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Submission + - Sheryl Sandberg Odds of Becoming Microsoft CEO Slashed (ibtimes.co.uk)

Submitted by DavidGilbert99
DavidGilbert99 writes: Initially seen as an outsider, Sheryl Sandberg has seen her odds of replacing Steve Ballmer as only the third ever CEO of Microsoft slashed in the last few days. Initially listed at odds of 33/1 according to Ladbrokes on Friday, the Facebook CFO is now at odds of just 5/1 according to David Gilbert writing for International Business Times UK. While Nokia CEO Stephen Elop remains favourite for the job with odds of 2/1, Sandberg is clearly being backed strongly as the search continues for Ballmer's replacement.

Submission + - Eyes wide shut: The growing threat of cyber attacks on industry (sagepub.com)

Submitted by Lasrick
Lasrick writes: The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' new subscription Journal has been posted and it's all about cybersecurity. Although many of the articles are behind a paywall, Joel Bremmer's free article is a good one about the failure of most industries to isolate industrial control systems and sensitive information, limiting the damage an attack can inflict. Here's a quote: 'Thirteen years ago, a disgruntled sewer system operator in Maroochy Shire, Australia, filled his car with a laptop and radio equipment apparently stolen from his employer and drove around giving radio commands to the pumps and valves that controlled the local sewers. Pumping stations went haywire. Raw sewage poured into local waterways. Creek water turned black, fish died, and the stench was appalling (Brenner, 2011). This was an early warning of the danger inherent in connecting industrial control systems to the Internet, but Maroochy Shire was far away, and very few people were paying attention.' Yeesh...Good read.

Submission + - Twinkind Takes the Ultimate 'Selfie', a 3-D Model of Yourself (wsj.com)

Submitted by pbahra
pbahra writes: It is, perhaps, the ultimate “selfie”—a self-portrait snapped with a digital camera. But why be content with taking a picture of yourself, what about a three-dimensional miniature model of yourself reproduced in unnerving accuracy? A German startup is offering just that.

Customers of Twinkind can get a 3-D figurine ranging in size from around 15cm (6) to 35cm and costing between €225 ($297) and €1,290.

The process starts with capturing your likeness in the company’s offices in Hamburg. According to Mr. Schaedel, over 100 images taken from all angles are shot in a fraction of a second using technology designed by Twinkind.

Submission + - Climate Changes Makes Crop Pests 'March Polewards' (ibtimes.com)

Submitted by Zoë Mintz
Zoë Mintz writes: According to a new study published in the journal Nature Climate Change, rising temperatures around the world are pushing crop pests out from the tropics and towards the North and South Poles at a rate of two miles a year.

Submission + - NASA's Giant 3D Printing Spider Robots to Construct Huge Spacecraft

Submitted by Taffykay
Taffykay writes: Because it's very difficult to send large spaceships constructed on earth into space, Tethers Unlimited (TUI) has proposed to employ robotic 3-d printers that look like giant spiders to build the spacecraft — from space. The ‘SpiderFab’ would in theory enable in-orbit fabrication of large spacecraft components such as antennas, solar panels, trusses, and other multifunctional structures.

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Submission + - Woman with cancer, re-implanted with ovarian tissue, is pregnant with twins. (abc.net.au)

Submitted by brindafella
brindafella writes: A world first! When Australian woman, Vali, was diagnosed with cancer, and treated, she was not looking at a good outcome. Yet, TWO cancer treatments later, she is pregnant with twin girls. Her ovaries were sectioned and frozen before the cancer treatment. She has had her own flesh implanted outside her pelvis. Eggs were gathered, IVF techniques used later with her male partner, and her uterus is now carrying two viable girls due to be born in about 3 months. Melbourne IVF's Associate Professor Kate Stern has explained the process today.

Submission + - Making the world's biggest strategy game (redbull.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: StarCraft 2, the current king of real time strategy (RTS) games, can manage about 4,000 units in a game, max. The team behind Kickstarter sensation Planetary Annihilation are working on something much more ambitious though: the game's engine will be able to handle a million units and 40 players, all in the same game. Talk about epic scale. A behind the scenes feature published today looked at developer Uber Entertainment's short but impressive history, how a dream team of former RTS legends was formed, and where it's headed next. One possibility? A mobile port, or even spectator apps to watch massive galactic battles on the bus. "I can see going tablet in the future — we're pretty happy to work on whatever platform people want to play on, and I think touchscreen would be amazing for it," says Uber founder Jon Mavor.

Submission + - Marines recruitment website hacked by Syrian Electronic Army. (marines.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: The www.marines.com website was hacked by Syrian Electronic Army. The SEA members left a message to the US marines, asking them not to follow the orders of fighting alongside Al-Qaeda affiliated factions against the homeland defending Syrian Army, and to join the Syrian Army against Al-Qaeda. They also included some pictures of US soldiers displaying messages against helping Al-Qaeda overthrow the Syrian Government.

Message to the United States Marine corps: Dear US Marines, This is a message written by your brothers in the Syrian Army, who have been fighting Al Qaeda for the last 3 years. We understand your patriotism and love for your country so please understand our love for ours. Obama is a traitor who wants to put your lives in danger to rescue Al Qaeda insurgents. Marines, please take a look at what your comrades think about Obama's alliance with Al Qaeda against Syria. Your officer in charge probably has no qualms about sending you to die against soldiers just like you, fighting a vile common enemy. The Syrian army should be your ally not your enemy. Refuse your orders and concentrate on the real reason every soldier joins their military, to defend their homeland. You're more than welcome to fight alongside our army rather than against it. Your brothers, the Syrian army soldiers. A message delivered by the SEA

Submission + - New Snowden Revelation: Terrorists Attempting to Infiltrate CIA. NSA Worried. (washingtonpost.com)

Submitted by cold fjord
cold fjord writes: The Washington Post reports, "The CIA found that among a subset of job seekers whose backgrounds raised questions, roughly one out of every five had “significant terrorist and/or hostile intelligence connections,” according to the document, which was provided to The Washington Post by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden. The groups cited most often were Hamas, Hezbollah, and al-Qaeda and its affiliates, but the nature of the connections was not described in the document. So sharp is the fear of threats from within that last year the NSA planned to launch at least 4,000 probes of potentially suspicious or abnormal staff activity .... The anomalous behavior that sent up red flags could include staffers downloading multiple documents or accessing classified databases they do not normally use for their work, said two people familiar with the software used to monitor employee activity."

Submission + - HTC executives arrested over leaked trade secrets

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Three HTC executives have been arrested on suspicion of leaking corporate secrets. From the article: Taipei prosecutors confirmed that HTC vice president of product design Thomas Chien, research and development director Wu Chien-Hung and senior manager of design and innovation Justin Huang were arrested on Friday. Mr Chien and Mr Chien-Hung remain in custody, while Mr Huang was released on bail, prosecutors office spokesman Mou Hsin Huang said. The executives were also accused of making false commission fee claims totalling around T$10m ($221,000). No further details about the allegations were immediately available.'

Submission + - How Gen Y Should Talk To Old People At Work (itworld.com)

Submitted by jfruh
jfruh writes: A lot of ink has been spilled explaining to Boomers and Gen Xers how they can best manage, motivate, and retain talented members of the Millenial generation on the job. But it's a two-way street, and those born in the '80s and later could also use a lesson on how to best communicate with older co-workers, who after all will determine their promotion and pay raises for the foreseeable future. Advice includes: make actual phone calls, mirror the level of formality your co-workers use in e-mails, and for Pete's sake don't ask them things like "R U going?" in a non-texting medium.

Submission + - Global warming spreading pests far and wide According To study

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: New research has concluded that global warming is helping pests and diseases that attack crops to spread around the world. 'Researchers from the universities of Exeter and Oxford have found crop pests are moving at an average of two miles (3km) a year. The team said they were heading towards the north and south poles, and were establishing in areas that were once too cold for them to live in. The research is published in the journal Nature Climate Change.'

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