Submission + - Alien Invasion? RTFM!
orkysoft writes: "El Reg reports that NASA scientists have written a book about how to handle an alien invasion."
Submission + - SPAM: Wal-Mart engineer firing is backfiring
alphadogg writes: "The ugly story of a Wal-Mart firing of an engineer and the story he has to tell about the big retailer's questionable security practices.
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Feed News: Don't believe the hype: The 21 biggest IT flops (macworld.com)
Submission + - Linus calls GNOME "limiting"
lisah writes: "The flame wars between Linus Torvalds and the GNOME community continue to burn. Responding to Torvalds' recent claim that GNOME 'seems to be developed by interface Nazis' and that its developers believe their 'users are idiots,' a member of the Linux Foundation's Desktop Architects mailing list suggested that Torvalds use GNOME for a month before making such pronouncements. Torvalds, never one to back down from a challenge, simply turned around and submitted patches to GNOME and then told the list, '...let's see what happens to my patches. I guarantee you that they actually improve the code.' After lobbing that over the fence, Torvalds concluded his comments by saying, 'Now the question is, will people take the patches, or will they keep their heads up their arses and claim that configurability is bad, even when it makes things more logical, and code more readable.'"
Submission + - Security analyst for Sandia wins lawsuit
DeQuincey writes: The Register is reporting that Shawn Carpenter, the security analyst at Sandia National Laboratories who was fired for investigating attacks on SNL, has been awarded $4.7 Million.
Carpenter investigated the attacks, dubbed "Titan Rain," despite his employer's refusal to approve the action. He contacted the FBI about the attacks and they were aware of this activities. Despite this, Sandia didn't take it lightly and terminated his employment.
