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NIST Investigating Mass Flash Drive Vulnerability->

Submitted by Lucas123
Lucas123 writes "A number of leading manufactures of encrypted flash drives have warned their customers of a security flaw uncovered by a German company. The devices in question use the AES 256-bit encryption algorithm and have been certified using the FIPS 140-2, but the flaw appears to circumvent the certification process by uncovering the password authentication code on host systems. The National Institute of Standards and Technology said it's investigating whether it needs to modify its standards to include password authentication software on host systems. Security specialist Bruce Schneier was blunt in his characterization of the flaw: "It's a stupid crypto mistake and they screwed up and they should be rightfully embarrassed for making it.""
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Acer Recalls 22,000 Notebooks Due to Burn Hazard->

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes "The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Acer, today announced a voluntary recall of 22,000 Notebook computers. Acer has received three reports of computers short circuiting, resulting in slight melting of the external casing. No incidents occurred in the United States. No injuries have been reported."
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Software

Multi-User Desktop Now Free

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes "WunderWorks, an Interaction Solutions Company, Announced Today it Has Made Available a Free Version of its TeamPlayer Multi-User, Multi-Mouse-Keyboard Software. It enables multiple users to work together on a single standard Windows computer. The software works with multiple mice and keyboards or other input devices in all existing software."
Software

OpenOffice3 breaks OpenOffice2->

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes "OpenOffice 3's new file locking only works with OpenOffice3 — all other apps are currently ignored, including OpenOffice 2! This makes it a show-stopper for corporate use as there is no way you can safely introduce the new version in a staged roll-out."
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Transportation

Honda Makes Motorcycle Talk To Oncoming Cars 146

Posted by timothy
from the ground-traffic-control dept.
An anonymous reader writes "The system generates warnings to riders and drivers of other vehicles by continuous exchange of positioning data from satellite GPS sources. This is particularly relevant as road users approach intersections, alerting them to other vehicles that are potentially on a collision course, allowing avoidance manoeuvres."
Google

Android comes with a kill-switch->

Submitted by
Aviran
Aviran writes "The search giant is retaining the right to delete applications from Android handsets on a whim.
Unlike Apple, the company has made no attempt to hide its intentions, and includes the details in the Android Market terms and conditions, as spotted by Computer World:
"Google may discover a product that violates the developer distribution agreement ... in such an instance, Google retains the right to remotely remove those applications from your device at its sole discretion.""
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Programming

Only 4.13% of the web is standards-compliant->

Submitted by
Death Metal
Death Metal writes "Browser maker Opera has published the early results of an ongoing study that aims to provide insight into the structure of Internet content. To conduct this research project, Opera created the Metadata Analysis and Mining Application (MAMA), a tool that crawls the web and indexes the markup and scripting data from approximately 3.5 million pages."
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Windows

Microsoft sneaks Vista SP2 out to manufacturers ->

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Barence
Barence writes "Microsoft is hoping to release SP2 for Vista and Server 2008 before it releases a Windows 7 beta later this year, reports claim. The company has created a Knowledge Base article documenting the new updates, although details of expected features and release dates are currently thin on the ground. It is thought, however, that several hardware manufacturers have already received advance copies of the software, expected to include Hyper-V and several security fixes."
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