Comment: Re:It's not Really... (Score 2, Insightful) 261
Yeah, It's the botnet equivalent of counter-espionage. Really one for the good guys here.
Toyota Unveils Violin-playing Robot->
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Tech.Luver writes "TOYOTA (TMC) unveiled today two new robots, a "Mobility Robot" and a "Violin-playing Robot" — the newest additions to its Toyota Partner Robots being developed to support people's everyday life.
The mobility robot, which is capable of autonomous movement over uneven ground and around obstacles, provides transport in places where people usually walk; the violin-playing robot, equipped with a total of 17 joints in both of its hands and arms, uses precise control and coordination to achieve human-like dexterity.
( http://techluver.com/2007/12/06/toyota-unveils-personal-transport-violin-playing-robots/ )"
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Ms. Legal Person Answers Your Holiday Questions->
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Bachrox
Bachrox writes "Snarky "legal" answers to your holiday questions:
http://www.madkane.com/humor_blog/2007/12/05/ms-legal-person-answers-your-holiday-questions/"
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Ron Paul Spam Traced to Reactor Botnet->
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? writes "Ars is reporting that the Ron Paul spam has been traced back to the Reactor botnet. According to the SecureWorks report which originally identified the spammer, someone calling themselves nenastnyj was behind it and their botnet control server has been shut down. The Ron Paul campaign has previously denied any connection with this spam campaign."
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IBM breakthrough heralds laptop-size supercomputer
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Stony Stevenson
Stony Stevenson writes "IBM says it has made a breakthrough in converting electrical signals into light pulses that brings closer the day when supercomputing, which now requires huge machines, will be done on a single chip. In research published on Thursday in the journal Optics Express, IBM said it had produced electro-optic modulators 100 to 1,000 times smaller than comparable silicon photonics modulators and small enough to fit on a processor chip. A video of the modulator can be seen here. The company claims that a breakthrough by its scientists uses pulses of light through silicon, rather than electrical signals on wires, to send information between multiple cores or 'brains' on a chip."
Blogger Nerd video filmed at DailyKos Convention->
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Negin Farsad
Negin Farsad writes "Hey folks,
The Nerdcore Rising movie-making team uploadeded new episode of the Nerd of the Week. Its on "The Blogger Nerd" and it features some super hardcore bloggers like Markos Moulitsas (from Daily Kos) among others. I thought your nerdy reading public might enjoy it!
Here's where you can find it:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=6xsu10dsFmo
Love!
negin
(director/exec producer "Nerdcore Rising" & its companion web series, "Nerd of the Week")"
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Ukranian Botnet Sending Ron Paul Spam->
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hoagiecat
hoagiecat writes "The world of politics and spam are both murky and full of strange operators, but this story is odd by any account. Apparently, a botnet based in Ukraine has been sending out spam promoting Ron Paul. It's not clear who hired the botnet or why."
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Abstinence Debunked: Lessons from the Front Lines->
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Mike Kuykendall
Mike Kuykendall writes "A social worker and activist excoriates the Bush administration's abstinence-only education programs."
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99% recognition accuracy on thousands of voices!-> 1
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Bill Burke
Bill Burke writes "IBM Research has announced the development of a new Cell Broadband Engine(TM) processor — capable of recognizing thousands of voices at once.. and recognition accuracy was 99%!"
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Apple Donates iPods to Fire Victims->
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gyrogeerloose writes "Apple has begun a program to donate an iPod Nano to "every teenager who lost a home" during the wildfires in San Diego last October. That's not such a big deal in and of itself; what's remarkable is that Apple is trying to avoid publicity on this. When was the last time you can remember a large corporation making a charitable contribution and not calling a press conference about it?"
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