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Canada

Submission + - Why RIM Will Not be Sold Off (ibtimes.co.uk)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: RIM CEO, Thorsten Heins last night said he would consider selling off the company. However a piece of Canadian legislation called the Investment Canada Act prevents any foreign company taking over a Canadian company (of a certain size) unless it has "net benefits" for the country — which would be tough to prove for any foreign takeover of RIM.
Security

Submission + - Kelihos gang building new botnet, researchers say (networkworld.com)

Submitted by alphadogg
alphadogg writes: The cyber-criminal gang that operated the recently disabled Kelihos botnet has already begun building a new botnet with the help of a Facebook worm, according to security researchers from Seculert. Security experts from Kaspersky Lab, CrowdStrike, Dell SecureWorks and the Honeynet Project, announced that they took control of the 110,000 PC-strong Kelihos botnet on Wednesday using a method called sinkholing. That worm has compromised over 70,000 Facebook accounts so far and is currently distributing a new version of the Kelihos Trojan, Seculert security researchers said in a blog post.http://blog.seculert.com/2012/03/kelihosb-is-still-live-and-social.html
China

Chinese Boy Claims To Have Cat-Like Night Vision 171

Posted by samzenpus from the all-the-better-to-see-you dept.
Oswald McWeany writes "Reports swirling around the Internet are that a boy in China may have cat-like night vision. The boy with eerie blue-eyes was able to fill out a questionnaire in the dark and his eyes reflect like a cat's when a light is shined on them. No reports yet if he marks his territory or is litter box trained."

Comment Re:Well, good thing I didn't research this area. (Score 1) 251

by drrck (#37541736) Attached to: Man-In-the-Middle Remote Attack On Diebold Voting Machines
This print and verify method is deployed in my county in Ohio. Step 1 is to place your votes on all the available pages. Step 2 the machine flips to the first page and show you your vote, you are then instructed to look at the paper slip to the right to ensure that your recorded vote matches that which is printed. You do this for all pages, then your vote is "submitted".
Facebook

Facebook Says That Google+ Has No Users 360

Posted by CmdrTaco from the pew-pew-no-you-are-dumb dept.
dkd903 noticed another amusing shot in the battle between G+ and Facebook. CNN is running a story where Facebook's director of game partnership Sean Ryan basically says Google+ has no users. The article is mostly about casual gaming on social platforms, which I am really sick of individually blocking.
Power

Smart Power Grid Could Wreak Havoc On Itself 331

Posted by Unknown Lamer from the off-is-the-new-on dept.
MrSeb writes "Smart power grid monitoring that lets you pick the exact cheapest time to run the dishwasher or recharge your electric car may put too much power (so to speak) in the hands of the consumer, according to a new study by MIT. Researchers say that users receiving minute-by-minute pricing information might cycle off-peak power use more rapidly than utilities can spool up their power plants. In other words, it's OK if you're the only person charging your Chevy Volt at 2am in the morning, but if a whole town does it exactly the same time... there will be issues."
Transportation

Tesla Will Discontinue the Roadster 523

Posted by samzenpus from the end-of-the-power-line dept.
Attila Dimedici writes "Tesla has announced that their business model has failed. Their basic idea was to sell a boutique electric car to fund the development of a regular consumer electric car. With this announcement they are saying that they did not sell enough of the Roadster to make producing it profitable. If that is the case, it is only a matter of time until Tesla closes its doors. I thought their approach was the most likely to create a successful fully electric car. Although it is possible that the technology they have developed will allow the existing car companies to develop successful fully electric cars, it is a shame that Tesla has failed to become a successful car manufacturer." CT: As a huge number of you pointed out, the linked article is not nearly as doom and gloom as the submitter: Tesla isn't locking the doors and throwing away the keys, they plan on selling a $80k sedan in 2012 with a 300 mile range.

Submission + - The War On Photography: Legal Analysis (ssrn.com)

Submitted by YIAAL
YIAAL writes: We've seen increasing numbers of stories about photographers facing arrest or assault by police and security officers simply for taking pictures — often pictures of law enforcement misconduct. Although photographers have a legal right to take pictures in pretty much any public place, this article by Morgan Manning concludes that the legal remedies for violations of that right are inadequate and often entirely unworkable. Is law-enforcement education the solution, or do we need new civil rights laws — maybe with attorney fees and heavy damages — to protect photographers from being hassled?
Nintendo

Submission + - Nintendo Announces New Console: Wii U (reuters.com)

Submitted by _xeno_
_xeno_ writes: Nintendo has announced the official name for what had been known as "Project Cafe:" the Wii U. It is an HD console, it remains backwards compatibility with the Wii (it's unclear if this includes GameCube software), and the controller does, in fact, have a touch screen on it. Nintendo demoed moving a game off the TV and play it solely on the Wii U controller.
Google

An IP Address For Every Light Bulb 457

Posted by CmdrTaco from the oh-yeah-that'll-be-fine dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Yesterday NXP and Green Wave Reality announced to the world that they plan to give every lightbulb an IPV6 address. Hot on the heels of Google's 900 mhz announcement, Green Wave Reality already has iPhone / Android / and Web-based support. Looks like the lighting wars have started."
China

NASA Banned From Working With China 284

Posted by CmdrTaco from the who-will-build-the-firewall dept.
astroengine writes "In the wake of the Chinese cyber-threat and claims of espionage, a clause included in the US spending bill approved by Congress to avert a government shutdown a few weeks ago has prohibited NASA from coordinating any joint scientific activity with China. The clause also extends to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy."
Sony

Submission + - Sony Finds Anonymous File on Hacked Server (industrygamers.com)

Submitted by donniebaseball23
donniebaseball23 writes: Anonymous had denied responsibility for the massive Sony breach, but new evidence in Sony's investigation does point to the hacking group. In a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives, Sony's Kaz Hirai said that "the intruders had planted a file on one of our Sony Online Entertainment servers named 'Anonymous' with the words 'We are Legion'." This isn't proof positive that Anonymous launched the attack — it's possible that someone is using the Anonymous name as cover.
Space

Saturn's Rings Formed From Large Moon Destruction 115

Posted by CmdrTaco from the now-it's-definitely-no-moon dept.
Matt_dk writes "The formation of Saturn's rings has been one of the classical if not eternal questions in astronomy. But one researcher has provided a provocative new theory to answer that question. Robin Canup from the Southwest Research Institute has uncovered evidence that the rings came from a large, Titan-sized moon that was destroyed as it spiraled into a young Saturn."

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