Submission + - Web 2.0 security software (itpro.co.uk)
Glen Calvert writes: "Websense launches web 2.0 threat protection
http://www.itpro.co.uk/news/121741/websense-launch es-web-20-threat-protection.html"
Submission + - Social networking sites full of security holes (yahoo.com)
athloi writes: "Social networking Web sites such as MySpace.com are increasingly juicy targets for computer hackers, who are demonstrating a pair of vulnerabilities they claim expose sensitive personal information and could be exploited by online criminals.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070806/ap_on_hi_te/so cial_networking_vulnerabilities"
Submission + - DRM Guru: New BluRay Won't Be Cracked For 10 Years (avsforum.com)
Mike writes: "Supposedly the latest issue of HMM contains a quote from Richard Doherty, a Media analyst with Envisioneering Group which claims that "BD+, unlike AACS, which suffered a partial hack last year, won't likely be breached for 10 years." Doherty also said, "and if so, the damage would affect one film and one player." Will the BD+ format really be impervious to hackers for a decade? I've got ten bucks that says it won't. Any takers?"
Submission + - Timothy Ferriss' "The Four Hour Workweek" (michellemacphearson.com)
kj_agot writes: I just concluded reading Timothy Ferriss' "The Four Hour Workweek" and I'm so glad to have found a business books who's vision mirrors my own.
Submission + - Wii lightsaber game in the works (gamasutra.com)
moderatorrater writes: Gamasutra's reporting on a Lucasarts employee answer to a question about a Wii lightsaber game. From the article:
We're all over that, and internally we have already played a lightsaber game on the Wii. It's a lot of fun, and we'll get there.
Hopefully it's more like Jedi Academy than Jedi Power Battles.
Submission + - University of Maryland Develops New Supercomputer
CompMD writes: Researchers at the University of Maryland have developed a new desktop supercomputer. It is capable of running 100 times faster than current desktops using 64 processors operating in parallel. The inventor sees this as a step in the right direction for computing: "The manufacturers have done an excellent job over the years of increasing a single processor's clock speed through clever miniaturization strategies and new materials," he noted. "But they have now reached the limits of this approach. It is time for a practical alternative that will allow a new wave of innovation and growth and that's what we have created with our parallel computing technology."
Submission + - IE7 lets passwords slip 'by design'
tweakers.net reader writes: "Visitors can have their passwords for many community sites stolen if they use Internet Explorer 7 or lower. Almost all sites that let their users host images or other binary data are vulnerable. Microsoft has been informed, but tells this bug is 'by design' (translated from Dutch).
The problem lies in the way that Internet Explorer(IE) handles binary data. Instead of following the standard (RFC2616), IE determines the content-type in a wrong way. A perfectly valid image like this one or this one is interpreted as HTML in IE. Thereby, JavaScript is executed and passwords for community sites can be stolen (because of this XSS vulnerability). Microsoft will not fix this problem before Internet Explorer 8. On my machine, passwords seem to be safe from this bug with Opera 9.21 and Firefox 2.0.0.3."
Feed Xbox 360 getting 65nm GPU this fall? (engadget.com)
Filed under: Gaming
While it's hardly a secret that the Xbox 360 will be getting a 65nm CPU upgrade sooner or later, China's Commercial Times (not always the most reliable source) is now reporting that the console's Xenos GPU will also be switching over to the cooler, lower-power chips, supposedly sometime this fall. According to the paper, an "engineering version" of the new and improved 65nm Xenos GPU has already been sent out, with production set to get underway in May, which would certainly seem to make a fall launch a possibility. Unfortunately, there's still no word on a possible disc drive upgrade to go along with these other revisions, which we all know is the real culprit for most of the console's noise problems.[Via Joystiq]
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Feed Gene Critical For Sophisticated Brain Function Found (sciencedaily.com)
A gene found exclusively and at high levels in the brain appears to be a key player in enabling more sophisticated brain function, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in Science.
Submission + - PE Classes Using DDR to Combat Obesity
carrett writes: "Schools are trying a new measure to combat the obesity epidemic in this country: let the kids play DDR. It seems to make sense, DDR is, for many, especially youngsters, much more fun than the traditional sports. Who knows, maybe soon tons of families will be going to the local DDR competition."
