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Transportation

Heroic Engineer Crashes Own Vehicle To Save a Life 486

Posted by kdawson from the delta-vee dept.
scottbomb sends in this feel-good story of an engineer-hero, calling it "one of the coolest stories I've read in a long time." "A manager of Boeing's F22 fighter-jet program, Innes dodged the truck, then looked back to see that the driver was slumped over the wheel. He knew a busy intersection was just ahead, and he had to act fast. Without consulting the passengers in his minivan — 'there was no time to take a vote' — Innes kicked into engineer mode. 'Basic physics: If I could get in front of him and let him hit me, the delta difference in speed would just be a few miles an hour, and we could slow down together,' Innes explained."
Facebook

Why Facebook Won't Stop Invading Your Privacy 219

Posted by CmdrTaco from the up-and-to-the-right dept.
GMGruman writes "Every few weeks, it seems, Facebook is caught again violating users' privacy. A code error there, rogue business partners there. The truth, as InfoWorld's Bill Snyder explains, is that Facebook will keep on violating your privacy, no matter what its policies say, what promises it makes, or how shocked it claims to be at the latest incident. The reason is simple: Selling personal information on its users is how it makes money, and Facebook is above all a business."

Submission + - Experience with Google Health (google.com)

Submitted by Merpy
Merpy writes: I just signed up for a health.google.com account. After doing so, I was asked to fill out a brief survey, in which I indicated that I was extremely concerned about my privacy. In the page following, I got the following questions. Do they seem odd to anyone else? What has been your experience with google health? Am I destined to have my information shared with facebook, twitter, "big pharma" and "big oil"?

Select all that apply
  I am the owner/moderator of a discussion group or forum.
  I already use another tool than Google Health to access my medical records online.
  I regularly research the Internet for medical information using sites such as WebMD.
  I am currently maintaining a blog.
  I know how to write HTML code.
  When I search the web, I am confident that I will find what I want.
  I regularly upload digital photos to photo sharing sites.
  I am familiar with two or more programming languages such as Java, C, C++, Perl, Python etc.
  Other people ask me for advice about computers or the Internet.
  I am regularly visiting social network sites such as Facebook.

Surely they aren't asking everyone who uses google health if they know two or more programming languages.
Security

US Nuclear Weapons Lab Loses 67 Computers 185

Posted by timothy from the unlocated-is-doubleplus-good-doublespeak dept.
pnorth writes "Officials from New Mexico's Los Alamos nuclear weapons laboratory have confessed that 67 of its computers are missing, with no less than 13 of them having disappeared over the past year alone. A memo [PDF] leaked by the Project on Government Oversight watchdog brought the lost nuclear laptops to the public's attention, but the Energy Department's National Nuclear Security Administration dismissed fears the computers contained highly-sensitive or classified information, noting it was more likely to cause 'cybersecurity issues.' Three of the 13 computers which went missing in the past year were stolen from a scientist's home on January 16 and the memo also mentioned a BlackBerry belonging to another staff member had been lost 'in a sensitive foreign country.' The labs faced similar issues back in 2003 when 22 laptops were designated as being 'unlocated.'"
Security

The Real Risks of Obama's BlackBerry 273

Posted by timothy from the for-certain-values-of-real dept.
An anonymous reader writes "When the mainstream media first announced Barack Obama's 'victory' in keeping his BlackBerry, the focus was on the security of the device, and keeping the US president's e-mail communications private from spies and hackers. The news coverage and analysis by armchair security experts thus far has failed to focus on the real threat: attacks against President Obama's location privacy, and the potential physical security risks that come with someone knowing the president's real-time physical location. In this article, a CNET blogger digs into the real risks associated with the President carrying around a tracking device at all times."
Medicine

Court Rules Autism Not Caused By Childhood Vaccine 1056

Posted by timothy from the thanks-court dept.
wiredog writes "From The Washington Post comes word that three special masters have decided that MMR vaccines do not cause autism. 'Special master George Hastings said the parents ... had "been misled by physicians who are guilty, in my view, of gross medical misjudgment." ... "the evidence advanced by the petitioners has fallen far short of demonstrating ... a link."'

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