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Friday 15 February 2013

Asteroid Skims Past Earth At Up To 18,641mph closer to the Earth than at any other time on record -


Asteroid Skims Past Earth At Up To 18,641mph closer to the Earth than at any other time on record - 
Asteroid narrowly misses Earth

A 150ft-long asteroid is skimming past the Earth - closer than any other near-miss on record.

The huge chunk of rock - so big it is capable of wiping out London - is travelling closer to the planet than many satellites.

But while it should be visible as a tiny dot of light crossing the sky to those using binoculars - weather permitting - scientists say there is no chance it will hit Earth.

People are gathering across the UK with binoculars and telescopes to catch a sight of the asteroid, which was due to pass Earth at its closest point at around 7.25pm UK time, before moving away again.

Astronomers in the US were unable to see it at its closest approach, but colleagues in Australia watched the point of light speed across a clear night sky.

There was a remote possibility that it could collide with one of more than 100 telecommunication and weather satellites in fixed orbits and it is expected to have moved outside Earth's ring of satellites by around 10.30pm UK time.

Experts have been closely tracking the asteroid, 2012 DA14, since its discovery a year ago.

It will stay at least 17,200 miles (27,681km) away - easily far enough to be safe - but very close in astronomical terms.

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iPhone 5 flaw lets anyone see your contacts, photos -


iPhone 5 flaw lets anyone see your contacts, photos - 


The passcode lock on the iPhone 5 isn't perfect, it seems.
A video posted on YouTube Jan. 31 by user "videosdebarraquito" shows how to bypass the lock on an iPhone 5 running iOS 6.1.
The method was confirmed by the tech blog The Verge, which posted its own video showing the trick.
Basically, as described by videodebarraquito on his YouTube page, the method involves going to the emergency call screen, tapping the power button, dialing the GSM international emergency number 112, canceling, holding down the power button again for a second or two and hitting "Emergency Call" again.
The phone then unlocks for a moment. Hitting the home button immediately gives the user access to the contact list, calling app, voicemail and photos, all without entering the passcode.
Other apps were not accessible, The Verge said.
We weren't able to duplicate the trick ourselves on a Sprint iPhone 4S running iOS 6.1.1. That may be because Sprint and Verizon phones, which use the rival CDMA protocol instead of the more widely used GSM, don't recognize 112 as an emergency number.
North American users may want to see if dialing 911 works instead.
This isn't the first time the passcode lock has been bypassed on iOS devices. Similar locking flaws were discovered in iOS 4 and iOS 5, and for a time the passcode lock on an iPad 2 could be bypassed using the magnetic Smart Cover.
Apple quickly fixed all three bugs with software updates. The company will probably patch this flaw with an incremental update within a week or two.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/02/14/iphone-5-flaw-lets-anyone-see-your-contacts-photos/?intcmp=features

Meteorite hits central Russia - Video Collection (16 minutes)

Meteorite hits central Russia - Video Collection (16 minutes)