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SPAM: Adobe Gives Apache Flex

Submitted by srimadman
srimadman writes "In a move that appears to be a step away from its Flash platform, Adobe submitted the code of its Flash-based Flex framework of the ASF (Apache Software Foundation) to be handled as a separate project."
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Medicine

Measles Resurgent Due to Fear of Vaccination->

Submitted by florescent_beige
florescent_beige writes "In the September Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Gregory Poland, M.D. writes that "More than 150 cases of measles have been reported in the United States already this year and there have been similar outbreaks in Europe, a sign the disease is making an alarming comeback. The reappearance of the potentially deadly virus is the result of unfounded fears about a link between the measles shot and autism that have turned some parents against childhood vaccination..."

Meanwhile, in spite of Mr. & Mrs. Great Unwashed`s opinions, the search for the true causes of autism goes on in spite of the best efforts of old Playboy bunnies."
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Security

A Look Into Black Hat's Wireless Network->

Submitted by Orome1
Orome1 writes "Aruba Networks, which provided and maintained the wireless network for last week’s Black Hat USA 2011 conference, today provided some interesting statistics around the network’s use. Apple devices were most prevalent at 43.3 percent of all devices (28.4 percent alone for iOS iPad and iPhone, with another 14.9 percent running OS X). Linux users composed 35 percent of the total, while Windows users represented 21.8 percent. While the majority of attendees used the Black Hat PSK network, almost 200 attendees utilized the PEAP/EAP-TLS “secured” network. Aruba captured a huge amount of security events, the most interesting of which were IP spoofing, AP spoofing, Power save DoS attacks and Block ACK attacks. Talk about a hostile environment."
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Idle

Washing machine + Arduino = Laundruino->

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes "Because his washer is located in the basement, Micha decided to connect it to his home network with the help of an Arduino + Ethernet Shield. It's a rather simple gut ingenius hack that saves him from stepping down the stairs all the time to check if the laundry is done."
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Security

OpenLeaks Test-Launches With A Mass Hackfest->

Submitted by Sparrowvsrevolution
Sparrowvsrevolution writes "At the Chaos Communications Camp hacker conference in Finowfurt, Germany Wednesday, former WikiLeaks spokesperson Daniel Domscheit-Berg launched four days of public testing of OpenLeaks.org, in partnership with four European newspapers and one non-profit group that have signed on as the initial round of outlets who will use the site’s tools to receive documents that sources wish to anonymously send them. OpenLeaks’ testing won’t just be a mere tryout of the site’s submissions functions so much as a trial by fire: Domscheit-Berg plans to invite the 3,000 security-minded types at the German conference and anyone other willing hackers around the world to actively probe the test site (https://Leaks.taz.de) for vulnerabilities in a crowd-sourced penetration test."
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Government

RIAA-Backed Warrantless Search Bill->

Submitted by lordvramir
lordvramir writes "If you run a CD or DVD duplication company and you're based in California, you may soon be subject to warrantless searches in order to "fight piracy." California Senate Bill 550, introduced by Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima), has slowly begun making its way through the state legislature as a way to cut down on counterfeit discs, but critics worry that it may open the door to Fourth Amendment violations."
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FBI leaves paperwork behind after raid on anti-war->

Submitted by Sprouticus
Sprouticus writes "An interesting development has occured in the case of some anti-war activists who had their house raided by the FBI. Apparently in their hurry to take the photos, computers and phones of the people involved, the FBI left their raid paperwork, including the raid plan and the interrogation questions, behind. This information has been posted oon a website put up to support the activists. It gives some real insight into the FBI mindset."
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Space

Peter Higgs explains the God Particle for you->

Submitted by HansonMB
HansonMB writes "Just in case you don’t understand what exactly they’re looking for over at CERN, watch this interview with Peter Higgs talking about his life’s work, the Higgs mechanism and the hunt for the mass-conferring particle named after him, the Higgs boson. (Don’t be afraid to close your tabs, turn off your other devices, and hit rewind occasionally.)"
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Hoosiers Lose Right to Resist Illegal Police Entry-> 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes "People have no right to resist if police officers illegally enter their home, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled in a decision that overturns centuries of common law.

The court issued its 3-2 ruling on Thursday, contending that allowing residents to resist officers who enter their homes without any right would increase the risk of violent confrontation. If police enter a home illegally, the courts are the proper place to protest it, Justice Steven David said."
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Security

Anonymous Faction Hacks Eidos, DeusEx Game Servers->

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes "The Web sites for computer game giant Eidos Interactive and one of its biggest titles — Deus Ex– were defaced and plundered on Wednesday in what appears to have been an attack from a splinter cell of the hacktivist group Anonymous. The hack comes just days after entertainment giant Sony told Congress that Anonymous members may have been responsible for break-ins that compromised personal information on more than 100 million customers of its PlayStation Network and other services. The attackers claim to have stolen data on 80,000 Deus Ex customers, and appear to be related to a faction of Anonymous that recently hijacked the group's IRC control servers."
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