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Submission + - German researchers conclude that ADHD is over-diagnosed, especially in males | P (patexia.com)

Submitted by ericjones12398
ericjones12398 writes: Researchers at Ruhr-University Bochum in Germany have concluded that attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is over-diagnosed based on the results of a new study. They surveyed a total of 1,000 child and adolescent psychotherapists and psychiatrists across Germany, with 473 ultimately participating.
Medicine

Submission + - When Are You Dead? 2

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Hugh Pickens writes
Hugh Pickens writes writes: "Dick Teresi writes in the WSJ that becoming an organ donor seems like a noble act but what doctors won't tell you is that checking yourself off as an organ donor when you renew your driver's license means you are giving up your right to informed consent and that you may suffer for it especially if you happen to become a victim of head trauma. Even though they compromise only 1% of deaths, victims of head trauma are the most likely organ donors because patients who can be ruled brain dead usually have good organs while people's organs who die from heart failure, circulation, or breathing deteriorate quickly. "I like my dead people cold, stiff, gray and not breathing," says Dr. Michael A. DeVita of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. "The brain dead are warm, pink and breathing." But here's the weird part. In at least two studies before the 1981 Uniform Determination of Death Act, some "brain-dead" patients were found to be emitting brain waves and at least one doctor has reported a case in which a patient with severe head trauma began breathing spontaneously after being declared brain dead. Organ transplantation—from procurement of organs to transplant to the first year of postoperative care—is a $20 billion per year business with average recipients charged $750,000 for a transplant, so with an average 3.3 organs, that is more than $2 million per body. "In order to be dead enough to bury but alive enough to be a donor, you must be irreversibly brain dead. If it’s reversible, you’re no longer dead; you’re a patient," writes David Crippen, M.D. "And once you start messing around with this definition, you’re on a slippery slope, and the question then becomes: How dead do you want patients to be before you start taking their organs?""
The Military

Submission + - USS Enterprise Takes Its Final Voyage (npr.org)

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westlake
westlake writes: "The AP is reporting that world's first nuclear powered aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise is being retired after fifty years of active service — the longest of any warship in US naval history. The big ship had become notoriously difficult to keep in repair. The only ship in its age and class, breakdowns became frequent and replacement parts often had to be custom made. Despite its place in naval history and popular culture, Enterprise will meet its end at the scrap yard and not be preserved as a museum. Famed USS Enterprise Takes Its Final Voyage"
Games

Submission + - Ten Computer Games Which Defined RPGs In The 1980s

Submitted by adeelarshad82
adeelarshad82 writes: 1980s' were huge for RPGs. This genre was one of the most defining game forms in the computer gaming world. A recently pubished article strolls down the memory lane to look back at ten classic computer games that both defined and extended the definition of the RPG in the 1980s. The roundup includes some obvious ones like Ultima and The Bard's Tale, and others which you may never have heard of.
Idle

Submission + - The Red-Dress Effect (sciencemag.org)

Submitted by sciencehabit
sciencehabit writes: Red dresses muddle men's minds, just ask The Matrix's Neo. In a scene from the 1999 sci-fi film, the hero is famously ambushed after becoming distracted by a woman on the street wearing a slinky red outfit. Now, a new study shows how such duds attain their sway. Men rate women wearing red clothing as being more interested in sex, hinting that humans may be conditioned to associate the color with fertility.

Comment Re:So hackers like it (Score 1) 339

by Reformed Lurker (#37276728) Attached to: Is Tablet Success Bound To Their Crackability?

Barnes and Noble seems to not mind.

You might have hit the key here. Traditional phone vendors and carriers are into control - since that has always been their business models. Companies like B&N are booksellers first and hardware guys second - as long as their primary business (book selling) works, whatever else can be done with the hardware is just added value. Like the carriers they still control their products - but that's books.

This also may be why the Kindle tablet will succeed - they are building on the B&N model but have a lot more content to push then just books. As long as they can successfully push their content, they likely won't care what else goes on the device.

Of course, there's that support issue that happens when you deal in hardware, but if you make it cheap enough just send new ones vice spin up megacosts for support.
PlayStation (Games)

Submission + - Sony: Hackers Stole PSN User Data (ibtimes.com)

Submitted by RedEaredSlider
RedEaredSlider writes: With the PlayStation Network outage now in its sixth day, Sony has finally admitted what most have suspected: The hackers that compromised the system also stole personal data.

In a message to PlayStation Network and Qriocity subscribers, Sony confirms that a bevy of data was stolen in the intrusion. "Although we are still investigating the details of this incident, we believe that an unauthorized person has obtained the following information that you provided: name, address (city, state, zip), country, email address, birthdate, PlayStation Network/Qriocity password and login, and handle/PSN online ID," read the message.

Less certain is the status of credit card information, which Sony says may have also been compromised. "While there is no evidence at this time that credit card data was taken, we cannot rule out the possibility," the company said.

A password and login will get an intruder access to the user's account details, including the credit card payment information. Unfortunately, users won't be able to change any of it until the system comes back up. On the bright side, it's possible that a hacker who got the logins and passwords won't be able to use them either. The PlayStation Network serves 70 million users. An attack on users' credit card information is a significant one.
Microsoft

Submission + - Adobe Flash 0-Day Under Attack With Word Docs (threatpost.com)

Submitted by Trailrunner7
Trailrunner7 writes: When Adobe warned customers earlier this week about a newly discovered vulnerability in the Flash Player software, company officials said that there were already attacks underway against the bug. Those attacks are using malicious Flash files buried in Word documents and security researchers have analyzed the exploits and found some interesting details. Not only is the attack using malformed Office files, but it's using a complex, multi-stage exploit process that erases any traces of the attacker's actions.
Data Storage

Submission + - Wozniak: Tablet is the PC for 'normal people' (networkworld.com)

Submitted by alphadogg
alphadogg writes: Tablets are the culmination of what Steve Jobs wanted to create at Apple from the beginning, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak said Monday. During a keynote session at Storage Networking World in Santa Clara, California, Wozniak was asked how tablets would change the computer industry. He compared them to TVs. "The tablet is not necessarily for the people in this room," Wozniak told the audience of enterprise storage engineers. "It's for the normal people in the world," Wozniak said.
Robotics

Submission + - Afghanistan Called First "Robotic War" (cnn.com)

Submitted by
retroworks
retroworks writes: "Fareed Zakaria (Editor of Time, CNN GPS) writes that one in 50 USA combatants in Afghanistan is now a robot. There are more fighting robots than elevators in the country. Article has links to film of robots in action, allusions to Terminator films."

Submission + - Graphene: the new silicon? (illinois.edu)

Submitted by kakistocrat
kakistocrat writes: Researchers at the University of Illinois, led by Joseph Lyding, are finding intriguing properties in graphene, "a single two-dimensional layer of graphite with numerous electronic and mechanical properties that make it attractive for use in electronics." Graphene can be patterned using e-beam lithography, and has shown remarkable self-cooling properties.
Security

Submission + - Epsilon info breach was your fault

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Toe, The
Toe, The writes: "The e-mails are going out in earnest now explaining the Epsilon security breach which may have affected, well, most people. The amazing part of the story is the tone of the letters from banks. The letters from Chase and Citi, both say effectively: "your data was stolen, here's what you should do to protect your data." They then go into a litany of minor data hygiene practices, failing to point out they themselves did not vet their vendor's security practices. There is no claim of culpability for bad security policy nor any indication that they will try to do better in the future. In other words, no reason why you should trust them with your data (and this response is sadly commonplace). Interestingly, while the banks take this tone, the letters from retailers such as Kroger and Brookstone do at least talk about trying to do better in the future."
Sony

Submission + - “Anonymous” Attacks Sony (ps3-hacks.com)

Submitted by
baxpace
baxpace writes: "The renowned hackers Anonymous have managed to take down the US Sony sites including blog.us.playstation.com for interrupting the "free flow of information".

A video has been released by the group stating that this was done in retaliation for suing Geohot and demanding the IP's of those who have visited his site among other reasons."

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