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Privacy

Submission + - Nearly Half a Million Yahoo Passwords Leaked (net-security.org)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Some 450,000 email addresses and associated unencrypted passwords have been dumped online by the hacking collective "D33Ds Company" following the compromise of a Yahoo subdomain. The attackers said that they managed to access the subdomain by leveraging a union-based SQL injection attack, which made the site return more information that in should have. According to ars technica, the dump also includes over 2,700 database table or column names and 298 MySQL variables retrieved during the attack.
Yahoo!

Submission + - Hackers post 450K credentials apparently pilfered from Yahoo (cnet.com)

Submitted by
x0d
x0d writes: "Yahoo appears to have been the victim of a security breach that yielded more than 400,000 login credentials stored in plain text.
  The hacked data, posted to hacker site D33D Company, contained more than 453,000 login credentials and appears to have originated from the Web pioneer's network. The hackers, who said they used a union-based SQL injection technique to penetrate the Yahoo subdomain, intended the data dump to be a 'wake-up call.'"
Television

Submission + - MIT develops holographic, glasses-free 3D TV (extremetech.com)

Submitted by
MrSeb
MrSeb writes: "Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are busy working on a type of 3D display capable of presenting a 3D image without eye gear. What you've been presented with at your local cinema (with 3D glasses) or on your Nintendo 3DS console (with your naked eye) pales in comparison to what these guys and gals are trying to develop: a truly immersive 3D experience, not unlike a hologram, that changes perspective as you move around. The project is called High Rank 3D (HR3D). To begin with, HR3D involved a sandwich of two LCD displays, and advanced algorithms for generating top and bottom images that change with varying perspectives. With literally hundreds of perspectives needed to accommodate a moving viewer, maintaining a realistic 3D illusion would require a display with a 1,000Hz refresh rate. To get around this issue, the MIT team introduced a third LCD screen to the mix. This third layer brings the refresh rate requirement down to a much more manageable 360Hz — almost within range of commercially produced LCD panels."
Android

Submission + - Ouya Android Games Console Gets $2.5m Funding in 24 Hours (ibtimes.co.uk)

Submitted by AlistairCharlton
AlistairCharlton writes: Android-based games console Ouya raises more than $2.5m (£1.6m) in just 24 hours through the KickStarter website, which aims to drum up funding for technology startups.

Setting a new KickStarter record, the $99 Oula games console is powered by a quad-core Tegra3 processor with 1GB of RAM and runs on Android to make game development easy for a huge range of developers who have already worked with the operating system on mobile and tablet platforms.
Censorship

Submission + - Legitimate Sites Taken Down By 'Child Porn' Hack

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: A number of websites are reporting that 'hackers' associating themselves with internet meme Anonymous are currently targeting websites alleged to be used for trading child pornography. However, many of the websites are not child pornography websites at all. Websites targeted include peer support and suicide prevention resources, adult gay porn sites and even a support network for gay teens. I am a moderator at one of the websites targeted, called LifeLine, and we have very strict rules and policies specifically to prevent the trading of child pornography. In addition to the mischaracterization of websites as places where child pornography is traded, some of the claims of defacement are also untrue, being nothing more than photoshops. Journalists were obviously unwilling to review any of the websites due to fear of legal retribution, and all of the websites which contradict the inaccurate reports are down due to DDoS attacks. In an era when the fear of child pornography is used to justify all kinds of censorship and violations of privacy, the inaccuracy of reporting on events like this should be of concern to anyone who cares about their rights.

Submission + - O2 hit by service outage. Thousands left without service. (ibtimes.co.uk)

Submitted by asavin
asavin writes: In the UK hundreds of thousands of O2 customers have been left without mobile internet for second day.

Initially, customers were unable to make or receive calls, send text messages or access the mobile internet through 3G, but now O2 claims that if users turn 3G off then the ability to make calls will be returned.

For full statement http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/362172/20120712/statements-o2-network-problems.htm
Power

Submission + - New MIT chip harvests energy from three sources (gizmag.com)

Submitted by cylonlover
cylonlover writes: The problem with depending on one source of power in the drive toward the battery-free operation of small biomedical devices, remote sensors and out-of-the-way gauges is that if the source is intermittent, not strong enough or runs out altogether, the device can stop working. A small MIT research team has developed a low-power chip design capable of simultaneously drawing power from photovoltaic, thermoelectric, and piezoelectric energy sources. The design also features novel dual-path architecture that allows it to run from either onboard energy storage or direct from its multiple power sources.
Science

Submission + - The second brain in our stomachs - live pictures from inside your stomach (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by Dupple
Dupple writes: Our own stomachs may be something of a dark mystery to most of us, but new research is revealing the surprising ways in which our guts exert control over our mood and appetite.

Not many of us get the chance to watch our own stomach's digestion in action.

But along with an audience at London's Science Museum, I recently watched live pictures from my own stomach as the porridge I had eaten for breakfast was churned, broken up, exposed to acid and then pushed out into my small intestine as a creamy mush called chyme.
Earth

Submission + - Mysterious Sprite Photographed by ISS Astronaut (discovery.com)

Submitted by
astroengine
astroengine writes: "A very rare and beautiful view of a red sprite has been photographed by Expedition 31 astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) hovering just above a bright flash of lightning in a thunderstorm over Myanmar. First documented in a photo in 1989, red sprites are very brief flashes of optical activity that are associated with powerful lightning discharges in storms — although the exact mechanisms that create them aren't yet known. But the orbiting outpost seems like the perfect vantage point to learn more about them!"

Submission + - Drinking Soft Drinks Can Damage DNA in Children (scienceaxis.com)

Submitted by
rosy rohangi
rosy rohangi writes: "Yet Another Reason Why Soft Drinks Are Bad, Especially for Children?

It seems there is yet another reason to limit or completely restrict your children to drink soft drinks, reported The Independent Irish. The preservatives in soft drinks can damage the DNA of children and cause damage similar to people who drink too much alcohol, according to a study by the University of Sheffield in the UK."
Australia

Submission + - 2 year data retention for Australian ISPs (theage.com.au)

Submitted by freddienumber13
freddienumber13 writes: Following similar acts passed by foreign governments, the Australian government is now seeking feedback on its plans to bring into law the requirement for ISPs to retain user data for up to 2 years. They're also seeking changes to the law that would allow undercover ASIO agents and its sources to commit crimes which would include, for example, hacking into your computer.
Science

Submission + - New Nanodevice Creates a Near Perfect Electron Stream (sciencedaily.com)

Submitted by SchrodingerZ
SchrodingerZ writes: Scientists from the National Physics Laboratory of the United Kingdom have teamed up with the University of Cambridge to create a new electron pump that creates a single electron stream. "The device drives electrical current by manipulating individual electrons, one-by-one at very high speed." The pump takes single electrons, and pushes it over a barrier with an indent for the electron to fall into, and is then sent to the opposite side of the barrier with astounding precision. "By employing this technique, the team were able to pump almost a billion electrons per second, 300 times faster than the previous record for an accurate electron pump set at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the USA in 1996." Although the current was very small (150 picoamperes), this event could cause a shift from the convention ampere measure of current to a smaller, more precise unit of measurement for electrical current.
Robotics

Submission + - Laser Powers Lockheed Martin's Stalker drone For 48 Hours (suasnews.com)

Submitted by
garymortimer
garymortimer writes: "Lockheed Martin (LMT) and LaserMotive, Inc., recently demonstrated the capabilities of an innovative laser power system to extend the Stalker Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) flight time to more than 48 hours. This increase in flight duration represents an improvement of 2,400 percent.

Stalker is a small, silent UAS used by Special Operations Forces since 2006 to perform intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions."
The Internet

Submission + - Aereo Wins Preliminary Injunction Hearing

Submitted by bs0d3
bs0d3 writes: Aereo, a company that offers live broadcast tv via the internet to New York City residents has won a preliminary injunction hearing today. Today, a federal judge has rejected a bid by major U.S. broadcasters to stop Aereo from rebroadcasting some of their programming over the Internet. District Judge Alison Nathan said that while the broadcasters have shown that they faced irreparable financial damage if were the venture were allowed to continue, Aereo also showed it would face severe harm if the requested preliminary injunction were granted. The full injunction denial ruling can be found here.
Science

Submission + - Earliest Americans Arrived in Waves, DNA Study Finds (nytimes.com)

Submitted by NotSanguine
NotSanguine writes: Nicholas Wade of the New York Times writes:

North and South America were first populated by three waves of migrants from Siberia rather than just a single migration, say researchers who have studied the whole genomes of Native Americans in South America and Canada.
Some scientists assert that the Americas were peopled in one large migration from Siberia that happened about 15,000 years ago, but the new genetic research shows that this central episode was followed by at least two smaller migrations from Siberia, one by people who became the ancestors of today’s Eskimos and Aleutians and another by people speaking Na-Dene, whose descendants are confined to North America

The study, published online (this is a paywalled site, sorry.) investigated geographic, linguistic and genetic diversity in native American populations.
Microsoft

Submission + - In face of Flame malware, Microsoft will revamp Windows encryption keys (networkworld.com)

Submitted by
coondoggie
coondoggie writes: "Starting next month, updated Windows operating systems will reject encryption keys smaller than 1024 bits, which could cause problems for customer applications accessing Web sites and email platforms that use the keys. The cryptographic policy change is part of Microsoft's response to security weaknesses that came to light after Windows Update became an unwitting party to Flame Malware attacks, and affects Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2 operating systems."
Nintendo

Submission + - PlayStation Vita Fans Should Be Mad Over Angry Birds Trilogy Snub (modojo.com)

Submitted by
buffdaily247
buffdaily247 writes: "If you somehow missed playing the Angry Birds games and want to see what the fuss is about, the newly announced Angry Birds Trilogy seems like a great place to start. Coming soon to Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and 3DS, the compilation includes three franchise titles: Angry Birds, Angry Birds Seasons and Angry Birds Rio. Why Rovio Entertainment chose to leave out Angry Birds Space is a mystery. Too soon?"
Government

Submission + - EU Commission: CETA 'Totally Different From ACTA' (itworld.com)

Submitted by
itwbennett
itwbennett writes: "Slashdot readers will remember the hullaballoo that arose yesterday over a leaked version of CETA containing key clauses that were 'nearly identical to ones found in ACTA.' Now the European Commission is saying you shouldn't believe every leak you see and that the 'language being negotiated on CETA regarding Internet is now totally different from ACTA.' Well, maybe with the exception of language that appears in both CETA and ACTA but didn't 'originate' in ACTA and therefore doesn't count."

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