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Comment Re:Let me be the first to say (Score 1, Flamebait) 98

by oaklybonn on Friday March 20, 2009 @12:49AM (#27265077) Attached to: First Pwn2Own 2009 Contest Winners Emerge

I wonder how much of "Mac easiest to hack" is due to the fact that WebKit is open source? Its got to be pretty easy to find exploits when you've got the source in front of you! And considering Darwin is open source, I'm surprised they weren't able to find a root exploit as well.

Submission + - Arizona judge: mdb file is not a computer program (bradblog.com)

Submitted by Windrip on Thursday December 20, 2007 @12:27PM

Windrip writes: The database used in Diebold Gems software during Pima County, Arizona elections is not a computer program

The result?

Diebold's GEMS Tabulator Files, Containing Data from '06 Election, Ordered Released to Democratic Party Experts for Scrutiny, Possible Release to Full Public

Submission + - World's largest tropical glacier is vanishing.

Submitted by Socguy on Sunday February 18, 2007 @06:20PM

Socguy writes: "Ohio State glaciologist Lonnie Thompson and a team of scientists said they have found evidence the Qori Kalis glacier of the Quelccaya ice cap in the Peruvian Andes could lose half its mass in 12 months and could be gone five years from now."
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2007/02/16/scie nce-glacier.html

Submission + - IEEE's Winners & Losers of 2006

Submitted by

eldavojohn

on Sunday January 07, 2007 @08:35PM

eldavojohn writes: "As far as technologies go, there are clear winners and clear losers. This month's IEEE Spectrum issue contains (in my opinion) an interesting list of winners and losers from 2006. Among the winners are a new radio technology, IP phone networks & memory technologies along with ethanol from sugarcane. Among the losers are tongue vision, LEDs in clothes, a flying car and (interestingly enough) ethanol from corn. I've seen some (if not all) of these technologies covered on Slashdot with some pretty heated debate on the amount of energy used versus the amount of energy consumed in biofuel production. Well, there's always 2007."

NYT Security Tip - Choose Non-Microsoft Products 298

Posted by Zonk on Sunday January 07, 2007 @07:54PM from the wise-people-over-there dept.

Giorgio Maone writes "The New York Times article 'Tips for Protecting the Home Computer' follows a story we recently discussed about the proliferation of botnets, and contains some statements which may sound quite unusual from mainstream press, especially if targeted to home users: 'Using a non-Windows-based PC may be one defense against these programs, known as malware ... Alternative browsers, like Firefox and Opera, may insulate users ... NoScript, a plug-in utility, can limit the ability of remote programs to run potentially damaging programs on your PC'."

GM Working on Feasible Electric Car 673

Posted by Zonk on Sunday January 07, 2007 @04:22PM from the general-motors-not-game-master dept.

WindBourne writes "While Ford wants to simply offer cosmetic changes to automobiles interiors and exteriors, General Motors has finally gotten the message about electric autos. They are about to introduce the Chevy Volt, a plug-in hybrid which gets 40 Miles on a charge, but has a generator that can keep the auto going up to 640 miles range. From a styling POV, it is not a tesla, but it is also not a focus or a pinto. From the Rocky article: 'GM did not release cost estimates but said they recognize the Volt's price will have to be competitive. Company Vice Chairman Robert Lutz said in a statement that more than half of Americans live less than 20 miles from their workplace and could go to work and back on a single charge.'"

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