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Israeli Hackers Kill Saudi And UAE Stock Markets

6:36AM January 18, 2012 | Sam Biddle

(Internet) war in the Middle East continues, with today’s Israeli strike against the stock exchanges of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Both financial hubs were down for hours, and those responsible say they will “move to the next level”. More »


Online

Can This Facebook Page Convince You Not To Take Drugs?

5:30PM January 6, 2012 | Jesus Diaz

The Israel Anti-Drug Authority thought that the new Facebook profile timeline would be a perfect way to convince people not to take drugs, using it to show a life with and without drugs. It’s clever and cute. More »


Computing

Apple Spending Tons Of Cash On Israeli Super Memory

12:35AM December 21, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Israeli financial paper Calcalist reports Apple has thrown down some serious stacks to acquire Anobit, a flash memory firm. But the purported $US400-500 million (!) buyout isn’t just for any memory firm — Anobit says its memory’s faster and cheaper. More »


Geek Out

Star Wars Escalator Finds Your Lack Of Faith In Stairs Disturbing

1:05AM December 13, 2011 | Sam Biddle

I’m not expert in Middle East policy, but it seems to me that if the whole world knew about Tel Aviv’s Star Wars crawl escalator, Israel and its neighbours would live together in eternal peace — because it is amazing. More »


Science

Experts Baffled By Mysterious Ancient Markings

9:15AM December 8, 2011 | Brent Rose

An excavation in a part of Jerusalem known as the City of David has uncovered stone markings that date back thousands of years. Nobody has any idea what they are or what they mean. More »


News

Mankind Has Created 128,000 Nukes, But 2% Are A Mystery

5:00AM November 9, 2011 | Sam Biddle

A new report on nuclear proliferation is — surprise! — kind of terrifying, revealing some disconcerting facts about nuclear warheads, who has them, and what we don’t know. The bottom line: holy hell, we’ve built a lot of these things. More »


Science

Creepy In-Vitro Fertilisation Using Eggs From A Dead Teenager

9:45AM August 9, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

A desperate Israeli family won a court decision that lets them extract and freeze the eggs from their dead daughter. The teenage girl died unexpectedly last week after a car crash. More »


Science

Declassified Missile Looks You In The Eye Before It Blows You Apart

12:54AM August 2, 2011 | Sam Biddle

The Tamuz uses an advanced electro-optic camera that transmits the image of its target back to operators inside the APC, who then manually drive it toward the target. Tamuz teams work closely with an artillery unit, which operates Hermes 450 reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles that provide the intelligence on the targets that are then attacked by the Tamuz missile. More »


Online

Facebook Revolt Scores Lower Cottage Cheese Prices For Israelis

12:40AM July 1, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Israelis are particularly partial to a scoop of cottage cheese, but not when it’s as overpriced as it’s been recently. Taking to Facebook, over 100,000 people pledged to boycott buying the cheese until the prices were reduced. More »


Software

Israel Calls On Apple To Take Down Pro-Palestinian App

9:00AM June 22, 2011 | Kwame Opam

Israeli Minister of Information and Diaspora Yuli Edelstein, in an email sent to Steve Jobs today, pushed for the removal of an iPad app titled “Third Intifada”, stating it encourages Palestinians to incite violence against Israel. More »