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Submission + - University built election system goes open source

Submitted by SoapBox17 on Thursday November 02, 2006 @09:33PM

SoapBox17 writes: In a bold move, Punchscan, one of the most secure and transparent voting systems so far proposed, has gone open source. Maybe Diebold has finally met its match?

30413 submission

Submission + - Viral Fossil Brought Back to Life

Submitted by hey hey hey on Wednesday November 01, 2006 @07:30PM

hey hey hey writes: In a controversial study, researchers have resurrected a retrovirus that infected our ancestors millions of years ago and now sits frozen in the human genome. Published online by Genome Research this week, the study may shed new light on the history of these genomic intruders, as well as their role in tumors. Although this particular virus, dubbed Phoenix, is a wimpy one, some argue that resuscitating any ancient virus is inherently risky and that the study should have undergone stricter reviews.
More details here: ScienceNOW

30407 submission

Submission + - Lost Moon Landing Tapes Found

Submitted by Racher on Wednesday November 01, 2006 @07:22PM

Racher writes: Last week nearly 100 tapes, clearly marked "NASA Manned Space Center", turned up after a search in a dusty basement of a physics lecture hall at Curtin University of Technology in Perth, Western Australia. One of the old tapes has been sent to the American space agency to see whether it can be deciphered and 'stripped' of any important data which may have survived the ravages of time. The re-discovery of the magnetic tapes at Curtin University follows NASA's admission in August this year that it no longer knew where to find the original video tapes of the 1969 landing and Armstrong's famous speech to at least 600 million people around the world

30365 submission

Submission + - E-voting state by state: What you need to know

Submitted by jcatcw on Wednesday November 01, 2006 @05:48PM

jcatcw writes: One-third of Americans will use voting machines next week that have never before served in a general election. Computerworld.com provides an overview of e-voting in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia — equipment, systems for voter registration, polling, significant legal challenges to the systems, previous media coverage, links to government watchdog sites, the vendors, technologies and laws that are important to the issue. And a review of "Hacking Democracy."

30239 submission

Submission + - Hackers begin "Month of Kernel Bugs"

Submitted by on Wednesday November 01, 2006 @03:05PM

An anonymous reader writes: To help expose vulnerabilities in the kernels of various operating systems, security researchers this month plan to publish a new bug every day throughout the month of November. The first one, published today, shows that there really *are* flaws in Apple's wireless capabilities, despite its protests to the contrary. Check it out: http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=109 535&WT.svl=news1_1

30207 submission

Submission + - CEO nabbed for identity theft from own employees

Submitted by

BuzzardsBay

on Wednesday November 01, 2006 @02:35PM

BuzzardsBay writes: "And you think your boss is a jerk? Check out this VARBusiness story about a tech CEO the feds say was using his employees' personal information to apply for loans and credit cards to the tune of $1 million. Somewhere a whole lot of businesses who bought this guy's managed-services pitch are cringing with the thought of who is taking care of their data now. And 50 employees are gonna have to sweat out their credit reports even as they look for new jobs. Now that's a lousy boss!"

30161 submission

Submission + - How iTunes saved The Office

Submitted by

AKAImBatman

on Wednesday November 01, 2006 @01:25PM

AKAImBatman writes: "Ever since television was introduced to Apple's iTunes service, Apple Fans have wondered how popular the service really is. Does it make enough money for studios to take notice? Or is it simply a niche service that provides television to techologists with little time? A recent article by NewsDay offers up some answers to those questions. According to NewsDay, the popularity of the "The Office" on iTunes prevented its cancellation by NBC. Despite the low Neilsen ratings, the show's viewship soared after it was placed on iTunes.

Complex serials like Lost, Jericho, and Heros are also pinning their hopes on iTunes. Television studios have traditionally avoided arcing storylines for fear of making the show inaccessable to new viewers. Now with iTunes, viewers can get caught up from the beginning. If this experiment works as well as the rescue of "The Office", the future of televised entertainment could be digital."

30115 submission

Submission + - Paypal Remains Online Despite Explosion

Submitted by

feamsr00

on Wednesday November 01, 2006 @12:26PM

feamsr00 writes: "An explosion at online payment processor Paypal caused property damage, but resulted in no injuries. The company's web site, one of the Internet's busiest e-commerce sites, remained online throughout the incident.

The explosion Tuesday night at Paypal's network operations center in San Jose shattered a window and forced the evacuation of 26 employees, according to local media reports. Law enforcement officials said they "have suspicions" about what may have caused the blast, but did not detail them. The investigation team included members of the local police bomb squad.

Netcraft has the story and uptime graphs."

30113 submission

Submission + - Researchers find clue for SIDS

Submitted by

SpaceAdmiral

on Wednesday November 01, 2006 @12:25PM

SpaceAdmiral writes: "Scientists have found that babies who die from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) tend to have an abnormality in their brain stem. By linking SIDS to a biological cause, it may now be possible to test for the abnormality and treat babies at risk of SIDS."

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Latest Linux Standards Base Gets Vendor Support 96

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Tuesday April 25, 2006 @05:03PM from the friendlier-tux dept.

Neopallium writes to tell us that in a recent announcement at the Desktop Linux Summit the Free Standards Group reports fourteen of the leading Linux vendors have pledged support for the newest release of the Linux Standards Base. From the article: "'The Release of LSB 3.1 is another milestone achieved by the industry and the Open Source Community that delivers ever increasing value to customers,' said Reza Rooholamini, director of enterprise solutions engineering at Dell. 'It enables further uniformity and standardization across applications and distributions that allows quicker deployment of Linux solutions with higher levels of quality.'"

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