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Minecraft mod adds emulated 6502 processor 0

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Direwolf20

on Tuesday May 22, @08:51AM

Direwolf20 writes "The Red Power 2 mod for Minecraft has recently been updated, and it adds a fully emulated 6502 processor that can be programmed in assembly, but comes with a Forth interpreter. From the article:
"Eloraam calls it the 65EL02, because "it supports all the 6502, 65C02, and part of the 65C816 instruction set" as well as "a set of completely new instructions and two addressing modes." Since the 65EL02 is an 8-bit CPU, Eloraam didn't have as many options for programming environments as we have on today's 64-bit computers. While it's possible to program the 65EL02 in assembly language, for general use she chose to implement a Forth interpreter. Further technical information about RedPower Control's 65EL02 is available on Eloraam's blog RP Control Internals, and on the RedPower wiki's page for Red Power Control."

Fair disclosure: The video linked in the article is mine"

Researchers Can Generate RSA SecurID Random Numbers Flawlessly-> 0

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Fluffeh

on Monday May 21, @11:31PM

Fluffeh writes "A researcher has found and published a way to tune into a RSA SecurID Token. Once a few easy steps are followed anyone can generate the exact numbers shown on the token. The method relies on finding the seed that is used to generate the numbers seemingly randomly, but once known can be used to generate the exact numbers displayed on the targetted Token. The technique, described on Thursday by a senior security analyst at a firm called SensePost, has important implications for the safekeeping of the tokens. An estimated 40 million people use these to access confidential data belonging to government agencies, military contractors, and corporations. Scrutiny of the widely used two-factor authentication system has grown since last year, when RSA revealed that intruders on its networks stole sensitive SecurID information that could be used to reduce its security. Defense contractor Lockheed Martin later confirmed that a separate attack on its systems was aided by the theft of the RSA data."
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Standing room only - the world's tiniest manned suborbital vehicle-> 0

Submitted by cylonlover on Tuesday May 22, @03:44AM

cylonlover writes "Generally speaking, companies developing suborbital manned vehicles brag about how much elbow room their spacecraft will provide passengers. They say there will be plenty of room to float around during the weightless portion of the flight, that there will be no fighting for windows, that passengers will comfortably endure the high-g portions of the flight ... and then there's Copenhagen Suborbitals' (CS) Tycho Brahe. CS's Tycho Brahe is a one-passenger capsule intended for a purely ballistic flight to a peak altitude approaching 100 miles. The passenger is just along for the ride, with no mechanism to steer or otherwise pilot the capsule."
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Kasapersky Calls For Cyber Weapons Convention -> 0

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judgecorp

on Tuesday May 22, @10:32AM

judgecorp writes "Cyber weapons are so dangerous, they should be limited by a treaty like those restricting chemical and nuclear arms, Russian security expert Eugene Kaspersky has told a conference. He also warned that online voting was essential or democracy will die out in 20 years."
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BlindSide Kickstarted Audio Only Video Game launches today-> 0

Submitted by wintersynth on Tuesday May 22, @11:26AM

wintersynth writes "Kickstarter-funded audio-adventure game, BlindSide, launched today on the iOS App Store . The adventure/horror game uses gyros in the phone to create an audio-only virtual reality experience ."
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Security Researchers Launch Android Malware Genome Project-> 0

Submitted by ShipLives on Tuesday May 22, @11:07AM

ShipLives writes "Mobile security researchers are announcing a global effort to share code from malware targeting the Android platform, to facilitate research efforts."
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SETI Director Shares Hopes for Interstellar Travel-> 0

Submitted by jjp9999 on Tuesday May 22, @10:12AM

jjp9999 writes "With all the potentially habitable exoplanets now being found, and with NASA and DARPA funding the 100 Year Starship program to build a ship capable of reaching these planets, it’s an exciting time in space exploration. But there’s a lot more importance to this than what’s on the surface. DARPA is hoping it will help technology advance. NASA wants to rekindle interest in STEM. But for Jill Tarter, who directs the SETI Institute’s searches for intelligent life elsewhere, there are higher hopes, still. Tarter hopes that any sign of life in this new venture through the universe will rekindle hope in technology. ‘It won’t solve our problem, but it will show us there is a path to becoming old—becoming a long-lived technological civilization,’ she said. ‘It would be incredibly motivating and positive to see that it’s possible to get beyond our technological adolescence where we find so many reasons to have negative feelings about the future.’"
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Google's Servers Housed in Racks With Wheels-> 0

Submitted by 1sockchuck on Tuesday May 22, @10:06AM

1sockchuck writes "New photos from inside Google's data centers show servers housed in racks on wheels. In recent years, cloud builders have begun having servers delivered pre-populated in racks for "rack-and-roll" deployment. The photos were released as part of a presentation explaining how an email travels through Google's infrastructure to your inbox. But they offer clues (and raise questions) about the inner realm of the data centers where Google houses its 900,000-plus servers."
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Makey Makey Device Turns Anything Into a Controller -> 0

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ElectronicHouseGrant

on Tuesday May 22, @12:33AM

ElectronicHouseGrant writes "MaKey MaKey is the brainchild of two graduate students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab. The duo had the idea to make everyone an inventor—without software, programming or breadboarding. All you need is the MaKey MaKey device, which also comes with alligator clips and a USB cable. Attach the Makey Makey to anything and it turns into a controller for your computer. Use bananas, buckets of water, Play-Doh, even a cat. It looks like it's as fun to use as it is to say."
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Comment: Re:Take over the world (Score 4, Funny) 127

by Unknown Lamer on Monday May 21, @08:05PM (#40071383) Attached to: Emacsy: An Embeddable Toolkit of Emacs-like Functionality

Behold, the horror.