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Submission + - Firefox 3.5's first vulnerability 'self-inflicted' (computerworld.com)

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CWmike
CWmike writes: "Mozilla has confirmed the first security vulnerability in Firefox 3.5, saying that the bug could be used to hijack a machine running the company's newest browser. A noted Firefox contributor called the situation "self-inflicted" and said it was likely that the hacker who posted public exploit code Monday became aware of the flaw by rooting through Bugzilla, Mozilla's bug- and change-tracking database. The vulnerability is in the TraceMonkey JavaScript engine that debuted with Firefox 3.5, said Mozilla. "[It] can be exploited by an attacker who tricks a victim into viewing a malicious Web page containing the exploit code," Mozilla's security blog reported Tuesday."
The Internet

Submission + - Google's Chiller-Less Data Center (datacenterknowledge.com)

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1sockchuck
1sockchuck writes: "Google has begun operating a data center in Belgium that has no chillers to support its cooling systems, which will improve energy efficiency but make weather forecasting a larger factor in its network management. With power use climbing, many data centers are using free cooling to reduce their reliance on power-hungry chillers. By foregoing chillers entirely, Google will need to reroute workloads if the weather in Belgium gets too warm. The facility also has its own water treatment plant so it doesn't need to use potable water from a local utility."
Government

Submission + - India to issue over a billion biometric id cards (timesonline.co.uk)

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angrytuna
angrytuna writes: "The Unique Identification Authority is a new state department in India charged with assigning every living Indian an exclusive number and biometric ID card. The program is designed to alleviate problems with the 20 current types of proof of identity currently available. These problems range from difficulties for the very poor in obtaining state handouts, corruption, illegal immigration, and terrorism issues.

Issuing the cards may be difficult, however, as less than 7% of the population is registered for income tax, and voter lists are thought to be inaccurate, partly due to corruption. The government has said the first cards will be issued in 18 months."
Education

Submission + - Electronics Projects for High School 1

Submitted by SciGuy
SciGuy writes: I am a physics teacher for 9th graders. I really want to teach them modern electronics (something beyond the light bulb and battery). My hope is for a project that: 1) Is fun 2) Teaches about circuits that are relevant to their life. 3) Doesn't rely to heavily on a black box microcontroller. Individual components would probably be better. (I realize that #2 and #3 are probably contradictory. They will already be programming in my class but I want them to understand the circuitry behind modern tech.) 4)It must be as cheap as possible. Yay public school. Unless some of the parts can be scrounged or found at home, I would probably want to keep the project around $5. Thanks everyone!
Space

Submission + - Six men endure 105-day Mars flight simulator (yahoo.com)

Submitted by drunken_boxer777
drunken_boxer777 writes:

[S]ix men emerged from a metal hatch after 105 days of isolation in a mock spacecraft, still smiling after testing the stresses that space travelers may face on the journey to Mars. They had no television or Internet and their only link to the outside world was communications with the experiment's controllers — who also monitored them via TV cameras — and an internal e-mail system. Communications with the outside world had 20-minute delays to imitate a real space flight.
Portables

Submission + - Asus Launches Eee PC T91 Touch Screen Tablet PC (hothardware.com) 1

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MojoKid
MojoKid writes: "Asus today launched yet another addition to their Eee PC netbook product offering. The Eee PC T91 is unlike any Eee PC we've seen before, namely because the screen can be spun around and flipped down tablet PC style. This so-called "netvertible" sector is still in its earliest stages, making the T91 one of the first netbooks available that also doubles as a full-fledged Tablet PC. Unlike the Eee PC "Seashell" line, which is largely just a sleeker take on the tried-and-true Eee PC Netbook, the T91 takes a completely different approach to computing. Its 8.9" resistive touchscreen literally puts a new spin on the netbook and enables a new usage model versus a standard netbook."

Comment Re:Still not worth it (Score 0) 86

by boisepunk (#25336723) Attached to: Sprint's Xohm WiMax Network Debuts In Baltimore, Works Well

The stuff that goes on in the background is on the same level of corruption and evil as Enron or say a weasel-bad-guy-archetype from your favorite Sci-fi series. Worse than your typical American business. Sprint could very easily deal in oil and nobody who has ever done business with them would bat an eye.
User Journal

Journal Journal: God as identified and/or defined by US (Good, Bad, or Evil)? 3

Journal by OldHawk777

God as identified and/or defined by anyone, anything, any religion, any government ... has never existed. IOW: a god cannot be copyrighted, claimed, patented ... except by weak, fearful, slaves of "the unknown and may never be" destiny/option.

Too Know and Too Fear will always be mutually exclusive or inversely proportional!

Feed Vista Not Selling as Expected (wired.com)

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Microsoft's latest and supposedly greatest operating system, Vista, appears to be falling fall short of sales goals, but CEO Steve Ballmer says it's all in how you interpret the info. In Game|Life.


Media

Journal Journal: Filesharing Insurance opposed by Swedish goverment 2

Journal by Ricker500
The filesharing Insurance at www.tankafritt.nu got world famous over night offering to pay fines for filesharing. This is totally legal in sweden where you can find it but the authorities keep working against the company with more or less legal means.

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