April 24, 2012

Imagine a “digital Pearl Harbor” -- a sneak cyber attack on computer networks running America’s financial or utilities systems by terrorists aiming to cripple the country. That’s the threat being addressed by bills under review in Congress. The laws would  either encourage or require businesses to share information about cyber threats and remove non-essential information from access. Source Link

Experts have said that babies shouldn’t be watching TV, and a new warning says they shouldn’t even be in the room when a television is playing. A study found that the sound of TV playing in the background is linked to learning and reading problems in children. Researchers say it’s because young minds can’t multi-task and the sound interrupts their mental efforts. Source Link

Mother Nature can’t seem to get the calendar straight. The winter that wasn’t is back for a  belated encore as a huge storm has dropped more than a foot of snow on parts of New York and Pennsylvania over a month after the start of spring.  It’s the biggest wintry event since a snow storm in late October caused many Northeast cities to postpone their Halloween trick-or-treating. Source Link