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Submission + - Facebook Ignorance Won't Help You Keep Your Job (theregister.co.uk)

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benfrog
benfrog writes: "A judge in a Texas appeals court has ruled that an EMT's firing was validfor a post on a colleague's Facebook Wall that he argued he intended only to be seen by his close friends but that was visible to his employer (ruling here, PDF). The EMT essentially argued in a last-ditch legal effort to save his job that his lack of knowledge of Facebook's privacy settings (or lack thereof) should have made his firing over the post invalid. Legal analysis in a blog post here."
Security

Submission + - Niagra Framework Leaves Government, Private Infrastructure Open to Hacks (washingtonpost.com)

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benfrog
benfrog writes: "Tridium's Niagra framework is a 'marvel of connectivity,' allowing everything from power plants to gas pumps to be monitored online. Many installations are frighteningly insecure, though, according to an investgation by the Washington Post, leaving both public and private infrastructure potentially open to simple hacks (as simple as a directory traversal attack)."
Java

Submission + - JQuery 2.0 will Drop Support for IE 6, 7, 8 (arstechnica.com)

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benfrog
benfrog writes: "The developers of JQuery recently announced in a blog entry that JQuery 2.0 will drop support for legacy versions of Internet Explorer. The release will come in parallel with version 1.9, however, which will include support for older versions of IE. The versions will offer full API compatibility, but 2.0 will 'benefit from a faster implementation that doesn’t have to rely on legacy compatibility hacks.'""
Science

Submission + - Aerographite Claims Title of World's Lightest Solid Material (gizmag.com)

Submitted by Zothecula
Zothecula writes: While they were each once hailed as the lightest solid material ever made, metallic microlattice and aerogel have now been moved back to second and third place (respectively), with aerographite taking the crown. Developed by a team from the Technical University of Hamburg and Germany’s University of Kiel, the material is composed of 99.99 percent air, along with a three-dimensional network of porous carbon nanotubes that were grown into each other.
Censorship

Submission + - Russia's Parliament Votes for Web Censorship Law (bbc.com)

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benfrog
benfrog writes: "Russia's parliament has voted for a law that would give the government the power to take web sites offline without a trial. The bill still needs to be approved by the upper house of Russia's parliament and signed by President Vladimir Putin before it becomes law. Supporters of the amendment to the "Act for Information" claim that it will help the authorities block sites containing child abuse and other illegal materials. Opponents, however, are concerned that the "blacklist" of sites could be easily expanded. Several web sites have protested the law, including the Russian-language version of Wikipedia, which went dark and Yandex, whose editor-in-chief voiced her concerns in its blog."
Hardware

Submission + - ODROID-X is like a quad-core Raspberry Pi for $129 (geek.com) 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: So you’re intrigued by the $35 Raspberry Pi, but just don’t feel like its 700MHz processor will be able to handle your DIY computing needs? Korean company hardkernel has a slightly beefier option for you: the ODROID-X developer board.

The ODROID features a smokin’ fast Samsung Exynos 4412 processor clocked at 1.4GHz — and it also happens to pack four cores. It’s safe to assume that the Cortex-A9-based 4412 is a substantial upgrade over the Pi’s ARM11 chip. And with a Mali-400 GPU on board (like the Samsung Galaxy S3), the ODROID offers plenty of extra multimedia muscle, too. It’s also got four times as much memory (1GB vs. 256MB) and a whole slew of connectivity options. There are six USB 2.0 ports, Ethernet jack, audio in and out, an SD card reader, and a micro HDMI output. The ODROID (which measures 90 x 94mm) is about twice as wide as the Raspberry Pi, but that’s understandable. All those extra connectors take up space.

As for operating system compatibility? It ships with Android but will happily boot up Linux, too.

Submission + - Why Amazon wants to pay sales tax (slate.com)

Submitted by Maximum Prophet
Maximum Prophet writes: A while ago, Amazon caved on paying individual states sales taxes. Now we know why. Amazon is setting up same day delivery warehouses, *everywhere*. They will put most normal retailers out of business.
Microsoft

Submission + - Microsoft Kills Windows Gadgets via Security Update (arstechnica.com)

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benfrog
benfrog writes: "Microsoft has taken the unusual step of killing the Windows Gadgets feature completely via a security update. According to an advisory issued Tuesday, an attacker could take over a user's system if they are logged in as admin and they install a vulnerable gadget. Microsoft has pulled the plug on its official Gadgets Gallery and is offering a Fix-it that completely disables the Windows Sidebar and Gadgets. Researchers Mickey Shkatov and Toby Kohlenberg are scheduled to give a presentation on the vulnerability at the upcoming Black Hat conference called We Have You By the Gadgets."
Bug

Submission + - Instagram Bug Exposes Private Photos to Strangers (theregister.co.uk)

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benfrog
benfrog writes: "A just-patched bug in Instragram potentially exposed user's private photographs to strangers. According to a Spanish-languge blog post by security researcher Sebastián Guerrero (English-lanuage security advisory related to his post here), photos and private information were exposed by the bug stemming from the ability to guess and forge approved requests to follow a user. Guerrero illustrated the vulnerability by adding himself to a group of people followed by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg."
First Person Shooters (Games)

Submission + - Activision Turning The Walking Dead Into a First-Person Shooter (ign.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Activision, along with developer Terminal Reality, is turning The Walking Dead into a first-person shooter. For those of you who aren't familiar, The Walking Dead is a story about a group of people who are trying to survive the zombie apocalypse. It began as a comic book series, and was adapted into a successful television show by AMC. Now, apparently Activision feels the world needs another zombie shooter, and thinks The Walking Dead is the perfect backdrop. The game will 'revolve around Daryl Dixon and his brother Merle on a “haunting, unforgiving quest to make their way to the supposed safety of Atlanta.” Players will control Daryl as they attempt to avoid detection from zombies that hunt using sight, sound and smell and will choose between fighting them or using stealth to avoid detection'
Medicine

Submission + - Sugar May Help Pave the Way for Synthetic Livers (medicaldaily.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Sugar is used to produce a variety of desserts and beverages, but with new studies, researchers may not be too far off from creating a synthetic liver with the help of sugar.

For years researchers and scientists have faced a number of hurdles while generating synthetically engineered cells. These cells frequently died before the tissue could be formed, but with the use of 3D printers, scientists were able to use sugar as a building material.
Hardware

Submission + - Raspberry Pi Model A makes first appearance (geek.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: It’s easy to forget that the Raspberry Pi currently shipping is the more expensive model of the board. It is actually called the Model B as it sports more features than the $25 Model A.

The main differences include a lack of an Ethernet port and the associated networking chip as well as there only being one USB port instead of two. There was originally going to be less memory on the Model A (128MB instead of 256MB), but the Raspberry Pi Foundation managed to make enough cost savings during a redesign to increase the amount to 256MB on the cheaper version.

With all the focus being on the Model B, we haven’t actually seen the (near) final Model A board yet. But that changes today as Eben Upton has just shown off the $25 board.
Communications

Submission + - Software-Defined Radio: The Apple I of Broadcast? (arstechnica.com)

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benfrog
benfrog writes: "A company called Per Vices has introduced software-defined radio gear that Ars Technica is comparing to the Apple I. Why? Because software radio can broadcast and receive nearly any radio signal on nearly any frequency at the same time, and thus could "revolutionize wireless." The Per Vices Phi is one of the first devices aimed at the mass hobbyist market to take advantage of this technology."

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