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Easy Root Exploit in Linux Desktop->

Submitted by Dark Coder
Dark Coder writes "Rafal (of invisiblethingslab.com) details a method of gaining root in a Linux Desktop (for Fun and Profit *wink* *wink*).

Joanna Rutkowska blogs that this even circumvents the famed NSA Secured-Edition Linux sandboxing of Xorg.

Details all in here.

Biggest ramification is that this is not a bug, but a Xorg design feature!"
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Politics

Worst Recession Ever?->

Submitted by Dark Coder
Dark Coder writes "The Great Depression was extended by 5 years according to various economists due to debilitating Federal policies enacted by FDR. Five recent bills (Auto, Finance, Bank, Health-Care and Teacher Jobs) are touted as being similar to FDR's worsening policies. As a result, we're still sliding into a deeper recession. What does it take to get us out of this doldrums?"
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Politics

Worse Recession Ever?->

Submitted by Dark Coder
Dark Coder writes "The Great Depression was extended by 5 years according to various economists due to debilitating Federal policies enacted by FDR. Five recent bills (Auto, Finance, Bank, Health-Care and Teacher Jobs) are touted as being similar to FDR's worsening policies. As a result, we're still sliding into a deeper recession. What does it take to get us out of this doldrums?"
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SPAM: Interactive High Defintion TV HIPSO TV

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes "HIPSO Multimedia (OTC BB: HPSO) is uniquely positioned to become the number
one HD format TV supplier to retail and wholesale markets in North America. Through
its wholly owned subsidiary Valtech Communications Inc. the company currently
provides triple play services in Canada. Upon the launch of its new platform
HIPSO HDTV (High definition television) will deliver real time broadcast HDTV
over broadband IP (Internet Protocol) networks. To attain its goal of market leadership,
HIPSO has secured a key partnership with Ericsson, the world’s leading IPTV
equipment and network supplier. As Ericsson’s only North American co development
partner, HIPSO and Ericsson have announced their affiliation and intention to jointly
penetrate the North American market."
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Google

Google Introduces New Android Features

Submitted by adeelarshad82
adeelarshad82 writes "Google introduced the next generation of interaction with its Android operating system by introducing a set of new features. The most prominent one is the voice-driven actions. Google executives outlined 12 new "Voice Actions for Android," including phone calls, reminder e-mails, direction search, and music search. The app is called "Voice Search," requires Android 2.2, and is available in the Android Market now. Voice actions can be triggered by clicking the "microphone" icon on the screen. Saying "call John Smith at home" will trigger the contacts list and voice dialer, "find art museums in Amsterdam" would launch a Google Maps application, and "listen to Ace of Base" will search for music from the artist on Pandora, Last.fm, or another music application. Another improvement worth a mention is "Chrome to Phone," allows users to click on a new "mobile phone" icon to send links, YouTube videos, even directions, to the phone. So far, the features are exclusive to Android phones and U.S. English, although the capabilities will be moved to other languages and other operating systems (including the iPhone) in the future."

New Titi Monkey, At Last.->

Submitted by Doctor Morbius
Doctor Morbius writes "Scientists have discovered a new species of Titi Monkey in the forests of Columbia after having been kept out of the region by 30 years of rebel activity"
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Injecting Errors for Fun and Profit 1

Submitted by ChelleChelle
ChelleChelle writes "Errors, whether transient or permanent, are unfortunately a fact of life. In order to make sure that a system can properly handle them, it is absolutely essential to test the error-detection and correction circuitry by injecting errors. This is the main topic of a recent article from acmqueue in which Steve Chessin of Oracle talks about injecting various types of errors (e-cache errors, memory errors) on the Ultrasparc-II. "

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of misery. -- Churchill