News tagged with billion dollars

'Anonymous' hackers attack Brazilian websites

The computer hacker group Anonymous attacked websites of Brazil's federal district Saturday as well as one belonging to a Brazilian singer to protest the forced closure of Megaupload.com.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Satellites: Europe's Arianespace sets 13 launches for 2012

European satellite launch operator Arianespace said on Thursday it had scheduled 13 missions for 2012, the first year in which it would deploy rockets in all three categories of payload.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Cyber Monday sales reach record levels

American consumers spent more than a billion dollars a day last week during a three-day online sales period, which started with "Cyber Monday," a monitoring firm reported.

Technology / Business

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers draft blueprint to boost energy innovation

The U.S. government could save the economy hundreds of billions of dollars per year by 2050 by spending a few billion dollars more a year to spur innovations in energy technology, according to a new report by researchers ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 9

Cyber-fraud tops $93 billion a year in Latin America

Fraud in online commerce and theft of confidential data, known as phishing, at banks in Latin America together top 93 billion dollars in yearly losses, an IT conference heard Wednesday.

Technology / Internet

created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

If insurance companies pay out too often, farmers will be threatened with ruin in the long term

Insurance can help farmers to survive dry periods. However, it can also result in the long term in overgrazing and therefore threaten their existence if insurance companies pay out in periods of moderate drought ...

Biology / Other

created Sep 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Major scientific programs could be slashed or eliminated under debt-reduction deal

The American Physical Society, the nation's leading organization of physicists, is deeply concerned that proposals to drastically reduce the nation's debt would do serious harm to major scientific projects.

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 05, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 400

Semiconductor sales down 28.6 pct in January: SIA

Worldwide semiconductor sales declined 28.6 percent in January from a year ago as the global recession continued to take a big bite out of the computer chip industry, an industry tracker said Monday.

Technology / Semiconductors

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0