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Submission + - Wolters Kluwer takes services offline after malware attack (cnbc.com)

Submitted by RAYinNYC on Thursday May 09, 2019 @06:25PM

RAYinNYC writes: Wolters Kluwer, a cloud-based tax and accounting services provider, took many of their services offline, including communication systems, after detecting technical anomalies on Monday morning indicating a possible malware attack. "We have seen no evidence that customer data was taken or that there was a breach of confidentiality of that data. Also, there is no reason to believe that our customers have been infected through our platforms and applications. Our investigation is ongoing."

Submission + - Y2K-Like Glitch Disrupts NYC Wireless Network (nytimes.com)

Submitted by RAYinNYC on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @12:49PM

RAYinNYC writes: NYCWiN, a NYC city-wide wireless network used for emergency response, traffic lights, and license plate readers has been down since Saturday and city officials are trying to keep it quiet.

Submission + - âYou Hacked,â(TM) Cyber Attackers Crash Muni Computer System Across SF (cbslocal.com)

Submitted by RAYinNYC on Sunday November 27, 2016 @01:28PM

RAYinNYC writes: That was the message on San Francisco Muni station computer screens across the city, giving passengers free rides all day on Saturday. Inside sources say the system has been hacked for days. SFMTA has officially confirmed the hack, but says it has not affected any service.

Officials Sue Couple Who Removed Their Lawn 819

Posted by kdawson on Wednesday March 03, 2010 @01:39AM from the revenge-of-the-lawn dept.

Hugh Pickens writes "The LA Times reports that Orange County officials are locked in a legal battle with a couple accused of violating city ordinances for replacing the grass on their lawn with wood chips and drought-tolerant plants, reducing their water usage from 299,221 gallons in 2007 to 58,348 gallons in 2009. The dispute began two years ago, when Quan and Angelina Ha tore out the grass in their front yard. In drought-plagued Southern California, the couple said, the lush grass had been soaking up tens of thousands of gallons of water — and hundreds of dollars — each year. 'We've got a newborn, so we want to start worrying about her future,' said Quan Ha, an information technology manager for Kelley Blue Book. But city officials told the Has they were violating several city laws that require that 40% of residential yards to be landscaped predominantly with live plants. Last summer, the couple tried to appease the city by building a fence around the yard and planting drought-tolerant greenery — lavender, rosemary, horsetail, and pittosporum, among others. But according to the city, their landscaping still did not comply with city standards. At the end of January, the Has received a letter saying they had been charged with a misdemeanor violation and must appear in court. The couple could face a maximum penalty of six months in jail and a $1,000 fine for their grass-free, eco-friendly landscaping scheme. 'It's just funny that we pay our taxes to the city and the city is now prosecuting us with our own money,' says Quan Ha."

Israeli Scientists Freeze Water By Warming It 165

Posted by timothy on Saturday February 06, 2010 @06:30AM from the you-must-become-the-frozen-water dept.

ccktech writes "As reported by NPR and Chemistry world, the journal Science has a paper by David Ehre, Etay Lavert, Meir Lahav, and Igor Lubomirsky [note: abstract online; payment required to read the full paper] of Israel's Weizmann Institute, who have figured out a way to freeze pure water by warming it up. The trick is that pure water has different freezing points depending on the electrical charge of the surface it resides on. They found out that a negatively charged surface causes water to freeze at a lower temperature than a positively charged surface. By putting water on the pyroelectric material Lithium Tantalate, which has a negative charge when cooler but a positive change when warmer; water would remain a liquid down to -17 degrees C., and then freeze when the substrate and water were warmed up and the charge changed to positive, where water freezes at -7 degrees C."

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