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Submission + - BBC Reported WTC7 Collapse 20 Min Before It Fell

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An anonymous reader writes: Courtesy an article posted at PrisonPlanet.com

"Early this week an independent researcher, reviewing video archives of the BBC's 9/11 coverage, divulged the discovery of an earth shaking incongruence. BBC reporters announced the collapse of the 47 story Salomon Brothers Building 23 minutes BEFORE the actual sudden collapse. This building, also known as WTC 7, is clearly visible, standing tall, as a reporter gestures to the live view through the window behind her."
Encryption

Secure Private Key Storage for UNIX? 95

Posted by Cliff from the kernel-level-key-ring dept.
An anonymous reader asks: "Microsoft Windows, from 2000 forward (except ME) offers secure certificate and private storage at the OS level in what is called a protected store. Offline, it's encrypted by a combination of the user's password and a session key stored on the filesystem. When the OS is running, the private keys stored are available to the logged in user, optionally encrypted with another password. The keys are stored in protected memory, so no applications can access them without going through the Microsoft CAPI calls. This code also is FIPS 140-1 level 1 (the best one can get for software cryptography modules) compliant." Does any other OS provide this kind of feature at the OS-level? If so, who? If not, why?
Portables (Apple)

Submission + - iPod as flight data recorder

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udamahan
udamahan writes: "Flight Global reports small aircraft manufacturer LoPresti is introducing a system that uses an iPod as a flight data recorder. The company states that they chose the iPod for its size, low power requirements, and the "thousands of developers passionate about writing applications for the iPod." The article notes that data recorders are typically used for maintenance, flight/safety analysis, or, assuming proper protection, crash investigation."
Enlightenment

Submission + - Marvin Minsky On The Future Of AI

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: In a Dr. Dobbs podcast, AI pioneer and MIT professor Marvin Minsky examines the failures of AI research and lays out directions for future developments in the field. (Part 1 of 3)
Toys

Submission + - possible idiocy by PC Magazines writer

Submitted by ChazzMatt
ChazzMatt writes: http://www.gearlog.com/2007/02/how_hp_and_xbox_sav ed_my_super.php Writer for PC Magazines exulted in his inner MacGyver. But readers questioned whether he went about everything the HARD way, just to write a column. He refused to answer. This now reflects upon anything he writes as a JOURNALIST. Does he write what he wants or does he write the truth? Can he admit he was wrong — or at least explain how he was right? This also reflects upon PC Magazines. Is the news they report and the reviews they write true and honest?
The Matrix

Submission + - Documentary claims to find Jesus' tomb

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w1z4rd
w1z4rd writes: "The Associated Press reports, ""The Lost Tomb of Jesus" ends on a portentous if melodramatic note.

By this point, the sought-after tomb had been located, entered and confirmed as the possible earthly resting place for Jesus Christ and his family. But within hours, authorities demanded that its cave-like entrance — on the grounds of a Jerusalem apartment complex built over it a quarter-century ago — be resealed.

A welder's torch flares in the night as the narrator intones, "The tomb that arguably once held the remains of Mary, the mother of Jesus; Matthew, from Mary's family line; Yose and James, the brothers of Jesus; Mary Magdalene; her husband, Jesus; and Judah, their son, is sealed up again.""
The Internet

Submission + - Web 2.0 applications vs. desktop applications

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Stan Schroeder
Stan Schroeder writes: "How do Web 2.0 applications and services really compare to desktop applications? What conditions do Web 2.0 startups have to meet to make sure they can't easily be replaced (because of zero switching cost) by another application, or to make sure that they add enough value over their desktop counterparts to be competitive? The answer lies in the very definition of Web 2.0 and the multitude of possibilities it provides. Simply using the web as a platform is not going to cut it any more — the community is the key to the growth of almost all big Web 2.0 success stories."
Enlightenment

Submission + - Tim Berners-Lee Predicts Tech Future

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee testified before Congress on Thursday about the "digital future." He offered up a couple of predictions which went beyond generalities, including cell phones would use radio technology to communicate with everyday objects wrapped in surfaces equipped with digital billboards. He also talked about the Semantic Web, or a Web of "machine-processable data," which is under development at the U.K.'s Southhampton University, where Berners-Lee holds a position. Do you think such predictions are valuable, or is it "Star Trek" stuff which Congress ultimately can't understand and pays little attention to.
The Media

Sony Blackballs Blog Over PS3 Rumor 219

Posted by Zonk from the shot-across-the-port-bow dept.
Earlier today Kotaku ran an article looking at the possible future of PlayStation 3's online component. They detail a form of Sony Mii, with achievements accruing in an actual room as you succeed in playing games. During their correspondence with Sony as preparation for the story, the company asked them very specifically not to run the story. They then threatened to pull PR support for the site if they ran the story. When the story went up anyway, Sony followed through with its threats: "So, it is for this reason, that we will be canceling all further interviews for Kotaku staff at GDC and will be dis-inviting you to our media event next Tuesday. Until we can find a way to work better together, information provided to your site will only be that found in the public forum. Again, I take absolutely no joy in sending you this note, but given the situation you have put me into, I have no choice. - Dave Karraker, Sr. Director, Corporate Communications, Sony Computer Entertainment America." Update: 03/02 02:27 GMT by Z : I am happy to be able to add that Sony and Kotaku made up after what sounds like a lengthy phone call. 'Good on you' to both Mr. Karraker and Mr. Crecente.
Windows

Submission + - Vista key bruteforce crack

Submitted by
LinuxGeek
LinuxGeek writes: "Systems are fast enough for bruteforce key discovery. This could cause real trouble for Microsoft. What happens when you buy that brand new laptop in a few months and then cannot activate the shipping OS because someone already guessed it?"
Software

Submission + - Symantec: Vista "fairly secure, but full of ho

Submitted by Kalriath
Kalriath writes: Computerworld reports on Symantec's reports claiming that Windows Vista is "faily secure, but still full of holes". Symantec claims that in under a week, they have managed to disable PatchGuard and Code Integrity, which have hindered their antivirus and firewall product implementations on Vista, and also claim to be able to exploit UAC to masquerade untrusted code as part of the OS.

From the article at Computerworld:

The security vendor's Security Response Advanced Threat Research group has released four reports on the security implications of Vista — with two more to come next week — and found that while the underlying OS is more secure, there are still unplugged holes that will allow malicious code to penetrate a user's system, says Oliver Friedrichs, director of Symantec's Security Response Emerging Threats group.
It's really no surprise that Symantec has been researching ways to get around PatchGuard, and even they admit that their research is a little self serving. From the article:

Friedrichs acknowledges that it may be self-serving for Symantec, which offers add-on security products for Windows, to publish findings that the OS is not secure.
Unsurprisingly, Symantec claims that it's concerns are very legitimate, and Microsoft reiterates that Vista is the most secure Windows to date. Then, is that really all that hard?

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