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Submission + - NoScript awarded Security Innovation Grant (dragonresearchgroup.org)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 18, 2011 @11:15AM

An anonymous reader writes: NoScript Awarded with the DRG Security Innovation Grant of 2011. The value of the award if U$ 10,000 and will be used to improve the tool and look with more confidence at the goal of releasing a NoScript Anywhere beta build for Android and desktop Firefox by September. What would you do with $10,000 to raise the bar on Security?

Submission + - New material for growing adult stem cells (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by

Bob the Super Hamste

on Monday July 18, 2011 @11:05AM

Bob the Super Hamste writes: "The BBC is reporting that scientists at Glasgow and Southampton universities have come up with a new material that can be used to grow adult stem cells on. The new material may allow stem cell therapies for re-growing bone and other tissue. This hope is that this new material will allow stem cells to not turn into unwanted cell types that are not needed for the treatment. The new material has nano pits that allow for greater expansion of the stem cells. The research was published in the journal Nature Materials"

Submission + - Attachmate does the right thing for Mono (i-programmer.info)

Submitted by mikejuk on Monday July 18, 2011 @11:02AM

mikejuk writes: Attachmate who recently decided to dump the Mono development team has done the right thing in allowing Miguel de Icaza's new company, Xamarin, a perpetual license to all the intellectual property of Mono, MonoTouch, Mono for Android and Mono for Visual Studio. This allows them to continue to develop and sell the products. Of course this income might just give them the time needed to support the software which is a good thing as Attachmate has also handed over the support for all existing customers to Xamarin.

So the future of Mono still isn't completely safe as there is no guardian angel just at the moment but at least Attachmate has decided not to play the part of the devil in making it more difficult for Xamarin to take over Mono. Now what is needed are some corporate sponsors that are serious about the long term survival of .NET as a cross platform system — anyone seen Microsoft?

Submission + - Can Paste Magazine Ignite A Digital Publishing Rev (showbizsandbox.com)

Submitted by

sperlingreich

on Thursday July 14, 2011 @04:51PM

sperlingreich writes: "Less than a year after ceasing publication of their print edition Paste Magazine has revived itself in a new digital format. Editor Josh Jackson reveals how the new Paste mPlayer was designed from the ground up as a next-generation publication chock full of long-form features, downloadable music and multi-media content. Is Paste giving us a glimpse into the future of magazines?"

Submission + - Google Plus Hurts Profits (operationreality.org)

Submitted by Samfer on Thursday July 14, 2011 @04:44PM

Samfer writes: According to most analysts, Google is expected to report later today when they release their earnings that their profit growth for Q2 2011 will be slightly lower due to the $200 million plus they are and will be spending to take on Facebook Inc. in social networking with the launch of Google+ (Plus). Most mainstream sources estimate that Google will report profits during the period of only around $7.85 instead of higher estimates before the full scope of the Google Plus project was revealed earlier this month according to analysts at BGC Partners.

It is estimated that Google has already spent over $100 million on Google Plus in Q2 2011 alone. It is clear that Google is pouring it on with the new Google Plus and really finally mounting their first serious foray into social networking, with Facebook Inc. sitting squarely in their cross hairs. It’s a big challenge and perhaps a gamble, but Google is clearly investing the money and willing to sacrifice shorter term profits by investing heavily in social networking, e-commerce, and mobile software in the hopes of finally being able to diversify out of their traditional search engine quarantine.

Submission + - Worlds First Dual Screen Laptop, GScreen Spacebook (everythingnew.net)

Submitted by

hasanabbas1987

on Thursday July 14, 2011 @04:42PM

hasanabbas1987 writes: "Gscreen SpaceBook just took the honor of becoming world’s first Dual-Screen laptop, featuring dual 17-inch full HD with 1920 x 1080 resolution, sliding displays for a spectacular panoramic experience. This is great for those people who use multiple monitor setup in their desktops and are cramped for space. The SpaceBook comes in two specs, one with Intel Core i5-560M 2.66 GHz processor with 4GB RAM costing $2,395 and the 2nd setup comes with an Intel Core i7-740qm quad core 1.74 GHz processor with 8 GB RAM costing $3,795."

Submission + - Could Analytics Boost Social Networking Privacy? (itworld.com)

Submitted by

jfruhlinger

on Thursday July 14, 2011 @04:42PM

jfruhlinger writes: "Much of people's anxiety about social networking privacy boils down to 'Who's been looking at my profile?' The amount of scam Facebook apps promising to supply this information is a testament to that. While social networks won't ever supply data that specific, they could hep relieve privacy worries by offering users some analytics for their profiles. For instance, users could see how many people viewed their photo albums, and how those viewers broke down among friends, friends of friends, and others."

Submission + - AMD Bulldozer Information and Benchmarks Leaked (hothardware.com)

Submitted by

MojoKid

on Thursday July 14, 2011 @04:21PM

MojoKid writes: "With Bobcat and Llano launched, AMD has one more major product overhaul set for this year. The company's Bulldozer CPU will launch in the next few months, and after years of waiting, enthusiasts and IT industry analysts are both curious to see what AMD has in its high performance pipeline. According to recently leaked info, one of the new AMD octal-core processors will be an AMD FX-8130P running at 3.2GHz base speed, with what's reported as a 3.7GHz Turbo speed, and a 4.2GHz clock speed if only half the CPU's cores are in use. There are additional details and performance results floating around as well, but in the world of leaked info, all is to be taken with a grain of salt."

Submission + - Security risk: iPad's glow as you enter password# (forbes.com)

Submitted by nonprofiteer on Thursday July 14, 2011 @03:45PM

nonprofiteer writes: Earlier this week, a South African security researcher released shoulderPad, an app that’s designed to auto-snoop on iPad users’ passwords by watching their touchscreen keyboards. When a user types on an iPad’s touchscreen, each key glows blue for a fraction of a second after it’s struck, a helpful bit of feedback for any virtual keyboard. ShoulderPad’s image recognition algorithms, based on Open CV’s open source image recognition software, look for that flash of blue. “At any distance, if the blue is distinguishable, shoulderPad can detect that keystroke,” says Meer.

Submission + - Amazon plans iPad competitor (and two new Kindles) (wsj.com)

Submitted by destinyland on Thursday July 14, 2011 @03:44PM

destinyland writes: Some time in the next 10 weeks, Amazon will release a new Android tablet device, which will compete directly with Apple's iPad, according to the Wall Street Journal. Amazon hopes to leverage the digital content they've already made available online — digital video, music, and ebooks, as well as their new app store for Android devices. The device will ship without a built-in camera, prompting one tablet watcher to report that "it feels like Amazon is trying to strip it down and bring it in at the lowest cost possible." Amazon will also release two new versions of the Kindle — one with a touch screen, and one at a lower price.

Submission + - TSA announces pilot of trusted traveler program (cnn.com)

Submitted by

Bob the Super Hamste

on Thursday July 14, 2011 @03:42PM

Bob the Super Hamste writes: "CNN is reporting that the TSA has announced the pilot of their trusted traveler program. This is the program where an individual gives up additional information to the government and then gets expedited security. The pilot program will only be available to certain frequent fliers on Delta passengers flying out of Atlanta and Detroit, and to American Airlines passengers flying out of Miami and Dallas. Plans are in the work to expand this to other airports and other airlines as well."

Submission + - Will China's Weibo replace Facebook and Twitter? (motherboard.tv)

Submitted by HansonMB on Thursday July 14, 2011 @03:25PM

HansonMB writes: Launched in 2009, the micro-blogging service is owned by Chinese interweb behemoth Sina Corp, which happens to be the same company that partnered with Google before their deals famously floundered (cf those anxieties) and Google hightailed out of China (before coming back of course).

Weibo is often described as a Facebook-Twitter hybrid, but anyone who takes a closer look can easily see that it’s a different beast entirely. Actually, I would argue Weibo is better than both. Here’s a breakdown of its standout features—some of which Google Plus has already included, and others that I’d love to see incorporated soon.

Submission + - Hotmail: My friend's account was hacked! (winbeta.org) 1

Submitted by

BogenDorpher

on Thursday July 14, 2011 @03:23PM

BogenDorpher writes: "We all know that email account hijacking can be a pain in the you know what. Today, Hotmail introduced a new feature for its users that allows them to flag a suspicious email received from a friend. Users will be able to mark the email as "My friend's been hacked!" and will automatically submit all emails received from that friend into the junk email folder."

Submission + - DoD Lost 24k Files in Attack on Contractor (threatpost.com)

Submitted by Trailrunner7 on Thursday July 14, 2011 @03:17PM

Trailrunner7 writes: A targeted attack on a defense contractor in March of this year resulted in the theft of 24,000 files by an unknown attacker, according to Defense Department officials. The attack, which officials say was the work of a foreign government, would represent one of the more serious known attacks on the department and its contractors.

In a speech Thursday in which he unveiled the Department of Defense Strategy for Operating in Cyberspace, William J. Lynn, deputy defense secretary, said that the attack was just one of thousands such intrusions that the government and its contractors suffer every year.

Submission + - Ask Slashdot - Remote security

Submitted by GoHawks on Thursday July 14, 2011 @03:04PM

GoHawks writes: I have a vacation home located in the mountains. Recently is was broken in to. I would like to setup some motion detecting night vision cameras and pump the video to a website. The home is approx. 900 feet from the nearest internet connection. What is the best way to move that video (and audio?) 900 feet to a PC with internet access? I don't think wireless will work due to the trees. What kind of cable can handle that range?

thanks,
Steve

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