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Submission + - Contaminated Food & Toxic Products from China

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reporter
reporter writes: ""The Washington Post" (TWP) has just issued a report documenting the numerous incidents of contaminated food and toxic products imported from China. TWP states, "China's less-than-stellar behavior as a food exporter is revealed in stomach-turning detail in FDA 'refusal reports' filed by U.S. inspectors: Juices and fruits rejected as 'filthy.' Prunes tinted with chemical dyes not approved for human consumption. Frozen breaded shrimp preserved with nitrofuran, an antibacterial that can cause cancer. Swordfish rejected as 'poisonous.'""
Networking

Submission + - US broadband lags behind other developed nations

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amigoro
amigoro writes: "The average broadband download speed in the US is only 1.9 megabits per second, compared to 61 Mbps in Japan, 45 Mbps in South Korea, 18 Mbps in Sweden, 17 Mpbs in France, and 7 Mbps in Canada, according to the Communication Workers of America. 80 percent of households in Japan can connect to a fiber network at a speed of 100 megabits per second. The country that invented the Internet has fallen to 16th in the world in broadband adoption."
Microsoft

Submission + - Antivirus software cripples Chinese computers

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Symantec's Antivirus Virus strikes again... Software thinks critical windows .dll's are trojans and attacks, turning computers into paperweights.
Security

Submission + - Stolen laptop contains NU alumni SSNs

Submitted by
omeomi
omeomi writes: "For the third time since 2005, students and alumni of Northwestern University have been exposed to identity theft. In a letter dated May 11, 2007, Associate Provost Michael E. Mills contacted an undisclosed number of potential victims, informing them of the theft of a laptop computer from the Office of Financial Aid, containing student and alumni records. A petition website has been set up in an attempt to convince NU officials to better protect student and alumni privacy."
NASA

Submission + - Gunman and Hostage killed at Johnson Space Center

Submitted by coaxial
coaxial writes: CNN among others are reporting the end of a hostage standoff at Building 44 of Johnson Space Center. The unidentified gunman took two hostages, and after a standoff with police on the second floor of the building apparently shot both of the hostages and himself. One of the hostages died at the scene and the other was rushed to a nearby hospital.

No doubt this one of several copycat incidents we can expect in the coming weeks.
Security

Submission + - Researchers win $10000 in OS X Security Challenge

Submitted by crackman
crackman writes: Today at the CanSecWest security conference, Shane Macaulay demonstrated a client side vulnerability and exploit developed overnight by Dino Dai Zovi of Matasano Security to win the PWN 2 0WN contest. The pair walks away with the recently raised bounty of $10000 as well as the MacBook used in the demonstration. Matasano has promised details of the vulnerability will be disclosed at a later date.
The Internet

Submission + - Porn is now less popular on the Internet

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Ant
Ant writes: "Digg shares a short Economist.com story about how in America, the proportion of site visits that are pornographic is falling and people are flocking to sites categorized "net communities and chat" — chiefly social-networking sites such as MySpace, Bebo and Facebook. Traffic to such sites is poised to overtake traffic to sex sites in America any day now..."
Security

Submission + - Book Review: Daemon, A Novel

Submitted by
ddonzal
ddonzal writes: "There's enough technology to satisfy the hacker community, plenty of toys for the electronics buff, and not too much of each for those merely interested in a fun read. Add in plenty of action, great characters, and eye-opening views into the seedy cyber-underworld, and Daemon should easily make your summer reading list. Get the whole scoop from the Editor-In-Chief of The Ethical Hacker Network, an online magazine for the security professional, as well as an exlusive look at the first four chapters of this creative work of cyber-fiction. http://www.ethicalhacker.net/content/view/125/2/"
The Internet

Submission + - Teens Protecting Their Online Profiles

Submitted by Thib
Thib writes: A study from the Pew Internet and American Life Project reveals that the majority of teens pay attention to what they are exposing about themselves in their online profiles on social networking communities like Facebook. For instance, while many routinely use their first name or include a picture, 'fewer than a third of teens with profiles use their last names, and a similar number include their e-mail addresses. Only 2 percent list their cell phone numbers.' The study comes among growing think-of-the-children brouhaha in state legislatures about the dangers of online predators. From the article: 'According to Pew, 45 percent of online teens do not have profiles at all, a figure that contradicts widespread perceptions that the nation's youths are continually on MySpace.'
The Internet

Submission + - Comcast Corks the Port

Submitted by JPawlak
JPawlak writes: "Keith" from Comcast just informed me that Comcast is unable to reopen port 25 once they block it. When asked why it was impossible to reopen the port, he said that Comcast had received many complaints about spam and is gradually blocking port 25 for everyone on the Comcast network. All users are required to go through port 587 for the Comcast mail servers, but are left connectionless for mail servers that still use port 25. Although there are no public documents stating this company policy, he kindly told me that it is in an internal document.

Do you think Comcast should be able to block ports that they deem necessary and not unblock it for those that need it, or provide a reduced bill for the reduced functionality?

Feed Chronic Family Turmoil Causes Physical Changes (sciencedaily.com)

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Adolescents who are chronically exposed to family turmoil, violence, noise or other chronic risk factors show more stress-induced physiological strain on their organs than other youth. But when they have supportive mothers, they do not experience these changes, finds a new Cornell study.
Slashdot.org

Submission + - Slashdot RSS Feed Exposes Premium Content

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Dan Grossman
Dan Grossman writes: "The RSS feed for Slashdot exposes articles that are not yet on the main page of the site. Clicking the "Read more of this story" link brings non-subscribers to a page indicating they can't access that content."
Microsoft

Submission + - Vertical Computer Goes for the Kill

Submitted by
teknopurge
teknopurge writes: "Vertical computer has filed suit against Bill & Co. alleging that the whole of the .NET framework uses one of their patents. The article is light on details, but what would the damage be to MS if the fundamental design of .NET, the CLR, was in violation of this very specific patent?"

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