Submission + - Google open non-destructive book scanner; books and libraries rejoice (google.com)
Disclaimer: I worked with Jeff when we were at Xerox (where he did the awesome hack Gnu Chess on your Scanner), but this is more awesome because it saves books."
Submission + - US Air Force scraps ERP project after $1 billion spent (computerworld.com.au)
Submission + - Volcano may have killed off new bioluminescent cockroach (mongabay.com)
Submission + - Entire Pig Genome Sequenced in Breakthrough That Could Combat Human Disease (medicaldaily.com)
The study published in the journal Nature found that pigs and humans share 112 DNA mutations that have previously been linked to diseases like obesity, diabetes, dyslexia, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, according to US and European researchers.
Researchers said that because pigs share many of the same complex genetic diseases as humans, the animals would serve as excellent models for studying the underlying biology of human disease.
Submission + - Hacker Grabs 150k Adobe User Accounts via SQL Injection (darkreading.com)
Submission + - IE 10 almost finished for Windows 7 with final preview (arstechnica.com) 1
Submission + - Google Lunar X Prize teams now in a race with China as well as each other (examiner.com)
Submission + - CyanogenMod Domain Stolen (cyanogenmod.org)
Submission + - Red Hat Developer Demands Competitor's Source Code (muktware.com)
Submission + - The Empire In Decline?
Submission + - Salt Lake City Police to wear cameras. (ksl.com)
If Chief Burbank gets his way, these tiny, weightless cameras will soon be on every police officer in the state.
With all the opposition of police officers being recorded by citizens that we are seeing throughout the country it is quite a surprise that they would make a move like this. The officers would wear them when they are investigating crime scenes, serving warrants, and during patrols. Suddenly Utah isn't looking like such a bad place to be. Now we just need to hope other states and departments would follow suite. It sure will be nice when there is video evidence to show the real story.
Submission + - New WiFi protocol boosts congested wireless network throughput by 700% (extremetech.com)
Submission + - Band uses nuclear isotopes to make music (foxnews.com)
Submission + - Battery-Powered Transmitter Could Crash UK's 4G Network (ibtimes.co.uk)
This information comes from research carried out in the US into the possibility of using LTE networks as the basis for a next-generation emergency response communications system.
Jeff Reed, director of the wireless research group at Virginia Tech, along with research assistant, Marc Lichtman, described the vulnerabilities to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), which advises the White House on telecom and information policy.
"If LTE technology is to be used for the air interface of the public safety network, then we should consider the types of jamming attacks that could occur five or ten years from now. It is very possible for radio jamming to accompany a terrorist attack, for the purpose of preventing communications and increasing destruction," Reed said."