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Submission + - E130 secure USB-stick proven virtually worthless

Submitted by

Anonymous Coward

on Thursday April 12, 2007 @03:19AM

Anonymous Coward writes: "This is the story of a E130 security stick proven virtually completely worthless. Goes to show that nowadays you unfortunately can't trust the manufacturers claims on security products anymore. (OK, not that you ever could...)

http://www.spritesmods.com/?art=secustick"

Submission + - Boarding Pass Hacker Targets Bank of America

Submitted by Concerned Customer on Wednesday April 11, 2007 @09:34PM

Concerned Customer writes: The fake boarding pass guy is at it again. His blog shows a demonstration phishing website that is able to bypass the SiteKey authentication system used by Bank of America, Fidelity, and Yahoo. Users will be shown their security image, even though they're not visiting the authentic websites. Scary stuff!.

Submission + - Neutrinos -- and once again, symmetry is restored!

Submitted by perturbed1 on Wednesday April 11, 2007 @02:47PM

perturbed1 writes: A Fermilab press release today announced that MiniBooNE's latest results rule out the simple neutrino oscillation interpretation of the LSND experiment. Neutrinos have a tiny amount of mass, required by their oscillations, as observed in solar, atmospheric and reactor neutrino experiments. Combining these results with the LSND experiment's results required the presence of a *fourth* but "sterile" neutrino, breaking the 3-fold symmetry of particle families in the standard model! Symmetry in the particle kingdom has once again been restored. Standard model lives on!

Submission + - Microsoft admits benefitting from Windows piracy

Submitted by

Clever7Devil

on Wednesday April 11, 2007 @02:21PM

Clever7Devil writes: "An article from Information Week here covers an interesting speech given by Microsoft Business Group President Jeff Raikes:

From the article:

"If they're going to pirate somebody, we want it to be us rather than somebody else," Raikes said. ...
"We understand that in the long run the fundamental asset is the installed base of people who are using our products," Raikes said. "What you hope to do over time is convert them to licensing the software."

Not that we haven't known this all along, but it's nice to hear it from the horse's mouth."

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