Comment Another story with (slightly) more info (Score 1) 2
There is another story with slightly more information here.
Submission + - LHC finds Beauty quark (zdnet.com) 2
z4ns4stu writes: On Wednesday scientists at the LHC "found a particle called a beauty or bottom quark. Cern scientists have a wishlist of particles they want to measure in the experiment, and the beauty quark is the first on the list that they have found."
Comment Delayed update (Score 1) 233
I would bet that the reason the affected numbers are so low is because a large number of corporations know to delay the application of patches for at least a day. This isn't the first time McAfee has done this, and it definitely won't be the last. It's the same concept with Microsoft/Apple/other OS patches. Every organization needs a patch strategy and the good ones include some kind of lab environment to make sure stuff isn't going to break before it's rolled out.
Submission + - Dow Chemical Releasing Efficient Solar Shingles (inhabitat.com)
raisingirl writes: Solar shingles are nothing new, but up until now the technology has been relatively inefficient and clunky-looking. That’s about to change, though, with Dow Chemical’s new thin-film solar roofing shingles, set to go on sale next year. The sleek plastic-coated Powerhouse shingles can convert 13% of the sun’s energy into electricity. In comparison, most thin-film solar cells have a conversion rate of just 11%. The key to Dow’s shingles is the technology. Many existing solar shingles use amorphous silicon solar cells, but Dow uses Cigs (PV cells made out of copper, indium, gallium and selenium) — a more efficient designDo
Submission + - Astronomers find 9 new planets and upset the theor (eurekalert.org)
CmdrTaco writes: "The discovery of nine new planets challenges the reigning theory of the formation of planets, according to new observations by astronomers. Two of the astronomers involved in the discoveries are based at the UC Santa Barbara-affiliated Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network, based in Goleta, Calif., near UCSB."
Comment Re:Firefox lite. (Score 1) 464
I saw something about a fix to a long-standing and extremely difficult memory leak being finalized by Mozilla devs recently. I think it was acutally here.
Comment Re:Firefox lite. (Score 1) 464
I second NoScript. I hate having to browse without it when I'm using someone else's computer. Usually, I just convince them to let me install it (not that hard when you're a network security professional).
Comment Re:Firefox lite. (Score 2, Interesting) 464
Really, it makes sense with the way it is used as Google wins twice:
- The add gets downloaded, so the hit counts for revenue generation
- The add isn't displayed, so the user gets the experience they wanted
Remember, Google is an advertising company at its heart.
Portal Update Hints At New Game 156
An anonymous reader writes "It appears Valve has begun another ARG (Alternate Reality Game) similar to the one that led up to the release of the original Portal game. A recent Portal update unlocked a new achievement which has uncovered various hidden images and sounds containing references to the Portal and Half-Life universe. Many believe this to be part of the run-up to the announcement of Portal 2 and/or the next installment of the Half-Life series. A thread on the Steam forums has already reached over 1 million views as people piece together the information. Another thread summarizes the information found so far. Based on clues from the ARG, some are speculating an announcement at the 2010 Game Developers Conference where Valve's co-founder Gabe Newell is to receive this year's Pioneer Award."
Comment Re:Question (Score 1) 323
I didn't grab the file myself. The link is from comments the original blog poster had made at isc.sans.org.
Comment VirusTotal (Score 2, Informative) 323
Here's a link to the report from VirusTotal when you upload an infected atapi.sys.
http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/85aa49f587f69f30560f02151af2900f3dc71d39d1357727ab41b11ef828a7ff-1265925529
http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/85aa49f587f69f30560f02151af2900f3dc71d39d1357727ab41b11ef828a7ff-1265925529
Comment Re:New algorithms? (Score 1) 192
I just tried generating a new key using GPG and you appear to be correct. I'll have to go back and try to figure out what I was doing that it recommended I use a key no smaller than 4096-bits.
Comment Re:The real scary part is 3 years to obsolecence (Score 1) 192
I'd say that depends on two things:
- How much you value your privacy vs. the difficulty of distributing new keys
- How much you like new toys
Comment Re:New algorithms? (Score 5, Insightful) 192
And newly generated keys for PGP/GPG are suggested to be at least 4096 bits.
Comment Re:So what's the difference? (Score 1) 568
And the additional revenue from the embedded advertising in almost every Google application (I haven't seen any in G-mail yet, but I have in Maps, Google Sky Map, My Tracks, and YouTube).
