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Psychoactive strain of marijuana sequenced->

Submitted by tgibbs
tgibbs writes "The genome and transcriptome of a psychoactive strain of cannabis has been sequenced, leading to insights into the biosynthesis of THC. This information will be useful in understanding the evolution and history of cultivation of the marijuana plant and its divergence from non-psychoactive species of hemp. It could also be useful in genetic manipulation of the marijuana plant to control potency, or to develop transgenic plants in which the psychoactive properties of marijuana are conferred onto other plant species."
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Privacy

Carbonite privacy breach leads to spam->

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richi
richi writes "It looks like Carbonite, Inc. has been giving out customers' personal information. The company's admitted giving customer email address to a third party, in direct contravention of its privacy policy.

Lest we forget, this is the same online backup company that lost the backups of thousands of its customers, while denying any data were lost, despite reports from customers who said they had (ahem) lost data. It's also the company whose VP of marketing was caught red-handed astroturfing on Amazon, along with other Carbonite employees. When the news broke, the company denied it had sanctioned the phony reviews.

So I guess this is Strike Three, right?"
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Security

Chicago Merc. Exchange Secrets Leaked to China->

Submitted by chicksdaddy
chicksdaddy writes "A 10 year employee of CME Group in Chicago is alleged to have stolen trade secrets and proprietary source code used to run trading systems for the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and passed them to officials in China, where he hoped to set up a software firm to help create electronic exchanges, according to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Illinois. Chunlai Yang, 49, is alleged to have downloaded "thousands of files" containing "source code and proprietary algorithms" used by CME to run its trading systems. The files were downloaded from a company-owned source code repository maintained by CME to Yang's work computer, then copied them to removable "thumb" drives. The complaint also cites personal e-mail correspondence between Yang and an official in China that contained proprietary CME information."
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Media

UK paper closing admid 'phone hacking' allegations->

Submitted by Jozza The Wick
Jozza The Wick writes "The BBC reports that the News of the World, a UK newspaper owned by News International, is to close after police report they have the names of over 4000 people who may have had their phone voicemails 'hacked'. The list includes families of victims of the 7/7 attacks, familes of bereaved service personnel , as well as the murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler."
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Handhelds

Toshiba On The Verge Of Shipping Its First Tablet

Submitted by adeelarshad82
adeelarshad82 writes "Flying under the radar, Toshiba's Thrive tablet running Google's Android 3.1 Honeycomb is now available or pre-order on Best Buy. According to the BestBuy the tablet will come in 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB versions. The tablet will be powered by Nvidia's Tegra 2 chip, feature multi-touch and carry a 10.1 inch screen with 1280-by-800 LED display. The tablet hosts two cameras, a 2-megapixel front-facing webcam, and a 5-megapixel rear-facing camera."

Dropbox sued for Trademark Infringement->

Submitted by NorbMan
NorbMan writes "FilesAnywhere.com seems to be suing Dropbox, Inc. for trademark infringement. The complaint alleges that FilesAnywhere has been using the term "DROPBOX" since 2004 as part of it's service, and that Dropbox, Inc. has also closely duplicated one of it's logo designs."
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PURGE COMPLETE.