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Man solves puzzle of Italian Job movie-> 0

Submitted by Madas on Friday January 23 2009, @05:27AM

Madas writes "If you ever wondered how the Italian Job film should end (the original version that is) then read how one man finally figured out how it should be done. It's a great solution and one that doesn't rely on any Deus Ex Machina."
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Absolute Gadget-The Italian Job solved->

by Madas on Friday January 23 2009, @05:24AM

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Number of security flaws nearer to 140,000->

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on Thursday May 31 2007, @06:41AM

Madas writes "In this article in IT PRO, Renowned security expert Gunter Ollmann has made a big guess on the number of actual security vulnerabilities in applications last year. While publicly there are around 7,000 — Ollmann believes this total to be closer to 140,000. How many of those affect Windows?"
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1024-bit RSA encryption closed to being hacked

Submitted by Madas on Friday May 25 2007, @06:17AM

Madas writes "Scientists are close to cracking 1024-bit RSA encryption. Apparently, a team of researchers working in Europe and Japan have cracked a 307-digit Mersenne number using the special number field sieve method developed by cryptology professor Arjen Lenstra. The scientists think that it will be a cinch to crack 1024-bit RSA encryption using the same method. The security industry shudders!"

Quest sign Europe code deal with Microsoft

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on Friday March 09 2007, @10:35AM

Madas writes "Despite the EU thinking that Microsoft's server protocols should be freely available and on "reasonable terms", Microsoft has still managed to cut a deal with a company that doesn't compete with MS to license its server protocols. Thomas Vinje, spokesman for the European Committee for Interoperable Systems thinks this is just a load of window dressing as Quest is one of Microsoft's partners. Is this a smokescreen or the real deal?"

Student invents beer throwing refridgerator

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on Monday March 05 2007, @03:58AM

Madas writes "North Carolina University student invents a fridge that will chuck a cold one at you if you are thirsty and too lazy to get off the couch! In other news student actually gets off couch and does something!"

Scientists Make Quantum Encryption Breakthrough 156

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday February 22 2007, @01:04AM
from the completely-secure-for-at-least-a-few-days dept.

Madas writes "Scientists working in Cambridge have managed to make quantum encryption completely secure (registration required) by putting decoy pulses in the key transmission stream. According to the story this paves the way for safe, encrypted high-speed data links. Could this allow completely private transmission of data away from snooping eyes and ears? Or will it mean film studios can stop movies from being copied when traveling on the internet?"

Absolute Gadget-A dumb phone that's smarter than most->

by Madas on Tuesday October 31 2006, @08:22AM

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Comment: Is there a "botwar" going on (Score 1) 522

by Madas on Thursday August 18 2005, @10:23AM (#13347862) Attached to: Zotob Worm Hits CNN and Goes Global

This article on SC Magazine Apparently there is a war between virus writers and they are all trying to delete each other's viruses. Mikko has provided a lovely diagram to illustrate the point.