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Encryption

Submission + - Database of Private SSL Keys Published (threatpost.com)

Submitted by Trailrunner7
Trailrunner7 writes: A new project has produced a large and growing list of the private SSL keys that are hard-coded into many embedded devices, such as consumer home routers. The LittleBlackBox Project comprises a list of more than 2,000 private keys right now, each of which can be associated with the public key of a given router, making it a simple matter for an attacker to decrypt the traffic passing through the device.

Published by a group called /dev/ttyS0, the LittleBlackBox database of private keys gives users the ability to find the key for a specific router in several different ways, including by searching for a known public key, looking up a device's model name, manufacturer or firmware version or even giving it a network capture, from which the program will extract the device's public certificate and then find the associated private SSL key.
Censorship

Venezuelan Gov't Seeks Internet Content Bill 248

Posted by Soulskill from the suddenly-the-fcc-doesn't-look-so-bad dept.
Ah, none is more coward! writes "Several local and international news outlets report that the overwhelmingly pro-Chávez Venezuelan National Assembly is considering a reform of their Social Responsibility law to include Internet content. Besides regulations on mature content and mandatory airing of government messages, the existing bill includes broad prohibitions against 'destabilizing' and 'disquieting' content. The Assembly also has a proposal for a single national Internet access point, 'with a view to handling outgoing and incoming traffic in Venezuela.'"
Classic Games (Games)

GOG.com Not Really Gone 276

Posted by samzenpus from the stepped-out-for-a-minute dept.
gspr writes "On Sunday, Slashdot and many others reported that DRM-free games site GOG.com was shutting down. Now the site is back, revealing that it was all a hoax. According to the site: 'Now it's time we put an end to all the speculations once and for all. It's true that we decided that we couldn't keep GOG.com the way it was so we won't. As you probably know by now, GOG.com is entering its new era with an end of the two-years beta stage and we're launching a brand new GOG.com with new, huge releases.' So it was all an advertising stunt."
Earth

Scientists Cut Greenland Ice Loss Estimate By Half 414

Posted by samzenpus from the not-so-bad-after-all dept.
bonch writes "A new study on Greenland's and West Antarctica's rate of ice loss halves the estimate of ice loss. Published in the journal Nature Geoscience, the study takes into account a rebounding of the Earth's crust called glacial isostatic adjustment, a continuing rise of the crust after being smashed under the weight of the Ice Age. 'We have concluded that the Greenland and West Antarctica ice caps are melting at approximately half the speed originally predicted,' said researcher Bert Vermeeersen."
Space

Submission + - Mega-Volcanoes Might Be Detectable on Alien Earths (discovery.com)

Submitted by
astroengine
astroengine writes: "Could we detect a huge volcanic eruption on an exoplanet 30 light-years from Earth? Possibly, say scientists from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. What's more, there may be an opportunity for us to spot the ashy pollution ejected into the exoplanetary atmosphere when NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is launched in 2014. According to Discovery News, this would be a huge discovery if an Earth-like world was found to have active volcanoes: "A geologically active terrestrial planet may be more suitable for life. It recycles crust, unleashes greenhouse gasses, opens new environmental niches, and generally provides a dynamic environment for advantageous life forms""
Space

Submission + - Viking Landers Might Have Missed Martian Organics (sciencenews.org)

Submitted by Sonny Yatsen
Sonny Yatsen writes: A new study suggests that the Viking Landers might have found organic compounds on Mars, but failed to recognize them because of the methodology used to detect organics. The findings may suggest specific strategies that would improve on the way organic compounds are detected on the red planet.
Google

Google Logo Changes Again, Hinting RT Search? 212

Posted by CmdrTaco from the i-prefer-fake-time dept.
siliconbits writes "The Google homepage is sporting a new logo that changes color as you type, and it is likely a big hint as to what the company will announce at its search event on Wednesday. When you arrive on the search giant homepage today, you will be greeted with a gray Google doodle."
Space

Submission + - Two asteroids to make a flyby in one day. (nasa.gov)

Submitted by dmgxmichael
dmgxmichael writes: Two asteroids in unrelated orbits are expected to fly by the earth within the orbit of moon with the closest passing within 79,000 km. A single rock of the size of these two is expected to pass close daily — what makes this incident so interesting is that we managed to spot both quite early and that they are going to pass by at about the same time. The incident shows our ability to spot incoming asteroids is improving, but also shows it's got a long way to go. At the neighborhood of 15 meters each, these rocks are about 1/5th the size of the impactor that made Barringer Crater in Arizona.
Earth

Submission + - BP's Gulf Spill Report Shows String of Failures (bp.com) 1

Submitted by eldavojohn
eldavojohn writes: News is out of BP's report on the gulf spill that shifts some of the blame on to other companies like Transocean that worked with BP in erecting the Deepwater Horizon rig. If you were affected by the spill, you might find the video, executive summary and 193 page report an interesting read. The summary outlines six or seven major failures in safety and engineering that all built up to the deaths of eleven workers and widespread contamination of the gulf. From incorrectly using seawater instead of drilling fluid to misinterpreting pressure test results, this report is just BP's side of the story as the blowout preventer has been pulled up and is still on its way to NASA where it will be analyzed by government investigators who will be able to compile their own report.

Submission + - Indian $35 tablet marches forward.. (medianama.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: HCL Infosystems has won a contract to manufacture 100,000 of the Indian governments $35 tablets, to be rolled out before the 10th of January 2011, reports livemint.com. The Indian government is allocating Rs. 30 crore (around $6.4 million) for the project. IIT Rajasthan will test the device. (Watch: demo of the $35 Tablet, with the Android OS). The Indian government has already announced plans to distribute 1 million of these units in 2011, to university students.

Bonus: Nicholas Negroponte whines about it.

Submission + - Collect data with your mobile devices

Submitted by roklenardic
roklenardic writes: When it comes to collecting data using mobile devices, it seems the majority of offering is still based on client applications running on ancient Window Mobile devices. Latest mobile gadgets combined with SaaS and the cloud offer so much more. Real-time results & analysis, HTML5 & offline capabilities, and more is the future of mobile data collection. Check out http://acquee.com./
Google

Submission + - Google Logo Changes Again, Points To RT Search (mashable.com)

Submitted by siliconbits
siliconbits writes: The Google homepage is sporting a new logo that changes color as you type, and it is likely a big hint as to what the company will announce at its search event on Wednesday. When you arrive on the search giant homepage today, you will be greeted with a gray Google doodle.
Apple

Submission + - More iTunes Apps Than Songs Downloaded By End 2010 (itproportal.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Apple looks set to get more apps downloaded for its iOS platform than songs by the end of the year if a data-crunching exercise by research firm Asymco is to be believed. The company reckons that nearly 7 billion apps have been downloaded by iOS devices just over two years after the launch of the App Store

Read more: http://www.itproportal.com/portal/news/article/2010/9/8/more-itunes-apps-songs-downloaded-end-2010/#ixzz0yw9lcb2X

Submission + - Europarliament signs declaration against ACTA (europa.eu)

Submitted by
Alioth
Alioth writes: "All is not well with ACTA amongst the members of the European Parliament. Now, 369 members of parliament have signed a declaration against the provisions in ACTA, most significantly against the proposed measures to make ISPs responsible for data that travels over their network, privacy issues, the fact that the ACTA negotiations are being held in secret, and that the ACTA may result in a loss of due process. The declaration is here. There is also a news article in El País about the parliament's declaration (original article in Spanish, and a Google Translation."

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