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Submission + - Kelihos gang building new botnet, researchers say (networkworld.com)

Submitted by alphadogg
alphadogg writes: The cyber-criminal gang that operated the recently disabled Kelihos botnet has already begun building a new botnet with the help of a Facebook worm, according to security researchers from Seculert. Security experts from Kaspersky Lab, CrowdStrike, Dell SecureWorks and the Honeynet Project, announced that they took control of the 110,000 PC-strong Kelihos botnet on Wednesday using a method called sinkholing. That worm has compromised over 70,000 Facebook accounts so far and is currently distributing a new version of the Kelihos Trojan, Seculert security researchers said in a blog post.http://blog.seculert.com/2012/03/kelihosb-is-still-live-and-social.html

Comment Re:Well, good thing I didn't research this area. (Score 1) 251

by drrck (#37541736) Attached to: Man-In-the-Middle Remote Attack On Diebold Voting Machines
This print and verify method is deployed in my county in Ohio. Step 1 is to place your votes on all the available pages. Step 2 the machine flips to the first page and show you your vote, you are then instructed to look at the paper slip to the right to ensure that your recorded vote matches that which is printed. You do this for all pages, then your vote is "submitted".
Nintendo

Submission + - Nintendo Announces New Console: Wii U (reuters.com)

Submitted by _xeno_
_xeno_ writes: Nintendo has announced the official name for what had been known as "Project Cafe:" the Wii U. It is an HD console, it remains backwards compatibility with the Wii (it's unclear if this includes GameCube software), and the controller does, in fact, have a touch screen on it. Nintendo demoed moving a game off the TV and play it solely on the Wii U controller.
Education

Submission + - Lie-in for teenagers sees drop in absenteeism (bbc.co.uk) 1

Submitted by krou
krou writes: Monkseaton High School in North Tyneside, UK, began an experiment in October that saw its 800 pupils ranging in age from 13-19 attend school an hour later than normal at 10am. Early results indicate that 'general absence has dropped by 8% and persistent absenteeism by 27%'. Head teacher Paul Kelley supported the idea because he believed that 'it was now medically established that it was better for teenagers to start their school day later in terms of their mental and physical health and how they learn better in the afternoon', and he now claims that the children are becoming 'happier better educated teenagers' as a result of the experiment. The experiment is being overseen by Oxford neuroscience professor Russell Foster. 'He performed memory tests on pupils at the school which suggested the more difficult lessons should take place in the afternoon. He said young people's body clocks may shift as they reach their teenage years — meaning they want to get up later not because they are lazy but because they are biologically programmed to do.'

Comment EyeTV (Score 3, Informative) 536

by drrck (#30303832) Attached to: Best PC DVR Software, For Any Platform?
If you have a Mac, Elgato's EyeTV product keeps getting better and better with each release. There are open source add-ons for commercial skipping, exports to iTunes/iPod, ect and the interface is pretty user friendly. It won't do Netflix by itself, but if you're hooking up a media PC then you've already got access to Netflix.

Comment Re:Diesel and window defogging (Score 1) 687

by drrck (#29109601) Attached to: World's Only Diesel-Electric Honda Insight

Idling a TDI when cold is not recommended. The reason that they don't heat up very fast is that they are more thermally efficient.

If you are really concerned you could install a frost heater, which is an inline coolant heater, this would allow you to defrost very quickly.

As far as parking the vehicle outside... I had no problems starting my car after a low temp of -20F for two days in a row. The quality of the fuel is more important than having it inside. With advances in glow plug technology cold starts are not much of a problem.

Transportation

Submission + - Chevy Volt rated at 230 mpg in the city 2

Submitted by necro81
necro81 writes: General Motors, emerging from bankruptcy, today announced that its upcoming plug-in hybrid vehicle, the Volt, will have an EPA-rated 230 mpg for city driving (approx 1L / 100km). The unprecedented rating is the result of a new (draft) methodology for calculating the "gas" mileage for vehicles that operate primarily or extensively on electricity. The Volt, due out late this year, can drive approximately 40 miles on its Li-Ion battery pack, after which a gasoline engine kicks in to provide additional electricity to turn the wheels. Running off the gasoline engine yields approximately 50 mpg. Of course, the devil's in the details, because the conversion of grid-based electricity to gasoline-mileage is imprecise.

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