Submission + - China, Russia Hack US Electrical Grid (blogspot.com)
Mike Kuykendall writes: "A cyber-attack on US electrical grids shows how much more must be done to protect critical systems."
Submission + - Will Wright to leave Electronic Arts (developmag.com)
Mark writes: "Will Wright is leaving Electronic Arts.
However Wright, the creator of The Sims, Sim City and Spore, is to start a new venure, called Stupid Fun Club, which EA will make an equity investment in, the two have announced.
Stupid Fun Club is described as 'an entertainment think tank developing new Intellectual Properties to be deployed across multiple fronts including video games, movies, television, the internet, and toys'.
'EA and Wright will own shares of Stupid Fun Club and are the principal shareholders. In addition, EA has the right to develop game concepts that spring from Stupid Fun Club projects,' the two announced in a statement.
"The entertainment industry is moving rapidly into an era of revolutionary change," said Will.
"Stupid Fun Club will explore new possibilities that are emerging from this sublime chaos and create new forms of entertainment on a variety of platforms. In my twelve years at EA, I've had the pleasure to work alongside some of the brightest and most talented game developers in the industry and I look forward to working with them again in the near future.""
However Wright, the creator of The Sims, Sim City and Spore, is to start a new venure, called Stupid Fun Club, which EA will make an equity investment in, the two have announced.
Stupid Fun Club is described as 'an entertainment think tank developing new Intellectual Properties to be deployed across multiple fronts including video games, movies, television, the internet, and toys'.
'EA and Wright will own shares of Stupid Fun Club and are the principal shareholders. In addition, EA has the right to develop game concepts that spring from Stupid Fun Club projects,' the two announced in a statement.
"The entertainment industry is moving rapidly into an era of revolutionary change," said Will.
"Stupid Fun Club will explore new possibilities that are emerging from this sublime chaos and create new forms of entertainment on a variety of platforms. In my twelve years at EA, I've had the pleasure to work alongside some of the brightest and most talented game developers in the industry and I look forward to working with them again in the near future.""
Submission + - Cracking the code of bacterial communication (ted.com)
TEDChris writes: "It's not often you get leading-edge science shared in such a dynamic way. Microbiologist Bonnie Bassler here explains her discovery of "quorum sensing" — the amazing ability of bacteria to communicate with each other and coordinate attack strategies. By cracking the communication code, she has opened up potential for a new class of drugs tackling microbial diseases. The talk got a massive standing ovation at this year's TED and has just been posted. To quote one commenter: "This is by far the most inspiring, amazing, and far-reaching talk I've seen in a very long time. " Wd love Slashdot community's insight into implications of this work."
Submission + - Cyberspies Infiltrated US Electrical Grid (voanews.com)
mytrip writes: A U.S. newspaper is reporting that spies using the Internet have infiltrated control systems of the U.S. electrical supply network and planted computer programs that could be used to disrupt electricity service.
The report in The Wall Street Journal cites current and former national security officials as saying the spies are from China, Russia and other countries.
The report says a senior intelligence official says the computer software tools left behind could be used to destroy infrastructure components, and officials are concerned the programs would be used in times of war or crisis. The report says officials say water, sewage and other infrastructure systems were also at risk.
The report in The Wall Street Journal cites current and former national security officials as saying the spies are from China, Russia and other countries.
The report says a senior intelligence official says the computer software tools left behind could be used to destroy infrastructure components, and officials are concerned the programs would be used in times of war or crisis. The report says officials say water, sewage and other infrastructure systems were also at risk.
Submission + - Recession Catches Up To Tech Jobs (cnn.com)
HangingChad writes: "Once thought to be somewhat recession-proof, tech jobs have been getting slashed as companies look to trim budgets. From the CNNMoney article: "After three years of at least 2.5% employment growth in the United States, tech jobs are forecast to decline by 1.2% this year, according to Forrester Research. They have already fallen by nearly 1% since their November peak, according to the Labor Department. Year to date, 8,000 tech jobs have been slashed, including 4,100 just last month."
We're not anticipating any layoffs and I'm not seeing a lot of top flight programming talent on the bench. Not even certain how noticeable a 1.2% decline would be in our industry. Anyone else feeling the pinch?"
We're not anticipating any layoffs and I'm not seeing a lot of top flight programming talent on the bench. Not even certain how noticeable a 1.2% decline would be in our industry. Anyone else feeling the pinch?"
Submission + - Foot-shaped structures found in the Jordan valley (examiner.com)
mmmscience writes: http://www.examiner.com/x-1242-Science-News-Examiner~y2009m4d6-Footshaped-structures-found-in-the-Jordan-valley An interesting discovery in Jordan has opened a whole realm of possibilities in biblical archaeology. The collection of large foot-shaped structures found in the Jordan valley appear to be "the first sites that the People of Israel built upon entering Canaan and they testify to the biblical concept of ownership of the land with the foot."
Submission + - World's Fastest Broadband at $20 per home
EricTheGreen writes: Interesting NYT article on how a Japanese telecom is upgrading their consumer network to 160 MPS at an investment cost of $20 per household. Its encouraging that someone, somewhere, is doing this and actually showing it can be done on economically feasible terms.
Submission + - MIT Researchers Reveal Bacteria-Based Batteries
nandemoari writes: "The solution to the age-old problem of weakening battery capacity may soon emerge thanks to tech wizzes at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT. Scientists there have discovered an efficient way of powering electronic devices using bacteria-infused batteries.
The new batteries use a kind of bacteria that can construct an anode after being protected by a layer of cobalt oxide and gold. Once this process is complete, the bacteria batteries can be formed into a nanowire. This makes them drastically different than your regular old batteries that use a pair of anodes, one positive, one negative.
The genetically engineered battery bacteria poses no threat to human beings."
Submission + - Exoplanets found hiding in Hubble telescope data (cosmosmagazine.com) 1
An anonymous reader writes: A new image processing technique can be used to scan more than a decade's worth of data from the Hubble Space Telescope to find undiscovered exoplanets, researchers claim.
Comment First (Score -1, Offtopic) 488
or third
Comment Re:Not a bad idea (Score 3, Interesting) 348
While sounds good, every one with the know how would go out and set up a torrent in hopes of a buy-out.
Comment Re:Use the firehose (Score 1) 220
Lighten up Francis....it's just one day a year that we get crap like this. Enjoy the creativity until the Evil Bit comes for you!
Comment Re:Bizarre (Score 1) 1582
Start grinding like you have never grinded before!
