Archive for December 28, 2014

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Polar vortex redux? Bone-chilling cold to envelop Midwest, East Coast and 10 More

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Polar vortex redux? Bone-chilling cold to envelop Midwest, East Coast

The atmosphere is striving for a repeat of last year's polar vortex cold snap in early January, as Arctic cold threatens the Midwest and East Coast.

5 tech trends that will dominate CES 2015

From the connected home to virtual reality, CES 2015 will be a showcase for some of the biggest trends in tech.

Frank Lampard debacle shows how far MLS is from reaching its goals

Frank Lampard won't be coming to MLS so soon after all -- showing just how far the league has yet to go to meet its lofty goals.

Yahoo search is down following Bing outage

Yahoo's search engine is down, after an outage that took down Microsoft's Bing search engine

Thunderstrike: The scary vulnerability in your Mac's Thunderbolt port

A new proof-of-concept shows how malware called Thunderstrike could be installed on a MacBook at boot using the Thunderbolt port.

U.S. sanctions North Korea over Sony cyberattack

President Obama hit North Korea with sanctions on Friday in response to the hermit country's alleged role in the massive cyberattack on Sony Pictures.

10 Ways to Write Better Emails

Want to make a new year's resolution that you can actually stick to? One that will instantly improve your life and career, make your colleagues' lives easier — and maybe change ...

Two passengers injured after plane blown off runway in Scotland

Two people were taken to hospital after a plane blew off a runway in Stornoway airport in Scotland on Friday morning.

Kim Jong-un can fly and land an airplane, apparently

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has many virtues, and flying is one of them -- if you believe the country's propaganda machine.

U.S. Department of Transportation clears up airline instrument policy

Passengers traveling with instruments have gotten some much needed clarification from the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Two large parts of crashed AirAsia 8501 plane found near oil spill

The objects--the largest of which was about 33 feet by 16 feet--are about 98 feet deep and were found near an oil spill.