world. Y2K passes without the serious, widespread computer failures and malfunctions that had been predicted.

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Y2K

by Haitham Sabbah December 31, 1999

Start Of Millennium celebrations and countdown amid concerns of serious Y2K problems with computer systems. Oh God!

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Mars Polar Lander

by Haitham Sabbah December 3, 1999

NASA loses radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before the spacecraft enters the Martian atmosphere.

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