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Submission + - Man with explosives detained at US airport (aljazeera.com) 1

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dotancohen
dotancohen writes: "A man has been detained after trying to go through a security checkpoint at a Texas airport with explosives in military-grade wrapping. An FBI spokesman declined to say whether the man was in military uniform or how many explosives were found in the bag. The man identified himself to investigating officials as being active in the military."
Software

Submission + - how to re-enter the job market as a software engin (ulsanonline.com) 4

Submitted by martypantsROK
martypantsROK writes: It's been over 15 years since my main job was a software engineer. Since then I have held positions as a Sales Engineer, then spent a few years actually doing sales as a sales rep (and found I hated it) and then got into teaching. I am still a teacher but I want to really get back into writing code for a living. In the past couple of years I've done a great deal of Javascript, PHP, Ajax, and Java, including some Android apps.
So here's the question...how likely would I be to actually get a job writing code? Is continual experience in the field a must, or can a job candidate demonstrate enough current relevance and experience (minus an actual job) with a multi-year hiatus from software development jobs? I'll add, if you haven't already done the math, that I'm over 50 years old.

Submission + - No Security At Russian Rocket Plant 3

Submitted by theshowmecanuck
theshowmecanuck writes: Reuters reports that there is little or no security at one of the main factories in Russia responsible for military and Soyuz rocket manufacture. Blogger Lana Sator was able to walk right into the empty (off hours) facility through huge gaps in the fences that no-one bothered to repair, and there was no security to stop them aside from some dogs that didn't bother them either. In fact Lana even has one picture of herself posing next to an apparently non-functional security camera, another of her sitting on what looks like to be possibly a partially assembled rocket motor (someone who knows better can fill us in), and has about 100 photos of the escapade all told on her blog about this (it's in Russian... which I don't speak... any translators out there?). Russian officials are said to be deeply concerned. I wonder if this has any bearing on why Russian rockets haven't been making it into space successfully, or whether it and the launch failures are all part of some general industrial malaise that is taking place.
GNOME

Submission + - GTK+ 3.2 Released With HTML5 And Wayland Backends (webupd8.org)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: GTK+ 3.2 has been released with two eagerly expected features: experimental support for Wayland and HTML5 "Broadway" backends. The HTML5 "Broadway" backend allows rendering GTK applications in HTML5-capable browsers. That means that you can run Gedit, GIMP and other applications in a web browser (both local and remotely).

Comment Re:Notaries... (Score 3, Insightful) 189

by Tribaal_ch (#37340414) Attached to: Moxie Marlinspike's Solution To the SSL CA Problem
You don't really need to: You are expected to have more than one notary, so you will only trust the certificate if a majority of your notaries say it's legit. It's actually user-settable: a certificate is considered valid if a "majority say yes" or "at least one say yes" or "consensus is required". Having many notaries reduces the probability of MITM attacks, since the paths from notaries to target certificates are multiple, it's very improbable to MITM all of them at once.
Hardware

Submission + - Stephen Fry and DVD Jon back USB Sniffer Project (kickstarter.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: bushing and pytey of the iPhone DevTeam and Team Twiizers have created a Kickstarter project to fund the build of an open-source/open-hardware high-speed USB protocol analyzer. The board features a high-speed USB 2.0 sniffer that will help with the reverse engineering of proprietary USB hardware, the project has gained the backing from two high-profile individuals Jon Lech Johansen (DVD Jon) and Actor and Comedian Stephen Fry
Censorship

Submission + - wikileaks down, download insurance file (wlcentral.org) 2

Submitted by Vernes
Vernes writes: After US informed agencies and governments about wikileak's planned release of new information, the site now seems to be unreachable. on wlcentral.org, people are suggested to download the 'insurance file' who's content is encrypted and still unknown. File is available at: https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5723136/WikiLeaks_insurance

Submission + - Julian Assange in TV interview (svtplay.se)

Submitted by SwedishCoward
SwedishCoward writes: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appeared in an exclusive interview in swedish TV on thursday, meeting some of the recent criticisms. Published on the web was also some extra material from the interview concerning the legal issues of publication in Sweden.

Main interview: http://svtplay.se/v/2105005/rapport/assange_om_kritiken_fran_hjalporganisationerna
Extra material: http://svtplay.se/v/2104836/rapport/wikileaks_julian_assange_i_kvall_i_aktuellt

Submission + - Oracle Sues Sun (arstechnica.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: wake up you dumb bastards
Java

Submission + - Oracle sues Google over Java 1

Submitted by simonfunk
simonfunk writes: According to this market watch article "Oracle Corp. filed a lawsuit against Google Inc. on Thursday, alleging that the Internet search giant has infringed on intellectual property related to the Java software that Oracle acquired when it purchased Sun Microsystems Inc. [...] "Google's Android competes with Oracle America's Java as an operating system software platform for cellular telephones and other mobile devices," Oracle said in its complaint, while noting that the Android system includes Java applications."

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