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NSA Considers Its Networks Compromised-> 1

Submitted by Orome1
Orome1 writes "Debora Plunkett, head of the NSA's Information Assurance Directorate, has confirmed what many security experts suspected to be true: no computer network can be considered completely and utterly impenetrable — not even that of the NSA. "There's no such thing as 'secure' any more," she said to the attendees of a cyber security forum sponsored by the Atlantic and Government Executive media organizations, and confirmed that the NSA works under the assumption that various parts of their systems have already been compromised, and is adjusting its actions accordingly."
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Opera Mini for iPhone gets approved->

Submitted by uganson
uganson writes "In a surprising movement, Apple has approved the Opera Mini browser for iPhone and it is now freely available in the App Store.

Robin Wauters from TechCrunch is reporting that when the app was first submitted to Apple for approval, Opera claimed being completely certain of 100% compliance with the App Store policies. Apparently they were right."
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Opera to test Apple's resolve with iPhone browser->

Submitted by Barence
Barence writes "Opera is launching a version of its Mini browser for the iPhone in what could prove a landmark decision for Apple's app gatekeepers. Apple has been traditionally hostile to rival browsers, with Mozilla claiming that Apple made it "too hard" for its rivals to develop a browser for the iPhone. However, Opera remains bullishly confident that it's app will be approved. "We have not submitted Opera Mini to the Apple App store," an Opera spokesperson told PC Pro. "However, we hope that Apple will not deny their users a choice in web browsing experience.""
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Police Called Over 11-Year-Old's Science Project 687

Posted by samzenpus
from the duck-and-cover dept.
garg0yle writes "Police in San Diego were called to investigate an 11-year-old's science project, consisting of 'a motion detector made out of an empty Gatorade bottle and some electronics,' after the vice-principal came to the conclusion that it was a bomb. Charges aren't being laid against the youth, but it's being recommended that he and his family 'get counseling.' Apparently, the student violated school policies — I'm assuming these are policies against having any kind of independent thought?"

Comment: Re:M.U.L.E. (Score 1) 110

by JoeWalsh (#30695634) Attached to: <em>M.U.L.E.</em> Is Back

That's a pretty broad statement, isn't it?

I think video games are like any other product, in that most of them aren't going to stand the test of time -- but some will. Take movies, for instance. For every "timeless classic" that we still enjoy watching 50 years after it came out, there were a hundred or more that deserve to rot in some film vault.

It's the same with video games.

Pac-Man, Tetris, and Galaga will always be good games.

As for M.U.L.E., it always appealed to only a subset of gamers. It's about economics, it's about competition, and it's most fun when you're playing it face-to-face against three of your friends. For the gamer who only likes shooters (whether we're talking Doom or Space Invaders), M.U.L.E. will seem boring.

But for the people for whom it was made, it's still a good game. It is to me, anyway.

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