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Submission + - Sci-FI Brothel to Open 90 Miles From Las Vegas (inquisitr.com)

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Gustavicles
Gustavicles writes: "Ever thought about what it would be like to be with the woman who saved the galaxy from the evil empire? It seems as if Dennis Hof, owner of the Moonlite Bunny Ranch in Nevada wants to give you the opportunity.

Hof has bought a run down old brothel about 90 miles north of Las Vegas, and he plans on rennovating the whole area and turning it into an Area 51 themed brothel, where any Sci-Fi sex fantasy you have can be fulfilled for the right price.

Nevada is the only State in the US that allows legal prostitution. There are more than 2 dozen brothels throughout the State (although prostitution is technically illegal in Clark County (where Las Vegas is located).

Hof is also planning on bringing in some heavyweights to get the Area 51 Brothel going. The Las Vegas Review-Journal is reporting that Hof is getting some help from one one of the illicit sex trade’s top experts, madam Heidi Fleiss.

“She’s the chief alien design queen,” Hof told the paper.

Hof is no stranger to making his brothel’s famous, his Moonlite Bunny Ranch is the setting for the HBO reality show called Cathouse"

Submission + - European Supervolcano Showing Signs of Life, Can D (inquisitr.com) 1

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Gustavicles
Gustavicles writes: "A massive volcano in Germany is showing signs of life, and it has some scientists worried. The Laacher See Volcano which sits under a lake near Bonn has the potential of raining ash and fire over, wellpretty much all of Europe.

Scientists say the Laacher See Volcano is similar in size to Mount Pinatubo, which erupted in Indonesia in 1991. Mount Pinatubo was considered the biggest eruption of the 20th century, causing global temperatures to cool by 0.5 degrees Celsius for an entire year!

The Volcano has historically erupted once every 10,000 – 12,000 years. The last eruption was 12,900 years ago.

It is hard to say exactly how devastating the Laacher See Volcano would be to Europe, but some scientists who were willing to talk about it said it would basically be TOTAL devastation. Cities all over Europe such as London, Berlin, Paris and others would be completely covered in ash."

Submission + - Saudi hackers exposed 18,000 Israeli credit card n (ynet.co.il)

Submitted by sergei83
sergei83 writes: The Israeli news site Ynet reports that Saudi hackers have published files which according to their claims contain personal information of more than 40,000 Israelis including more than 18 thousand credit card numbers.

On Monday evening the hackers took control of a popular Israeli sports website "One" and have published on its homepage links to files containing the personal information.

The hackers have identified themselves to be part of the Anonymous group, however, an Israeli Anonymous group member Guy Shefer commented that he had contacted his group counterparts who had denied any involvement in the incident.
Android

Submission + - Securing Android for the Enterprise (net-security.org)

Submitted by Orome1
Orome1 writes: While many companies use IPsec for secure remote access to their networks, no integrated IPsec VPN client is available on Android. Apple has already fixed this shortcoming in iOS, in part, because it wanted make the iPhone attractive for businesses. The Android operating system doesn’t just lack an integrated IPsec VPN client, it also makes installing and configuring third-party VPN software quite complicated. IPsec VPN clients have to be integrated into the kernel of each device, and the client software has to be installed specifically for a memory area. This means that the firmware of each Android smartphone or tablet has to be modified accordingly. Until a “real” IPsec VPN client is available, Android users can use their devices’ integrated VPN clients based on PPTP or L2TP, which is deployed over IPsec. A “real” IPsec VPN connection, however, is more secure because it encrypts data prior to authentication.
China

Submission + - US Fears Chinese Malware Hidden in Imports (internetevolution.com)

Submitted by hapworth
hapworth writes: Sources close to the Obama administration say the White House believes China has been delivering malware-contaminated computer and network hardware to targeted companies. According to author Robert McGarvey, the situation is so serious that experts are recommending companies unplug key computers from their networks, to make sure data stays in-house; and at least one government agency in Washington, DC, isn't allowing Chinese-made computers on the premises. A retired security official quoted in the story notes that the truly worrisome thing is that these hidden bugs are hard to detect: "What you might find is hardware that just is a little off spec, and in that variation is the vulnerability. But you probably won’t even know it is there."

Submission + - User Poll Shows Tablets, eReaders Top Tech Gift Gu (computerworld.com)

Submitted by Lucas123
Lucas123 writes: Every year, Computerworld polls its readers on what types of tech gear they want to give and/or receive for the holidays. While the top five categories they chose are pretty much the same as in 2010 — tablets, e-readers, smartphones, laptops and HDTVs — the products themselves have changed significantly. For example, Android powerhouses such as the Samsung Galaxy Nexus phone and the Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime tablet are strong contenders this year while in years past Apple's iPhone 4S and iPad 2 topped the lists.
The Almighty Buck

Submission + - Web usage-based billing on its way (sfgate.com) 1

Submitted by tripleevenfall
tripleevenfall writes: The days of watching movies on the cheap via the Web may soon be over. Time Warner Cable and U.S. pay-TV companies are on the verge of instituting new fees on Web-access customers who use the most data. Cable's best option is to find ways to profit from the online shift, said Moffett. If the companies were to lose all of their video customers, the revenue decline would be more than offset by a lower programming fees and set-top box spending.

"In the end, it will be the best thing that ever happened to the cable industry," Moffett said.
Technology

Submission + - TV Ownership Declines 2

Submitted by bs0d3
bs0d3 writes: Every year, the estimated number of U.S. households owning TV sets goes up. Until now. This year, for the first time since 1970, tv ownership has gone down; by about 1%. TV ownership among the key adult 18-49 demo also declined even steeper, down 2.7 percent and percentage of homes without a TV is at the highest level since 1975. The reasons behind this appear to be online media content and the recession.
 
Operating Systems

Submission + - OS.js - JavaScript Operating System (wordpress.com)

Submitted by
Anti-S
Anti-S writes: "A (semi) based Operating System written in JavaScript. A short excerpt from the description on the web-page:

OS.js started out as a tool to use on my home server so i could run GUI applications to configure services without installing X and a window manager (including VNC or similar remote management) and connect from anywhere in the world just using a web-browser. But lately I’ve also found some other uses for it, mainly HTML5 application development.

Includes a window manager and a simple desktop environment (similar to most Linux envs out there). Standards are inspired by GTK and freedesktop.org.

Applications are developed using Glade Interface Designer (GTK+3 XML) and (optionally) an SQL database XML-scheme.

A built-in compiler creates JavaScript, CSS, SQL and PHP templates from the projects including support for events (signals). One can also create static applications from raw HTML, JS and CSS.

A Virtual Filesystem(VFS) is included. It works with local files, block devices, network connections, compressed files etc.

Applications uses a public API that consists of simple OS operations and calls to the application server-side script and the core libraries (File-system (with restrictions), Networking, Services, Configuration files etc.)."

Submission + - How To Get A Siri Experience For Android (computerworld.com)

Submitted by Lucas123
Lucas123 writes: It is possible to get a Siri-like, voice-command experience with Android-powered smart phones. Unlike iPhone 4S users, though, Android users will need to gather together a couple of different apps if they want to issue a wide range of voice commands on their device. Computerworld's Sharon Machlis ran more than half a dozen apps through their paces, testing them for various functions to communicate (make calls, send messages), organize (keep track of appointments) and find information. There are a couple of things Android voice-activated apps do that Siri can't, and overall, she found she was able to get a good chunk of the functionality that Siri offers.
Intel

Submission + - 50 Ultrabooks to be launched at CES (pcpro.co.uk)

Submitted by
Barence
Barence writes: "As many as 50 Intel Ultrabooks will be launched at next January's CES, according to the show's organisers. Until now, only a handful of manufacturers have announced Ultrabooks, with many rumoured to be waiting for the 22nm Ivy Bridge processor refresh before releasing their devices. Intel CEO Paul Otellini is due to give a keynote speech at the show where Ivy Bridge will likely be officially unveiled alongside a host of new laptops. "We expect to see 30 to 50 new Ultrabooks launched at CES," the CEA's research director Shawn DuBravac told journalists at CES Unveiled in London."
Intel

Submission + - MacBook Air Apparents (technologizer.com)

Submitted by
harrymcc
harrymcc writes: "The PC market is stagnant. The MacBook Air is selling like hotcakes. So Intel and PC makers have hatched the Ultrabook, an Air-like form factor that's being used for everything from shameless clones to machines with some of their own personality. At Technologizer, Jared Newman looked at current and upcoming competitors."
Science

Submission + - Wolfram Alpha Answers To What Planes Are Right abo (wolframalpha.com)

Submitted by
TheNextCorner
TheNextCorner writes: ""Try the simple query “flights overhead” and you’ll get information on aircraft that should be visible to you, assuming a clear sky and unobstructed view. If you’re on a location-aware mobile device, the results should be based on your precise latitude and longitude—otherwise, Wolfram|Alpha will use the best available location information from your browser.""

Submission + - Computing pioneers share their first tech memories (silicon.com) 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Major names from the world of computing and technology such as Vint Cerf, William Gibson, Richard Stallman, Michael Dell and Hermann Hauser have shared their memories on their first computers and what inspired them to get involved with the computer. Highlight's include Cerf recalling his experience with the valve-based US air defence network Sage — as seen in Dr Strangelove — and Acorn co-founder Hauser building an eight bit computer out of marbles and a shoebox.

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