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NASA

Submission + - Top 10 Supercomputers: U.S. Still Dominates (informationweek.com)

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gManZboy
gManZboy writes: "Four supercomputers run by the Department of Energy (DOE) and one by NASA helped the U.S. federal government maintain its leadership in supercomputing--with five of the top 10 of the world's most powerful machines under its management, according to a biannual list of the top supercomputers.

However, a Japanese supercomputer called K computer--run by the RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science and developed by Fujitsu--remained No. 1 on the list for the second straight time, a position the feds are vying for with the development of a new supercomputer called Titan."
Security

Submission + - Why Law Enforcement Can't Stop Hackers (cio.com)

Submitted by onehitwonder
onehitwonder writes: Good news for hackers: Law enforcement is virtually powerless when it comes to staunching cybercrime--and data breaches in particular. This CIO.com article explains in depth the myriad challenges that law enforcement officials face in investigating and prosecuting hackers, such as not enough men for the job and weak prison sentences. Law enforcement officials interviewed for the story admit that they're just trying to keep a lid on the problem. The result: A world where hackers are emboldened to perpetrate their cunning misdeeds.
The Military

Submission + - A Spherical Flying Robot (i-programmer.info) 2

Submitted by mikejuk
mikejuk writes: This is a really clever device. It's a spherical flying robot that can hover in a sinister and spooky way and zoom about at high speed. When it lands it just rolls to get about. The really clever bit that when it needs to fly fast it rotates so that the propeller delivers horizontal thrust and the control surfaces act as wings to provide lift. When it wants to hover it rotates so that the propeller provides vertical thrust and the wings act as control surfaces.
Who needs a quadrotor — this is so much more threatening.
Crime

Submission + - Swedish teens: Survey finds more games, less drugs (gamepron.com)

Submitted by UgLyPuNk
UgLyPuNk writes: In 2011, Swedish teenagers are taking fewer drugs and drinking less alcohol than they have over the past 40 years, according to a leading research group. What makes the study particularly interesting is that the findings suggest video games have played a major part in this shift.
Censorship

Submission + - Test if any site is blocked in China in real-time (blockedinchina.net)

Submitted by
hugheseyau
hugheseyau writes: "There has been a lot of hype recently around Chinese internet censorship, particularly around the blocking of Google+ before it was even launched! Have you ever wondered what life is like behind the 'Great Firewall of China'? You can now test if any website is blocked in China in real-time at http://www.blockedinchina.net/."
Botnet

Submission + - Massive Botnet 'Indestructible,' Say Researchers (computerworld.com)

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CWmike
CWmike writes: "A new and improved botnet that has infected more than four million PCs is 'practically indestructible,' security researchers say. TDL-4, the name for both the bot Trojan that infects machines and the ensuing collection of compromised computers, is 'the most sophisticated threat today,' said Kaspersky Labs researcher Sergey Golovanov in a detailed analysis on Monday. Others agree. 'I wouldn't say it's perfectly indestructible, but it is pretty much indestructible,' Joe Stewart, director of malware research at Dell SecureWorks and an internationally-known botnet expert, told Computerworld on Wednesday. 'It does a very good job of maintaining itself.' Because TDL-4 installs its rootkit on the MBR, it is invisible to both the operating system and more, importantly, security software designed to sniff out malicious code. But that's not TDL-4's secret weapon. What makes the botnet indestructible is the combination of its advanced encryption and the use of a public peer-to-peer (P2P) network for the instructions issued to the malware by command-and-control (C&C) servers. 'The way peer-to-peer is used for TDL-4 will make it extremely hard to take down this botnet,' said Roel Schouwenberg, senior malware researcher at Kaspersky. 'The TDL guys are doing their utmost not to become the next gang to lose their botnet.'"

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