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Submission + - Paraolympian Takes on Non-Disabled Runners (dailynews.co.za)

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hweimer

on Wednesday July 18, 2007 @03:45PM

hweimer writes: "Oscar Pistorius is undoubtedly the world's fastest disabled sprinter. Recently, he has started to compete with non-disabled runners, with the goal to take part in the Beijing olympics next year. His carbon fibre artificial limbs, however, have raised concerns whether he has an unfair advantage over non-disabled athletes. The international athletics organization IAAF is currently investigating the issue."

Researcher Has New Attack For Embedded Devices 86

Posted by Zonk on Thursday April 05, 2007 @05:18PM from the he-can't-take-it-there dept.

tinkertim writes "Computerworld is reporting that a researcher at Juniper has discovered an interesting vulnerability that can be used to compromise ARM and Xscale based electronic devices such as many popular routers and mobile phones. According to the article, the vulnerability would allow hackers to execute code and compromise personal information or re-direct internet traffic at the router level. Juniper plans to demonstrate not only the researcher's discovery, but also how he managed to use a common JTAG developed Boundary Scan to discover the vulnerability at this month's CanSecWest conference in hopes of shifting more of the black hat community to looking at devices instead of software."

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