Collaborate Disseminate
Personal information is going for a song, and the banks want social media sites to pay when their users get scammed.
All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cl… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #322: When you buy a criminal’s phone, and paying for social media scams
A six-page autograph manuscript by Albert Einstein entitled “The Essence of the Theory of Relativity” is being auctioned tonight and scientific voyeurs might care to watch the fun as the heavy hitters come out to play. The auction will be live on the i… Continue reading Einstein paper heads for auction tonight – a bargain in the offing?
A piece of space history has sold at auction for US$744,994 after the moondust-besmirched checklist Apollo 17 Commander Gene Cernan wore on his spacesuited wrist during the last crewed lunar mission went on the block at RR Auctions.Continue ReadingCate… Continue reading Checklist from last Apollo lunar mission sells for almost US$800,000
Want to hack on brand new 8-bit 1980s hardware? Until recently you needed a time machine, or deep pockets to do this. All that has recently changed with the NABU …read more Continue reading NABU PC – A 1984 Z-80 Computer You Can Buy Today
A Macintosh SE computer that was used by tech legend Steve Jobs is going on the auction block in New York on October 25 as part of Bonham’s History of Science and Technology auction, where the unit is estimated to go for US$200,000 to $300,000.Continue… Continue reading Macintosh computer once owned by Steve Jobs goes up for auction
Monterey Car Week is upon us once more, and the auction cluster that provides a large part of the show at the week-long automotive celebration is shaping as the biggest in history.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: Ferrari, Bentley, M… Continue reading Monterey Car Week 2022 Auction Preview: the $10 million cars
Sotheby’s sold the jacket worn to the Moon by Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin yesterday, smashing all sorts of auction records with a final price of US$2,772,500.
Category: Collectibles, Lifestyle
Tags: Most-Expensive, Auction, Sotheby’s, Christie’s, Heritage Auctions
Continue reading Buzz Aldrin’s Apollo 11 jacket smashes auction records
Someone has scored a bargain at Heritage Auctions’ recent Historical Platinum Session Signature Auction and we’re quite astonished that in this age of information, such anomalies can still happen. On July 16, an extremely rare and historically importan… Continue reading Original 300-year-old Fahrenheit thermometer drops in value at auction
A “lost” artifact from the dawn of the age of the personal computer is going up for sale. Steve Job’s original, hand-soldered “Apple Computer A” prototype built in 1976 to support Apple’s first big contract is on the auction block at RR Auction.Continu… Continue reading “Lost” Apple computer prototype goes on the auction block
As far as collectibles go, it’s hard to find something cooler than the skeleton of a long-dead apex predator. The latest to hit the auction block is a Gorgosaurus, a distant relative of T-rex, which will be offered for sale by Sotheby’s New York this month as the headline act for its Natural History sale.
Category: Science
Tags: Dinosaurs, Auction, Sotheby’s, Fossils, Bones
Continue reading Huge carnivorous dinosaur skeleton goes up for auction in New York